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i f X ) BILLY TTAGGS. By all account, it ih more than a ccn- tarj ago tLat Mia. Bally Wagg. soaaten- iahed tbo people of this place that they made the remark then, and were given to frequent repetition, of it afterward, that Bally Wsgg. would have made a crcat tir in the world had he been a father Scribner, whom Blind ent huk to the year when the settler, in these rarta were readr for surprises, and even went to meeting with their flint-lock, for walking- ticks. "Tell me where are your earsr tmiij ra-nunlinf Operitloni Suspco. I t.,. tr.In.l Hunt Im'b ' h.j.l.i ki in the ioad.idc. and when -"v . . "... ..wi the ethers, looking np, ssw urn uiu.n tndinoua disulav of flickering lanterns, they took no second tbonght aa to '.. .. a aa A . . .1 A ,.1,1 a whether they bad neiier sij u i " ... p.L.utllv from on i.r . Ther went with all aa possible, especially iron. i.vu u.o wu - j - .-v o- j; . . ... i ... A l.ranrh will prousui answered, not yet dismounting from the speed, not stepping to aee wuo were Tacoma, and anir horn into heVhand and a tremendous Sow. of all the nursing and. care that oHow down t ha WinDi w . . i . . ,. i 1 1 itni -. .11 iinnnir uin nasi, buwiwm .,. rrr. ,.r i,,t h loftiiAii tii wpntirin i vnnminii an iiiHra nan in ail iuui iuuk i- o . - , and then primed it Then she put the gle of the Involution, none It U a well known fact that the lh Pciflo Railway Company intend pu;g their road through to completion an issible, especially irom awbui A branch will probably crosse wounded aold.er.bad in i oh trug- ------. , been ifl ciaof UiA llaTolQtiOD. none uau uciwi i , . . - i - w . . a . i - . i i uMawAvtinr tiiniinram iiiMen uuu man. Whether it was in uiv or a iew b tt umatbo table, and. bracing her- than the three men whose nodie. nau " .7... w 1 .... ... . - i a . n .. i Kitirwi inu) riJiujru 11 nuiukwu. - ft f'W ... . . . I .... ... a V I ... A A . 11 .. ...... years earlier It not ao certain as iuai ai; therewitb, leanea over ana onw oeen tiie urgcw oi Lapi. dut a '"1" Col J ' was jt a. the pumkin pie of a Thank.- the window. . f ,itr JjHai Hally W.gg. nue,i mem ner Blake returned to il . .V. 'Jf 1 I " . I . not iiie reu-cotti nmmien nnogr Thev re comintr thia way. Theyll arson the Louse a I live. Bee the light of the name. here can be the borongu mi litia?-' The report, of the muttketry were dis tinct, and the light that came from over the hills showed the track of the invad er. iWn it was mat uranuiatuer giving dinner had been eaten, and the hickory nut and hard cider were brought from the pantry. It waa while all the company was at this dinner that Mios Bally .Wufrgs said a thing to the people that mode the grandfather look very stern, and the son go for tiia gun, ami the others, a dozen of them old and young, forget the heaviness that followed their eating. W. Sn n,i Maior Wake returned to ew " . . . in uj uie next uay me -- -,-;-. ,u, f, KilPH milftla wr nn hand and had driven raw unuur iuou.. i theae marauder, back. ork LaT1DB U'0D from tliat time on. MlM Daily VtaggR imnnrn FOK the beaho.v. o went on a now road. It seeuied as U ., . rtn ... ,, .lro.fl tliem t-tliia is comparatively a lavoraine route, .he had awakpned that oiifbt from a "T . . . i,l;lit Bufllcient time was not afforded be sleep that had lasted since her birth. i" i,pnn enabled toacauif'lre the falling of the snow to make any Her advice was wiadoin. her courage in- " . . .. ,,i ,ithi)rounh survey. Mr. Uogue haa re soiritintr. and her ambition creat. So ?" ., n f,..iiiinVned from hi. explorations of the wmt - w . I fflF 111 LIIH B1 Il(fllLlLlll. I; LUUitlVI ' 1 . . w. J -I . - Team, were hired at Elleubluig, and the party tranHjwrted in five days to The talle. From that , point Mr. bheeta' party was sent to Aiusworth, to run a line from opposite Ain.worth up the Yakima river. The provision., horbos, eto., were LEFT M KITTITAS VALLET, To be used upon resumption of work aa early as possible in the spring. The bight of this pas. by level is 31M feet, being the lowest paas in the Cascado mountains, with the exception of the Kuoqualmie. Mr. Kinsbury is running line np Oreen riyer, and a trail is aiao eicar cut under his direction, which is ow about twenty miles from Vandcr- .