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VOL 2.
PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1877.
NO. 32.
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Auld Lane Syne.
it joitx w. cnanwicx.
It singeth low In every heart,
We hear It each and mil
A song of those who answer int
However wc may call;
They throne the silence of the breast.
We tee them as of yore
The kind, the brave, the true, the sweetj
..- T . 1 4
no iraiK wuu us no mure. '
'TIS bird to take the burden up
When these hare laid it down;
They brighten all the Joy of lire.
They soften every frown;
But, oh, 'tis good to think of thera
When we are tempted sore!
Thanks be to God that such have been.
Although they are no more.
More home-like seems the vast unknown,
filnee thry have entered there;
To follow them were not so hard.
Wherever they may fare;
They cannot be where God is not.
On any sea or shore;
Whate'er betides. Thy love auMe,
Oar God forcvermore.
Grandfather's Bear Story.
A. STOET FOB TOCSO rtOPLE.
Of all grandfather's stones, we liked
the one about tlie big watca and the bear
best. If I could tell it as be diil, Mtting
in his corner by the tire-place -with his
old fashioned cane held in both hands,
and his fnney trig half jumping from his
head when he gut well into the story, I
am e ore that the eyes of every hoc who
listened now, would sparkle as oars did
then. Perhaps we liked this story best,
because grandfather showed us just w here
it all happened. and wed to bnng oatthe
samequeer o'd watch for us to bk at
once in.a while and tumetimeslctoneof us
take the rusty old Queen's a-m rifle,abont
which he could tell more stories than we
could listen to in all winter.
A few little knots and some of the rust
is all there is left of the wood part of the
old rifle. I have the watch yet, demb
and queer looking to children as ever.
The story teller is long since dead. This
is the war of It, as nearly as I can re
member. "I can't remember the fir.t bear that I
ever saw. Bears were almost as plentj
about, when I was a bov, as foxes are
now, and I liked a Iamb for supper a
well as a fox does a chicken.
"Bat I can remember well enough the
first bear that I ever saw outfa trap
and on bis feet. There wai no meeting
house here then, and after dinner Sun
days I could do what I pleated till
chore-time. Well, after dinner one Sun
day I slipped some apples into my
pocket and started for the hill. It was
near the first of -May, and mother al
ways liked to have me bring bnme a
good handful of May-fiowers. Besides,
mj partridge snares were along the
brook, and though I would not have
dhTi-d meddle with them Sunday. I al
ways liked to see what I had caught.
" Tliis watch, that uncle Julius seat me
frumEngland,kept me good cumpany, so I
did cot feel lonesome. Mo'hbf would
giieitto me Sunday moraing to carry
till night, then put it away in the bead
case iu the sitting room through the
week.
The day was as warm as summer, and
the May-Sowers on the tooth tide of the
bill were redder and larger than now-a-dsya.
I found a shady, warm Sxt, and
tried to see how many flowers I could
pick without going beyond my length.
"I got a large handful and fell to watch
ing a squirrel till I fell asleep. I don't
know whether it was a sound or the sun
shining on my face that woke me. But
before I was well awake I heard a strange
oud stirriq; in the leaves jut across trie
brook. And what do you think made
it? A. big bear bunting for lest year's
acorns or beech nuts! Just as 1'bave
done manv a time. It didn't take long
to get wide awake, then ! The bear didn't
see me, though be was Tc.-y near, and I
was surprised not to find myself fright
ened. I would hare given my new coat
it X could have Held a gun iu my hand!
However, I crept off ai quietly as pos
sible, and the bear was so busy beech,
nutting that be did not observe me.
"When I got well out of sight, I start
ed for the bouse as fast as if I was show
ing my homely friend the way! 11 v
heart began to thump then and did nt
stop any, when, of a sudden, I made the
bold resolve of getting the rifle from the
kitchen wall where it always hung, and
coming back to find my bear. This was
a bold idea, and though it almost made
me tremble with excitement, I firmly re
solved to put it in execution. It was an
opportunity not to be overlooked.
"James Bates, a sun of one of our
neighbors, had killed a bear alone, the
fall btrore, and tEnugii he was three or
four jSixt older tliau I, be had been a
bero all winter. The fact is, I had been
fur a long tine desirous of such an ad
Ttature, and the grand idea of killing a
bear all alone, was loo crest fr aur
thought of fear or prudence to overcome.
.It is douuuui ll l should hare been
allowed to carry out such as attempt at
any time, and I knew that if I should
ask for the rifle on that day. it would
surely be refuted me. I had to trust to
"luck." Chance favored me, for before
teaching the house, I saw father in the
barnyard feeding the cattle. I slipiied
into the kitchen and cot the rifle quickly
and without being observed. 1 knew
that there was a good lead ball in it, and
bad no time to look about for more.
Then I run with all sty speed back over
the hilL past the maple woods and on
through the sheep pasture; more slowly
bow as I case sear the brook.
I set the rifle against a tree, and more
from habit than aoything else, I was
about to look at ay watch, when I found
the pocket empty I It was in vain to
turn about, or whistle, or search ! Tlie
fact of my loss looked se fairly in the face;
I would rather have met a dozen bears
tbaa returned without the lost treasure.
I had ranged the wood pretty thoroughly
ami carelewly that afternoon and might
mre lost t&e watcn is any or a augured
liferent places. I began to be fright-
cnel But a boy of fifteen was almost a
tneo in those days, and my courage did
noUecrt me when I had neod of it. The
m-e I thought of my loss the more de
termined I became to kill the boar if good
look and pluck would do it. If I should
succeed in this (though it began to look
larger as I cams nearer the brook), the
fos of my watch would not be so great.
I expected to find Bruin still at his search
for nut. I remember the half dread
and half hope that made mreves sharp
and my heart beat strangely as I came
in sight oi ttte braok.
"Almot before I was aware f it I
came t the great oak under whose shade
I had taken my nap an hur before. I
stopped there, aad a I was locking
limply at the other bank of ths broik,
I heard the dry leaves ratle ctoc by.
The soaud came from the other side of
the tree by which I ws standing, and a
single step, taken very cautwasly, brought
me face to face with the b arl I was so
near that I ould hardly help stepping
back. But strange as it seems. I had ad
vanced i-o quietly kad stood still so lorg
that Sir Biuin did not apjiear to have
heard me. I was almost surprised at the
steadiness f my nerves. However, I
took care to select a pod, tali maple not
far beliiBd me attd n it Urce enough for
the bear to follow in case 1 should miss
him. You may be sure that I bad my
rifle in readint-s while I stood looking
at the ugly beat, within half a title shot
-The bear seemed to me t act tranely.
He would sit back on his haunches for" a
moment, and then creep up and smell at
something in the dead leaves, mack as a
cat with a half dead moue. As I
watched him, he pat out his hege paw
just like a great ciomy est, and all of a
sudden I saw, lying there is the leaves
my watch! He had found my watch
and kept by it like a watch-dog! It was
plainly a mystery to him. He would
smell of it, suit 'back, tumble it over
with his great clumsy paws and then set
upon his haunches, evidently puzxliag
bis shiggy head aboat what it could be.
Some motion of miae caugnt his atten
tion and be forgot the watch. If be was
puzzled before, he was now stupefied,
lie had evidently bluadered into a land
of surprises. He shook his bead stupidly
and began to retreat, half sliding, half
backiBg up the side of the bill. This
gave me a splendid chance and I took
good aim behind the fore shoulder and
fired. Then I dropped the rifle and raa
for my tree. The bear followed! When
I bad cot half war to the top, I looked
diwn. The bear lay in a heap fose
distance below, near the brook. He had
rolled down there and wa.s dead! I
went very caatiouly to work to make
sure that be was Dot playing psum,
then picked up my rifle and wateh and
started for home.
"I wai never so happy in my life!
When I entered the duor of the big
kitcLes. I tried ts look a if aetbiar
had bappeaed. I thiak I did not suc
ceed. Mother bdd up both hads in
despair at seeing me with a rifle on Sen-
v. list lather was too much banter
to ak many questions and we were soon
at the place of my adventure. Before
n gut we bad tne bear in the woodabed.
I km so proul and happy that I cauM
not keep my dignity, and affected ul dis
cern for very long. That fail I was al
loaed to go with the men when there was
to be a bear hunt. .
"That night mother t ai J nothing abaet
ibe watch, and when I went to bedr I
found the bead case in which it was al
ways kept daring the week, huag on the
wall near my bed. After that 1 carried
It with me every day, bat took care to
prevent it falling 'out of my p'Kket
again. And that is how I killed my first
bear. u ueu Joe, in J ortland Trfuiicript
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Three-Card Monte.
Retained at iliUn.Tenn- br a mis?ed
connection caused by hot lioxrs, I made
tue acquaintance of Geo. II. Dcrol, one
of the most rmous, if not the most fa
mous gambler of the est. Onlr a day
or two since i noticea in a au iaui pa
per a long account of bow be and his
confederates wa'tzed a Maine Yankee
who was going South to bur a planta
tion for $1,700 at three-card n.onte. It
was the old story of a Texai stock-trader
who had been beaten out of f 2,000 by
the little picture cards, and was explain
ing to the passengers how it was done
lie had learned the trick, Maine saw-
through it, and wanted Ui bet that be did.
Devol was a Southern planter, who was
tired of planting and wanted to sell out.
and gently led Mains up to the biting
point. Yi hen he aid bite, it was to the
extent of bis pile of ready can.
Devol is a gentlemanly-looking man of
4 , dark sandy hair, light sandy whiskers,
beginning to show the silver, a quick.
piercing gray eye, ruddy complexion, of
good address, and a sweet talker, lie
was born iq Ohio, but for thirty years
has followed the profession of a gambler
Some years ago he worked on the roads
leading into Louisville, and is well known
there. While operating on the short-
line road, near Lagrange, he won about
$1,800 and fire gold watch?, a'id ended
the game just as the train was leaving
Lagrange on its way to Cincinnati. The
victims tqoea!ed terribly, and proposed
to Have their treasures or blood. Titer
marshaled Uieir force aad drew their re
rolrcrs. Devol skipped into the rear
coach, locking the door as he went. He
tuen went ti the rear platform, and, ai
though the train was running at the rate
of thirty-tire mile an hour, selected a
clear spot and jumped, lie rolled over
at a lively rate, but picked himself up
unhurt, though his late friends fired a
yolley at him from their revolvers. He
cot acrois the country and struck the
i""u ieipgum junction and
weni usck to uouisvme.