-ck s, on hue river, i he indications both sides of the mountain show that What Bally Wag, then said, and what V.w3OT tie IrilZuZ ata" young La& and hi. ITVlZ v. he ha.Teon for iirtta. aho did for an hour or two thereafter, i. a story that has been told in the eld Bcribner mansion on the Litchfield turn pike over tho nuta and cider at every Tbankwiving niulit since, and the fresh oes and delidit of it are alwsy. Uie Mtme. .It was told to-night again, and the faded coat thot Bully Wagg. wore was held np and reverentially touched, aa it has been on a hundred or more an nivernaries. Now the wonder of it all seems to Lave been that such a damsel aa this young Bally Wags should have turned such corner in her manner of lifo of a sudden. For her character or rather her diNKsition, liko her name, appear to have boon, np to the tuo time rhe was 20 year, old, vory flat. Moreover, Lor father, old Timothy Waggs, was of no more account in the community than to bo regarded as jtut the man to dig the Rravc. for thekad, and toll the bell for them. ship, and other poDseasions, and more "And you," said Bally Waggs, going than one of her descendant, have been np to young Lathrop; "will you stand in high place, since. New York Bun, there like lorn reruns lad at school with a (In nee. cap on? what will you do? Will you go with ns. or will you hide under a petticoat? loungLrthrop hesitated not a min ute. "In truth, bally aggs, yon are a I young woman of spirit. You 11 not find me wanting." Just then old Tim faint with running and terror, came in, and, spite The Famous Troubadour. the was It is dated 1200, and describes poet's meeting with the shepherdess, Ihe other day, he aays, "I walking by the side of a brook, musing and alone, for love led me to think of sonar, when suddenly I saw a kweet sbsp henieM, lovely and kind, watching her flock; I stopped before her, seeing horso WW law w mo bc.3Uu, . , i. 4l. i ir the movement was prompUy set on foofeun8 , li , In force, with abundance of provisions,! a feasible route sonth of the lake, in the hone that the necesarv inescoulJ"4 one which would be of expensive be run in spite of the rigors of iuid-win-JiVtrnc0D ter. Ihe earliest mlormation concern lnor the pass, says the Ledger, came from Mr. Locrue. who. while surveying the Bnooualmie pass two or three months ago, was told by some Indian, that d ur ine the Indian war, when the Xatchess and Bnoqualmie passes were guarded by troops, the Indians passed Irom the laa ima to Fuget Sound through some pass which had .1 ftl.A lifl.il s.F livaAn VIvAP or lis anxiciy, nis nrennougni waa oi comely and she roceived me so well. My in ro..,.i.,i t,.r tirtu nm his stomwh, anl he begged for a mug of question was : nnt ,.:- Vnown tba TOnnr f,li,.ns. nip, or com, u iner nauu i uoi aier "Sweetheart, are you loved Dy some an.i nni. Lnn.n ... ii.. in,iian.:.n reiuly. So they gave him a mighty mug one. and do you know what love is." .u ; a. . 1 ii tiiv v )ot liA mala ahrti n,ln witl. I ikt ft 1. ' 1 !a1 a I 1 . VVT. . .s.i I yjw""1, luvHiu, imuu, gui, luI)0sed to be 'in. I l.orA til rtl.tnl wmo fAlh I.n-A tail auu a uai v iMiKUtwi uii uuiui tuciu aa no doubt on the subject. "Maiden, I am glad to have found you and then told them that a handful of British had given the Continental coast ers the slip, and were marching np from thoir fiineraH. and to touch off the ?"e C0Ml snooung, unrnmg anj roo- n it may be that I should please you. wivol on Kick hill at auspicious mo- lJlne. 4 w"r l"ev wo" malting, "Sir, you have thought of mo too not do these I 100 ' uo auueu. ror meir coming was so ments. When he did not things, he seemed to mako a businens of partaking of rum or hard cider, and it is aaid of him that thoro never was a time when ho did not have this failing, le cause it appears in the old records of tho town that about the time when the cap ture of Louiaburg was celebrated be went so much further than his compan ions as to maae merry on tue jrd s Day. This was more serious by far than to bo a little merry on any other day, and they sent him to the common jail for tlirco weeks therefor. Bo by reason of her futhor's bnsiness