Devol Is full of anecdote of bis pro
lession, and tells some good ones. He
tells of a little game he had with A. M.
Waddell of Louigville, and Billy Cheat
bam, of Xashrillo, eighteen years ago,
Devol and Dad Ryan were goiog down
tlie river. Waddell and Cheatham got
aboard at Smithlaud. A game of poker,
25 ante, was soon in progress. 'I)i-
1X50117." said DcvoL "Dad gave ae tlie
Item that he was going to cold-deck the
pirty, I reached over and said to Cheat-1
hsm. 'That is a very fine slnglc-ttonedia I
moad you have there.' This movement ;
enuabled Did to ting in the ro!d deck. :
AN addell got three four aad an ace in i
the draw and lost f 2,200 on the hand." i
Sit or seven years ago Canada Bill, ;
another famous thrw-card man, set Bp at '
the mouth of Bed River with a let of .
horres to sell, mostly all of which he
had won. and a trr. which he!
had iKHsght. It was right ia the Hae of
Texas travel, and Bill a wiBia every-:
thing in sight. Devol tatpectrd wroag
fully, as is afterwards proved that Bill ,
had held out $200 fom a divide of win-1
nings they bad made together, aadde-!
ter mined to get even. To do this he west J
to New Orleans and manufactured a I
-sucker'' especially fir Bill. He dressed !
nun ap in rugb cl the, gate him $2,000 ;
in mny tied up in ivwu'i silk stock-'
ing, aad told him to play the game of ,
greeny by gawking about Bill" stable i
aau oouaung ins money wacre inn ootru
see it. Devol pat the "sucker" off at
Hog' Point, three miles belew the moats i
of lied river, while he costismed on the
steamer. Ia due time the "sacket came
into Bill's stable, and, gsttiag iato aa
out-of-the-way coracr, raited eat the
stocaiag which, by the way, wa a kwp
sake preheated to Derel by a lady friend,
and began M count ttse m wrr. Bill
"dropped oa it" at nace, aad to.iV: Demi '
out and said : George, bore is a acker'
with 12000 or M.0O0: let's take kim.-
"Do yoa tbiak I caa haadle Mm!" aW
Dfwsi. "Of coarse yoa eaa." said "Rill.
-ill try. sasu iev.i. tie careteoty ap-
praached the "cker, esssraged bias ia
cofiversatioa an 1 propose! a walk. The '
"sacker" aaicd, aad they walked et
together. Mile they were gtHse I)rM (
told the "sacker" ja-t bow to play the 1
goiag tn tarn the s poiud card, bat da't
d it. Tarn the oae I metia ti. After
awhile thty cm- back, sad Deret gave
Bill the wink that the "sacker was ready
for the bait. Bill opened eat. The asaal
pre'iminarie were gone through with,
aad the "sucker" untied the kae's ia hi
stocking and pat up $2,000. aad Bill
covered it, Devol beiag sttke-hoMer, for
the reason that the -sucker w.Msid not
bet biIhs D Tt4 would bold the stakes.
ai be, the "sacker." "kaew that Dvl
was aa bonett man." I-vrrj thisg was
all ready; aad even thea it looked so
fair that the "sucker" waated to tarn the
card with the spot on it, aad it wat al.
that Der.d coald do to prrrrnt it, aad
bad to whisper to the -sacker" several
times which card to tern. Ta4s whisper- j
ing Bill took to bs part ef the plan skc-
easary to induce the "sacker" to bite.
Finally he reached oat, let bis Bgr
linger a moment aver the cird with the
spot on it, and thea suddenly taraed the
right card. Hill locked like be mM
siak throagh the fioo, then at Dcrol aad
then at the "tacker," and said, "That's
the first rub." The "sucker" said, "Hab,
b II I want my money!" and palled eat
a six shooter tswt Drd had given kirn
aad poiated it at Bill, aad Bill said.
"George, give it ap." The "a;Vet"
watered asJ pointed the pistol at Irrol.
who says. "BUL shall I give it uuf
"Yet," said Bill, and the money was
haadeil over. After the "sacker" w alked
off. Bill said. "Gisorge, by G d, I have
seen six cotked pittols pointed at yoar
bead, and you didnT give ap nothing.
How is it that yea give ap st cay nowf
Devol repliol. -I thoaght that d d fool
weald let that gun go off." Afterward
Detoi told Mill new be bvl plate i it ea
him. and give him back all bat the $300
which he thought Bill had "held oat" en
him. After this, Bill aad Devel worked
together.andmade agreU deal of money.