and position and erbaps bocanso of hi. Dan), Mis Bully Wuggs hod nothing to commend her to anyliody. And yet of ail tho girls in that day there was none who could milk a cow with hor, nor sudden, and so many of the young men were away with tho Continentals, that the few lads w ho tried to stop them on Itidgeflcld hill were of no more avail than a breath of wind. "And thoy've heard of your eattlo and rum, 'Squire Bcribnor, and it'll not be two hours later before they are here." "now many are thero, Iim. to the best of your knowledge?" askid the 'Squire. "Not more than two dozen nor less than a score, 'Squire." nut we are no match, mere are only four mon, including you, Tim, who are more likely to run than fight, said the 'Squire. Not more tliun four. I'll venture I'll give the red coats cause to tHiiik that I sooner find one that had strayed into the there are more than four, or twice four," woods. This doubtless lud 'Squire said Bally Waggs. much; if I were foolish I misht fancy great deal." "Maiden, do you not believe mo? "Sir, I must not." "Sweet girl, if you accept my love. am longing for yours." ftir, it is impossible; vou have sweetheart and I a lover." "Madam, however that may be, it is you i love and your love 1 loy." Sir. look somewhere else for one who is mnro worthy of you." "Jiettcr than you l do not wish for. "Sir you are foolish. "I am no fool, swoct mistress. Love gives nio leave, and I yield to your love liness. Sir, I would rid of speech." "Maiden, as I live you are coy, Bcribnor to tako hor into hi. family for a Help to his wiio, and Airs. Betilmor nsed to say that she was past dispute atupid in her speech and brisk about her work beyond comparison with any dam sol thereabouts. There happened to bo at tho Thanks giving dinner at which Bally madfl the ovulation of herself a young gentleman who was regarded as a man of parts, and espuciailly worthy of consideration, be muse his father aent a brlgautino to tho Wost Indies from Now Haven once in a whilo laden with goods, and brought her biv k Oiled with sugur and rum. This young follow was thought to have addressed more than one missive to Squire Bcribner's daughter Jorusha. At all evonta, bo was Irioudly with the futu ily, and had tried his wit at a just with Bally and came off sadly worsted, lm- caiiHO she said nothing to him, but only looked at him with a vacant staro in her brown eyes, He did not liko lieing laughed at, for he bad vowed, as a lest, as he was com ing home from thelhanksgivingsormon, that be would make Sally Waggs say aomothlng that would astonish them that "Mnoponco ha penny to a sixponoo you inn, said the ruiuiro, "I'll win that, aud wear the silver as a token, said young Lathrop. So he said to Bally, as alio brought a pitcher of cider in aud put it by tho Hqmre s piaco: "Sally, what would you do if you was Kingtiuorge of Luglundr She looked at him only, aud the others smiiod. "Sally, he continued, perhaps a littlo irritated, "would you 'troth yourself to me if 1 asked you? ' "Not till you won mo," sho answered, without seeming to lo conscious of any snarpuosa in the reply, "And how could I win you?" ho per severed. "Ily fighting ten rod coata at onco." "Give me the chance and 1 11 do it." Sally quitted the room for tho nuts or some such dosrert, and young Iktlirop demanded his silver pieeool tho Mquiro, Hut the old Rontleman refused it. and they had an arguniont alniut the merits of tho wager, that was so interesting and made such laughter that they mimlcd not tne lunse or timo. It was gettiug so dusk that tho forms, but not tho faces, were visiblo, and the Squire was for lighting the candles, wheu the kitchen door was thrown oeu. "Don't vou hear thorn?" said Sullv Waggs. Hut as long as ho lived Mv ... prayer is humbly made. "And what would yon do, Sally?" I "Sir, I must not forgot myself so "That is what I would, and will do. much; alas! my honor would be lost if I l'ercoivo the darkness coming; that will trusted toolijliUy. help us or I mistake. Now futhor, go to "Maiden, whatever I say have no fear the great barn and take the thrco Ian- that I dishonor you. NEAB TUE SATCnESS, Six different parties were sent out in the early fall in search of it, the last