"The closest Ace I wai eer in ia ar
life," said Dcrol, "was ia 5l. I wm
coming op the rirer fmm Xcw Orleans en
the steamer FatreXfld, and had won a
great deal of money. The boat landed
at Xapoleos, aad 'abiut t wee tj-five of
those killers there, who ia the days dd
not think any more of killing a man than
they did a rat, got aboard. 1 opened oat
aad won a good deal of ronar aad fear
or five watches. Everythiag weat along
smoothly enoagh until" about fuar o'clock
ia the afternoon, when they began to get
drank. One of them said: 'Where is
that d a gambler! I'm goiag to kill
rum.' i m wuh you, said another. J,
too,' said another end the whole party
rushed to their state-rooms and get thir
pistols. I slipped up and got bt ween
the pihv-house and the roof. They
searched the boat from stem to stern, but
did not tiink of looking under the pilot
house. I whimpered to the pilot that
when be came to a bluff baik to throw
her stern in and give me the word, and I
would run and jump off. About C o'clock
he gave me the word and I ran and
jumped. I was weighted down with the
watches and gold I bad won and the dis
tance was more than I thought, and I
missed the bank and stnok tight, waiit-
deep, in soft mud at the water's edge. The
killers siw me, and as the boat swung
ont they opened fire. I could not move.
and the bullets whitled past my ear, aad
spattered mud and water all over my
ftce. 1 had given the pilot 100 in gild,
aad he threw the boat out, so that I wat
out of sight very quick. It was a mighty
clotc place for a little while."
Devol invited me ti hi nm at the
Milan HotcL and rh rwed me the modus
operandi of three-card inonte. It looks
mighty eiy to tell the right card, but it
is n L Dcrol docs not throw the cauls
now. A cm fed crate docs that. He is
better, he says, on tlie outside. His
splendid address and unlimited cheek
eminently fit birn for tho podtinn. Dar
ing the war he had the racetrack at New
Qrleanj, and had a fine lot of trotters.
Ben Butler confiscated them and threw
Dcrol into jail because he bad won a
large amount of tn mey from Butler's
paymaster.
"1 have made more money than any two
gamblers in Amines," said Dcrol, "but I
cas'tkecplt. My traveling expense alooe
are $10,000 a year. It'sagay life, though
n risky one, and Hiave lots of fun." ll.
O. U- in Courier-Journal.
Pants dressmakers send out dolls to
their patrons is fac-stmile costumes of
what they bare for sale.
Anecdotes of Drummer.
Drams and fifes aru probably the most
ancient, as thry are the mot familiar, of
oar musical instrument. It I a fact, a
every soldirr knows, that on the line of
march, it is easier for the men to keep
step to the lively toneWthe-rar-piercmg
aTc" and the roll of "the spint-stirrieg
dram" than to follow a brats band, which
caaaet ! distinctly beard farther than
half the length of" a regiment. Cham
ben Journal tell two anecdotes, which
show that, though the drummers may
hold the lowest rank in the British army,
yet their hcruistn equals that of the
highest.
In one of the batilr of the Peninsula
war, a drummer, whose name and corps
have both beeu ucfortneatcly lott to his
tory, baring wadrtd from bis regiment,
was tnkea prisoacr by the French, atd
brought before Xapolcoa a a spy.
B-ntpirte frowned hesriiy upon bit
prisoner a be demanded of htm his rank
ia the British army. On being told it
was that of a drummer, the Emperor, to
test the truth of the reply, cautetl a drum
to be brought, and requested his prisoner
to beat "the charger
The drummer's eyes sparkled with en
thusiasm a be gare the terrible roll and
rataplan demanded.
".Now beat a retreat," said Napoleon.
"I caat." replied the drummer,
proudly. "No such thing is known in
the EagKh army. We never retreat."
-God !" rxeiatmrd the Emperor. "Yoa
axe a hratekd, and mty rrjia year own
army."
Then, taraieg to those nar him, Na
potcea gare directions that the drummer
should be oeedactcd bsxk Is safety to the
Kegtuh lisc.
Fertaae is, bea-crer. a fickle jade, for
at the battle ef Waterloo this humble
hero met with a sad death. lie had been
eat with a b'vly of skirmihera,wne were
sedrienly atticcctl by cavalry and driven
back en their sapport.
The latter formed square, aad the earth
shook beneath fie feet ef the aJvaaeisg
cairaler at they rale right up to the
j-siatt ef the bajesets. Bra rath that
rampart ef steel lay the drummer, whs
had been toe late to seek tne shelter ef
I he square.
He was safr, he ever; aad when the
Boresaea were driven bs, hejsmned
merrily upa his legs aad sheeted, -Hal-to,
cemrades ! bre I am, safe enough T
These were the tail words he ere? atierr! :
fr at that t a roeed shot carried
his had off bis shealdcr Sach is the
fertaec ef war.
In the Crimea, oa the evening ef the
day en which an unsuccessful attack bad
bree made uioa the Iledaa, a drummer
was ebserred to lets e the shelter ef the
trenches with his can of tea in his hand,
aad ia the midst tT a fearful shower of
sit t an l shell from the !laianbttoie,
he threaded his way among the woaodn),
girieg a driak here and a driak there un
til his caa was emptied.
Thee, fliegieg the empty caa towards
the enemy, with a gesture of defiance, be
walked o4ly back te his past. By the
meats of this time! r assistance, some of
the wuBaded were able to bear their saf
feriags oatil darkness enabled them te be
rescued from dt ata.
The drummer boy who did this brave
deed received the Victoria Cross In m her
Majesty's ewa hand.
How to EiploJc a Lamp.
The Stieitjlt Aurien gitct so-ae ef
ttte csreum tiacet which lead to tae ex
pietiee of kerosene lamps, t&e philosophy
ef all ef them xna that the fit me mar
past dawn the wick and ignite the raper
wbtcn accumulate tn tne upper portion
ef the lamp. This Tapir L nt an explo
ive at the term is ordinarily underttnod,
bat when it is confined so that the gases
rrsaltiag fr.tn its combuttion cannot cs
cape freely into the opn air tie vets!
ounfiaieg it will be shattered. This igai
tiun of the rapor may be brought about
asfoHows:
1. A lamp may be standing on a table
er mantel, and a slight puff of air frem
the open window or dor may cause an
exjttesion.
2. A lamp may be taken up quickly
fretn a table or mantel and instantly be
exploded.
3. A lamp is taken oat Into the entry
where there is a draft, or out of doors, and
an explosion ensues.
4. A lighted lamp is taken up a flight
"I stairs, or is raised quickly to place it
on the mantel, resultiug in an explosion.
In these cases the mischief is done by the
air moTem-nt either by suddenly cacck-
iag the draft or forcing air down the
chimney against the flame.
5. Bloain? down the chimney to ex
tlBguish the light is a frequent cause of
explosion.
j. Lamp explosions hare been can ed
by using achimney broken off at the top.
or one tint hat a piece broken out, where
by the tii alt isTaiiabie and tile Mime un
steady.
i. bometimcs a thoughtless peruo puts
a small wick into a large burntr, thas
tearing considerable space alosg the
edge of the wick. An old burner, with
V air-draft clogged up, which rightfully
should be thrown away, is sometimes con
linueu iu use, and the final result is an
explustoj.
Tue distinctive bciuty of Stickholm
Is in its situation. Built ptrtly on itlands
iu Lake Malar, it is intcrtected in every
cluccU in by the water of the lake and
of the Baltic, and, with its busy quays,
broad street, handsome buildings, pleas
ant gardens, and clear atmotphcre, is ccr
tainly one of the brightest and most
charming capitals in Europe, inc streets
are still enlivened by the gay costumes
of the peasants, especially these of the
nearest provinces; it is said, however,
that their use is gradually dying out be
fore the advance of railroads and other
enemies of the picturesque.
Ax eccentric old Englishman who died
lately left a will which bequeathed to bis
daughters their weight in 1 notes. He
eridently believed ia the piorcrb, "Where
there's a will them's a weigh." PhiU'
dtlphia Bulletin.
A Beaver Ilnnt in Louisiana.
There I a mrttery atteadingthe move
ments of tlie beater which invests it with
peculiar in Wrest, The indomitable in
dustry. Ingenuity and silence in con
structing Its habitation and dams tender
this animal an olsject ef much interest to
the hunter.
Tweatr-flve rear ag it was eaite rare
in Louisiana; now hundreds of acres 6f
woodland are destroyed, aad drainage i
seriously affected by bearer dam.
The nigalaiMlt of Eatt Baton II age
commence at the Mi'thtipei at Baton
iiouge, run ia a diagonal dircetiin from
the river, aad are lt in the flats border
ing on Lske Maarepts.
A sh. rt distance below the town the
highland is intersected by a lew place
called a -bottom," which debouches iato
a swamp, raiying ia width, aad ef con
WeraWe lecgtb. Many smalt branches
empty iato it, and it is a dull, sluggish
stream a home for alligators, logger
head, turtles, bearer, otters, mink.' etc.
This swamp has never been dry within
the memory ef the oldest inhabitant un
til the past sarnmer aad fall. In everv
beilow lg there wat either an animal or
a reptile, the growth of a swamp since
me juoiesipp leunti a casnnet etsew sere.
The news ef tint fieW of "rarmwts "
soon attracted the atleatiea ef sportsmen
and, like Sir Samuel Baker at the atbara,
tbay prepared to reap a full harvest.
They aooa began a siacgater, and bea
rer, otters ami miak eaeegb to stock the
market and make hats for a generation
were bagged. The methods resorted to
for kiliibg bearr were Terr simple.
They bad ma le their lgtt en the mar-
gin of the swamp. The hunter would
dig with a tfMdeever the channel leading
to tne celt er le sge, and drop a repe with
a neosc itto the hole thus made, then
seadtag in a dog te start the game, he
woe u noose it as it became eaLaagled in
the refc. Many were caught ia traps.
Several sportsmee. armed with guns
and laace, aad kaviag a good pass of
bounds, started fur a day's hunt. "Ill
tell the tale as it was toid to me." Soon
the busy pack arc on a braver traiL The
damt hiring been previously cut, the
water Ual Mt all Use ties high and drr.
aad an eocatsesal alligator bete, deep
dag into the laia ef the taraa, was the
only refuge fur this "seotle ptllagrr."