being that of Jlr. Sheets, the lormer expedi tions baving-failed to discover it. The great difficulty attending all their ex ploiations arose from the difficulty of pocking provisions, camp equipments, etc., on the backs of men, there being no trails in that ditection. When the pass was discovered by Mr. Sheets, he had but a few days' supply of provis ions, and had to determine between would enJ abandoning the further exploration and taking tho risk of going down to the set tlement via Green river, he having started in on the eastern side. He adopt ed the latter alternative, going down Green river, and the route being ren dered almost impassable by small fir trors and brush bent down and mailed by the snows of the previous winter, he was compelled to wade a lonz distance down the rivor, and wiis two and a half PATS WITHOUT FOOD Before arriving at the settlement. Im mediately, on the report of Mr. Sheets, it was determined to take steps for suoh instrumental turveys as might be pos sible before the closing in of the winter. you wooing torus and light thorn. Mr. Lathrop, you light the two you will find on the beam back of the kitchen oven. and. 'Sunire Bcribnor, if you have your heart in it, prepare powder and shot, and suffer graudfutlier to load the guns the while. and put no rubbit shot in the muzzles, either. I will lie back myself in the pace of five minutes." Mqiiire Scrihnor said long after that it surprised him, as he thought it all over, that ho did not conjecture that this stupid girl was out of hor head, instead of implicitly following the commands she gave them, In five minutes, more or less, the form of a man apieared in the dining-room 1 1 . 1 I m wuu a gnu in ins naiui, ami bo mucu oi a Btrangor thut the bewudored women wero in a great state of consternation, and it was not until tho man spoke, und snoke with the voice of Bally Waggs, mat commence was restored. inueeti, mo iorm aeemod that or a man, because Miss Bally had npou hor hoad the cocked hut and on her body the regimental coat that Grandfather Bcribnor had worn in tho Fronch war. twenty years back, and, as for the short clothes and stockings, the mystery of mo arrangement by which Aliss Sully made henelf appeur from the knees down like a heavy-limbed young fellow wis uover explained l ive men of us," she said, and with ne such thought of ther picturesque, perhaps comical, pieturo she made as flitted through the quick brain of young Lathrop. She led thorn out to the hill that flanks tho highway by which tho British must come, a mutter of a hundred rods from the houso. Then she commanded her father to fasten the five lanterns to "Sir, I am your friend, for I see your DaTle, with provisions and supplies, and wisdom checks your passions." "Maiden, when I am in fear of doing wrong, I think of the 'lieautiful Sem blance! "Sir. I much like your kind behavior. lor you know how to please. "Maiden, what do I hoar?" ."Sir that I love you." loll me, sweot maiden, what has maie you speak such pleasant words? "Sir, wherever I go I hear the sweet songs of Sir Guivant Itiquirer. "Maiden, let us not cease to speak of what l ask you. Sir, does not "lieautiful Bomblance favor vou. sha who pnanlrt vnn frnm loose flutteries?" "Maiden, sho will not hoar me." "Sir, sho is right." 'Smure Seribnor insisted that it was not w.,n ?m .rn7 Ci)U,a bear their boasts Sally WW's who spoke, albeit he oould THE FA3II1.T DOCTOR. For a common cough, hop and bono- act cuudy drops are excellent. Apples before breakfast, well masti cated, are an aid to the digestive organs. Thick, broad soles for tho shoes are now in order. Dry, warm foot will save many a doctor s bill. If you have cold feet sit daily at a window where tho sun', rays have unob structed admission, and letihem fall on the extremities from knees to toes. Dr. Foote'. lkulth Monthly savs that "Lager beer is a good garglo for sore throat. Temperance people need not swallow it, and intemperate persons should not. Lure lor lUuliiiuins. aiioo rnw po tatoes, with the skius on, and sprinkle over them a littlo salt, and, aa soon as the liouid therefrom setting in tha lxit a long polo, and attach each end of that torn of tho dish, wash with it the chil io a