1 ae aeatMsea urge en the already tee
eager pack. They overran the trait, and
scattering sar and wiJc in wtkl ceelnston,
the yoaag henad beeace a"etten tail."
aad in fell cry call eff Use yeaeg aad in
etpeneaced keale; bet the eld ports-
Hi ra stasis attd itstcn ter tne msec ef
some remWc reicraus gene te test the
veracity of the babbtieg stragglers.
11 is set long ere tney return to the
spot where the trail had been test, aad
tne trnactea eld hmads bang ea the
"spoor," foilewieg its ietrieate windings
across a ttry ptattercl tsat into some urr
gravt, and feegia to give tegae so freely
ttist tacy are se m followed by tfsear rave
recklos eemtsaeiees. New scvorol wild
bgt start eet of a dtickrt, and draw off
the yeesg hesters ajnl dog-t as Veiere.
Away all ge throssh brier and btake.
and new the bearer is ap; aakieg hi
way to a deep alligator hole, be plunges
ia aad is followed br the dogs. Oae,
bolder than the rest, seizes hefcl ef the
bearer, aad do a they both go to the
bottom, list tMs pool has an owner.
With a tremendous seert, a hage alliga
tor rises to toe top of the waUr, as if to
inqaire who bad dared to intrude iato his
demaia.
This frightens bearer and dogs, snd
they all beat a batty retreat eat ea dry
laid, but nut far caa the bearer g", for,
wounded and tired, it drags iato seme
mah gnus and is soon sarrenaded by
men and degs. It is a large one and
weighs ninety-six pounds.
A tdneg snot in the eye tarns the al-
igator en his back. The degii also
badly wounded ia the Sght with the
beaver.
'I hi ws t91re t e-e. rveetatr enrlsj.n i A
been allurrd by tne wild keg and cotton
tails new retarn, each bringing seme
trophy of his chase.
ught beavers, eight otters, six wild
hogs, four rabbits, and eae altsgiter ten
feet long, are the retult ef the day's hunt.
Turf, Field and Fanu
A L.ucn Wrrnocr x Mtix. It is a
somewhat curious fact that in the whole
island of Newfoundland, which has a
territory nearly as large at the State of
rennsylvanu, ami apopuliUoa ot IK),-
000 souls, there is nt a single grist-mill
of any description. Little grain is raised
in Newfoundland, though as hue oats
and barley caa be grown there as in any
part of the world, aud In. the western
part of the island wheat ripens well,
rbe people have been so accustomed
from time immemorial to import almost
everything except fish, that it is difficult
for tbcm to to take the hist step towards
independence. The erection of grist
mills would, without doubt, give greater
encouragement to agriculture by supply
ing a home market for cereals, and we
learn that a move has already been made
in this direction. A grist-mill is in pro
cess of erection in the islaad, and the
mill-stones and machinery accessary to
operate it have arrived. When com
pletetl, the mill will be compelled to im
jwrt its wheat until a home supply can
be obtained, and a shipment of grain has
already been dispatched to it from Mon
trcal. We doubt whether any other
couutry in civilized latitudes exhibits
the phenomenon of being without so
necessary an article as a mill.
A Cool Minister. The late Iter.
Mr. Black, of Brechin, was one evening
lifter dark attacked on the road near the
Dens o' Leuchland by a footpad, who
seized his horse's bridle, and sternly de
manded his money. Tlie minister,recov
cring a little from his surprise, recog
nized in the person a townsman of his
own, and coolly addressed him in his
homely way. "Ay, ay, John, what time
took ye to this trade, uiant The villain
immediately disappeared.
Thk Columbia River, of Oregon, is the
first salmon stream in point of numbers
of the United States, and the Sacramento,
of California, the second.
Marriage.
Some mtrry for convenience! widowers
with familiet of small children; some
marry for beauty, in the hope of deriv
ing happines from a connection with a
person who outshines her usociates;!
seme marry for money, apparent y re
gardless whether the heiress is a (brew I
or a fool; some marry for loie-lnve at flrsi ;
sight no matter whether well founded
or not. Now.nrarly all such msrrists are
wretched affairs. "Many a man, and a
woman, too. hare cursed their dsT, be
coase they rushed thoughllestly fnto a
connection at unfit at posdble, without
any reflection aa to consequences, whea
with half an eye the consequences might
bare been foreseen.
Somehow or other we hare a habit of
forming a sort of mathematical estimate
of a man's sense and general character,
(and the world we believe tacitly does
the same) by the choice he mike in
matrimony; and whea we see a man
with his eyes wide open, marrying beauty
without solid worth r attainments, or
joining himself for life to a fool, en ac
couat of some pecuniary expecutions, or
forming a connection which can promise
nothing from the nature of the case but
disappointment and wretchedness, while
we oaght to pity him from bis heart, we
always set bim down Kme hat 1W pir.
We know some men have survived such
an error, and have afterwards shown that
they bad some energy, but men rise or
fall with their choice ef a wife, and it is
generally beyond their power to control
effectually all the circumstances with
which they surround theaielves by a
false step. We knoa many men who
hare been struggling a whose life sgaintt
the influence of an unlucky, or rather
ftoiu marriage connection, and yet the
world seldom overlooks a fully of this
sort, and all the straggling in the world
can sever enable the subject to rite.
A sensible writer bat remtrked that
"it is co: the most exquisite beauty, the
most sprightly wit or the largest fortune. ;
nor alt of tbetn together, nor a hundred
other accomplithmeatrif snch they
were, that will make a man hippy in a
partner fur life, who is a t esdoael with
the two principal accoaplishmeats of
good ene and good nature. If a woman
has net onRjawa scue. she can be in so
respect a St companion for a retsraable
man. Oa the contrary, the wbole be
havior ef a fool must be disgusting aad
tiresome to every one that knows ber.
especially to a bssband. aba ii obliged
to be more in ber compter thaa aay ene
eihe, whe thrrrfeee muit see more of her
f--l:y thai any ese else, and must suffer
mete frem the shame of it, as being more
nearly ceenected with ber than any other
person. II a woman has not some imall
share of seas, what mean can a hus
band u?e to set her right in aar error of
condect into atnr of which she will
naturally run I Netreatea er argument.
tor a loot against teat. And if she bare
aet a tittle geed saixre. to attempt to
advise her will be only arguing with a
tempest, er rocsisg a fury.
Robert E. Lee's Sword.
The Bangor (Me ) VTlig recently stated
that at the time of Lee's surrender the
roel chiettsin came to the sp-t des
ignate -wearing a splendid testimonial
word tnat cad been preseated to hits,
and doubtless intendin that the wetpon
should become the historic emblem of
the lost caae at the National CapitoL
Gen. Grant prevented this by gracefully
waiving the surrender of tne sword of
his vanquished foe. and hastily pendlinz
the terms he demanded, passed the mesf
orandua to Lee, who became vi.ibiy af
fected with emotion on perceiring the
generosity with which all the officers of
his command were to be treated by their
coaqaeror."
Tne accuracy of this statement has
been denied by a cimmunicatian printed
in the Richmond (Ya.) DitpiUX. and the
WXig substantiates it by the following
tetter from Gen. Grant:
-WAsnusoTOX. D. O, March 23, 1S77.
-Tho Bangor Wk.i$ and Courier's ac
count is strictly correct, except ia this :
Nothing was said about swords, side
arras, baggage, or private horses until I
wrote the"trmi of surrender, ia which I
gare them, at which Gea. Lee was much
affected and said those terms would have
a god effect upon bis army.
-He had on apparcatlr aa entirely
new uniform and a magnificent sword
such as is not usually worn in the field
and it certainly left the impression that
the expectation was to surrender it.
-Nothing was said in the preliminary
coarersation to warrant the assumption
that anything more w at to be granted to
the rebel army than that they were to be
permitted to return to their homes on
taring down their arms, and not to be
molested in their peroas so long as they
remained there and obeyed the laws in
farce thereat. U. S. Grist."
Tnn Elxthjlxt jlsd thk Cockxet.
"That's a werry knowing bannimal of
yourv 11U cxkney gtlcmaa to toe
Keeper ot aa eiepaant.
" Yery," was the cool rejoinder.
"He performs strange tricks and
haatics, doci hel" inquired the cockney,
eyeing lac animal mruuga his gl:m.
"Surpritin'P rctortjd ths keeper.
"we're learnt hira to put money into that
box you see way up there. Try him with
a uonar." The cockney banded the ele-
fihant a dollar, and sure enough he took
t into his trunk and placed it in the box
high up out of reach.
"Well, that is werry hextraordlniry
hastonithin', truly P said the green oae,
opening his eyes. "Now let s see him
take It out and haad it back."
"WeVe neTer learat bim that trick I"
retorted the keeper with a roguish leer,
and then turned away to stir up the
monkeys aad punch the hjcais.
Etkkt hour comes to aa charged with
dutv. aad tha momeat it is bast it ia
registered how it . was spentfor or
against us in tne oaai account wtuca ail
mutt gire of their action.
MiscsDERSTAxmsQ a best prereatei
by pea aau tax:.
Literary Predictions.
A wrib-r in the seventeenth centcrr
William Winstanley in bis "Lite of the
English Puets," thus speaks aad prophe
sies of Miitoa . "John 3Iiltca was eae
whose natural parts might deservedly
give him a place among the principal of
our English poets, having written two
heroic poems ana a tragedy. Hat bis
fame has gone out like a candle in a
snuff, and his memory will always stink."
One of the mot iilnstrieus of Milton's
brother bards, Edmund Walter, in ene of
bis letters, refers to "Paraditc Lost" aa a
tedieui pocin by the blind old school
matter, in which there is nothing re
... ... . . f
mancajjie out tae lengtn. Horace Wal
pole, as shrewd a msn and as accom
plished a critic as ever lived, has oblig
ingly informed us who were the "first
writers" ia 1 .53. Poiterity would prob
ably guts with Macauley that they were
Hume, Fielding, Smollett, Richard Km.