tree, and momomont she gavo com-1 oiains; one application is all that is mand ho was, by such violetit .winging oi tho polo, to mako. bv tho confusion of lights, the five lnnterna seem as near liko fifty as the alcohol in his nerves would permit. ithout ono word of remonstrance "Squire Bcribnor obevod hor, and got behind a tree, and Urandfathor So rib ner knolt, the better to steady his mus cles, bv a rock, while Captain Sally and youug iathrop stood exposed. liy-aud-by the Jtritish came along, lhey were merry with liquor, and tap the main party with pack train over the Snoqualmie Pass. Both detatchments met on tho Lpper lakima in the early part of November, and found supplies awaiting them, forwardod by Mr. L. D. Willis, of Portland, who had been ap pointed commissary of tho expedition. Immediately after arriving it snowed to a depth of 18 inches, but not enough to interrupt the progress of tho work. A trail was cut from the Yakima rivor over the mountuius through the Tocoma Pass lor ronwARomo SUPPLIES, And sheds were built along the trail for use of the packers and for storage of uyyut-B iur me men, lor use m case they were overtuken bv the stnrm mi.l driven backward, which proved to be a wise provision. A line was run from tho lakima river to the summit of the pass. and two grade lines westward from tho summit to Green river. On Sunday u.Kui, vuvrigiwc om. ntieets' nnrtv coraposod of twenty-ono men, were four miies west ot the summit, liising early next morning, thev found tWv l.n.i sleeping under four and a half feet of snow, and they determined at once to roturn to their source of sunnlies en tl eastern side of tho mountain, fourteen mnes uisiant. Alter breakfast the party tn ft a. 1 WITHOUT PI HDE.N8, wne man going ahead and beating the snow until he got tired, when a fresh man was put in tho lead, and HA An n niil ... .i ii . F. eaeu one oi tue pnrty had taken his turn in tne laborious effort. After thus beat ing a trail four and ono-half miles they all returned to the camp 0f the night bo fore, and on the following day at early dawn set forth, rctreuting in good order each man taking blankets and provisions necessary. on hia back. On the second day. after A Good Curo for Colds.-Boil two ending the eastern slope a milo or ounces of flaxseed in ono quart of ., y ouw a muio coming toward U'litril. atmin anil ..1.1 mm.... .f them, when a loud shont rock candy, one-half pint of honoy. fhe Par,T knowing that tho hour of do- nice of three lomous; mix. and let all "'D'"ULO "uu CUU1P- ine snow was x.il well; let cool, aud bottle. Dose. U tho nock of the animal, which one cupful bofore bed, ono half cupful w "n:cn, lwo mon Rnd hich fol- before meals.' The hotter you driuk it tuw.eu lu UIttze8 on l"e trees like an ex the better. periencod mountaineer. Soon afterward A New Uomely for Dibhtlieria.-The reai.uru LamP 3. bere method of treating that form of pulmo nary consumption which conswU in the i boiiu. wxeb a w aitino, Ulceration in the substance of the lungs, I And camped for the night in not deny that her Inxly stood in the doorway, and that her evos, even in the dusk that the firelight brightened, sparkled, and her lips moved. As for young Lathrop he was beyond all power of making out the moaning of it, ao surprised was ho; and, surprised as he was, he was quick enough to nee thut there was something about this young woman', look and manner now that forced admiration from him. W ill you oe stupid?" she aaid; "will you aet there with your pig and pie driving you into a doie, and lot them como and priaon you aud do worse for tho womeu? You may sit still, if. so be it's your ill, but 1'Uflght them Sll they She weut to the corner of Uie room, and, leaping upon a chest that stood there, reached np and took down a musket that Lung upon the wall. Amazed aa young Lathrop waa at this action, it did not eacape hi. to tie that the arm that ah pat np when he reached for that musket was worth more than a moment', notice, not only because of the whiteness, but aUo be cause of the graceful swell of it. "W'hatmaaa yea, girl?" aaid Grand. ot what would happen in the Squin's by means of blisters on the chest, and Tho next day the pack train was aant house Within an hour. thus jrivinn- an artificial nntlot nf !, over to tha al.andnn.vt Mm., .. .... humors which otherwise discharge from summit, to take out the tenU, provis tho lungs, has Wen successfully applied ions and remainder of the mat..'