Johnson. War barton, Collins. Akentide,
Gray. Jtototall. They were, accordieg
to a contemporary. Lord Chesterfield,
Lord Bath. Mr. William Whitehead. Sir
Carries Wi'Iiams, Mr. Soame Jeaynge,
Mr. Cambridge anl Mr. Coreatry that
it to say, a pack of scribblers, only oae of
whoa u known even by name to niaety
cise rsaders out of a hundred Lord
Chesterfield, aad be is remembered
chiefly a the ninepin of Dr. Johnson aad
Cow per. George SteeTens has remarked
that nothing short ef aa act of Parlia
ment would induce peop'e to read the
sonnets of Shakespeare, aad Johnson
t r . r - m
propnctica a saie immezxaniy J or ran
phret's famous "Choice" Ereryoae
knoas hew the great Edinborecgh re
ceived Bjroa's first attempts, aad whax it
"prophesied" cnxeraing hira. Whea
Uicksas brought out "Pickwick," a Ieai
ing review, eocdesceadinT to notice the
"low cockney tale," sarewly perceived
that the author was already proving him
self earqeai, and that the "taia Tela cf
humor" was rapidly thawing signs cf
exhaustion, la tie anther of ".oae,"
"Locksley Hall," aad tne "Lotas Eaters,"
the keen aad searching critical accaea
of the QiarterlycaUf ecly see a minor
tzar ot the -galaxy or milky-way ot poe
try of which the lamented Keats was ihs
harbinger," aad the futare author of the
"Idytls" aad "In 3Ieiaeriaa" wa re
ceivtti with peals ef laughter, aad con
aigaed placidly to obHrioo. Landon
Osi-r.
Lord Broagham.
Ia hrr asto-biegrapar, recentiT issced.
Harritt Mutiaeau gives a spicy aad pun
gent pea picture of the great Eagiisa
ortator, that. "Not aa isch of white
wras there to relieve the ooabiaed gloom
of bis dress and ooaplejrioa. He was
curiously afraid cf my trumpet aad man
aged generally to make me hear without.
He talked excesstveir fas:; and ate fast
and prodigiously, stretching out his !oa
anas for anythiag be bad a misd to, and
getting held of the largest spoons, which
old urspatca tne most weric in the
shortest tame. He watched me intently
aad iacrssaatly whea I was cnaTersicg-
wita anybody else. For my part, I
liked to watch him whea he was coc-
Ter:sg with gentleaea and his siad
and its saalfestarjoat realir cams out.
This was never the case, as far as my ob
servation went, when te talked wita
ladies. I believe I have aerer met with
mire thaa three taea. ia the whole course
ef my experience, who talked with
- r . . ,
worses u a neriecuy natural manner
that is. preeisily a they talked ita
men; but the difference ia Brocghasx'a
case was so great as to be disagreeable.
lie kaew many calurated aad iatellec
tsal women; nut this seemed to be ef no
effect. If net able to assume with them.
his ordinary manner toward silly women.
he wat awkward and at a loss. This
was br no mesas agreeable; though the
sin ef his bad mincers mast be laid at
the door of the Tain women who dis
carded their ladyhood for his sake, went
miles to see him, were early oa the plat
form where be was to be, aad admitted
him to very broad flirtations. He had
pretty nearly settled his own buiicesa, ia
regard to conrersatioa with, ladies, before
two more years were over. His swear
ing became so iccessint aad the occasional
indecency so insufferable that I hare sees
erca coquettes and adorers tura pale,
aad the lady of he house tell her hus
band that she could not undergo another
dinner-party with Lord Brougham for a
guest. I, for my part, determined to de
cline quietly henceforth any small party
where he was expected; ana this simply
because there was no pleasure in a visit
where everybody was on thorns aa to
wbat aay one guest might say aad de
next."
Thk River Betwkex. Not a hun
dred miles from the town of D 'lived.
a long, gaunt, big-footed specimen of
humanity named Y . Aa he waa
often found with articles in his pos
session that belonged to other people.
he was not a great favorite in the neigh
borhood. Squire G was a jolly
old farmer who lived about a mile
from Y , and a rirer raa betarei
their farm. One day the two kappeaed
to meet at a house of a friead. The
squire, a very easy-going man, waa tell
ing what he meant to do ia the faming
lino the following rear, whea Y .
straightening himself up, said, "Squire, I
don't think you'll hurt jouraelt; you
won't set the rirer afire."
The old squire turned himself slov;ly
around, and his eyes twinkled as be said,
"Weil, Y , I doat want to set the
river afire; I want to keep Ui between,
you and me."
A New Aqcaricm. A grand aqua
rium, which is expected to surpata any
thing of the kind ever attempted, is sa
be constructed for the Paris J&potttiea.
The aquarium will be formed of an im
meate iron case, around which, will be
several galleries for sight-seers. A hM
sole or diving-bell is also to be aaaoe,
ia which tisitoct caa dejeesvd to the bet.
torn cf the task, aad view its woadtrs ky
the electric light with wiriest the Veil m
to be Itted.
Two an ia Taiede were killed b j tsVsj
bsreUne; ef a beer teak.