. to various other diseases in which the which would bo needed iu the sprin vital organs were attacked. Even rari- From here the party returned t l. .,,1 ous forms of internul intlamraation may ply camp, about ten miles east of the in this way be drawn to the exterior, summit, on the Yakima rivor. flmt r,.n. and the latest application of this method ning a compass lino down tho trail toob- was niado with diphtheria. Dr. Davis, tam the toiiography of the countrr Ti, of Mankato, Minn., blisters the chest of J supply camp is about thirty-five miles his patienta suffering from diphtheria, west of Ellcnsburg. and the ana t ti,n m - , . w . . . a , . . w uii Young Lathrop was for shooting when away out or rango, aud Captain Sally found it neeesisury to give him a tap on the bin with tho butt of her musket that made him wince before he oamo into dis cipline. At last they got, half a dozen of them. well abreast of the army in ambush on the hillside. "Now," whispered Capt. Sally, "when I give the military command, fattier. see to it that Uie lanterns quiver liko nreuugs, and we U give them a reception from the Squires farm that some of their mothers and sweetheart, will la ment." Then .he stepped out into full view, with youug Lathrop by her side. She waved her gun with as nearly like th encouraging motion which a commander A Terrible Experience. Lucy A. Still, a lady nearly CO a:k of age, residing near bliaron s ikl, this county, has just pasaod ruL'h one of the most terrible exper- ilfc ever recorded. She waa traveling to)igh one of the great nameless hips of Potter county on her way to v ier son. who lived about six miles d l from her homo. There had been a iit fall of snow a day or two before, at lie rood was partly hidden from sitl)ut the old lady had male up her null i go, and so she started out on fo k walk the six miles, a task she h tequontly accomplished. Be foril had reached the center of this gre imeless swamp, the snow again cod meed falling and in a short time the ad was hidden from Bight. Still thed lady plodded bravely on, bnt wheditrkness overtook her she must havtrared from the road, and finally she;nd She aupe frightened and confused, and theio sankt1 siblt. for i u hen , nennr herself struggling in the mire. aud the ulceration, which otherwise takes place in the throat will appear on me t nest while me throat becomes free, it. . . .1. us discovered mis wnne treating a I wounded man. who got diphtheria be fore his wound was healed, and the sup puration appeared in tho wound and not in the throat. nal uvut . mrtw and one- depth, ihe wixitw int was alf feet in was stormy and cold for several iUv and the animals, of which there were some twenty, were COVERED WITH ICI AND SSOW. The snow falling in large masse, from me trees rendered it dangerous to fur. ther proaecute the work even if th. The French iters in tha Prnvinrv 1 nl.l iur wi1a1 witftnn j:ik-.ia (Tires bit word on entering actiont as Outbco ar Jcnntinff tha lou Af tiiru I Anil it hi I hor far rlnUrm !na,l A ... . the weapon would imrmit, and then gave nlation by emigration to the States. One pend operation, on and abont the sum J.?"!00 . ng.. r: . ... I1 lh biahops have in vain issued mit for two or three months. IB "IJaJI the whole umverse, by flank mandate, with tha obiaol at atnninir nrninr it waa .1 flr.t to kingdoms-flie! the outflow, and in vain the pariah come by way ef the Bnoqnalmie Taas The military command astonished tha I briaata hav ao.na.1 ).. frrt. r k. I w . v.... ..i . ....... .r . ... ... ll, , " .. v. ( m viiniinijiiia in u rruuerca British, bnt that was nothing to th. nr- tiahop., for, "in spite of all that, the lit impossible to cross the Yakima river prise that followed the volley. Two or mania of expatriation continue, in ac. and it wa. therefore decided to return bv llT"J- 'The Dalle., distance of 175 mile. three went down, and one staggered and she struggled the deeper sho ! 1 she found it would be impos tricate herself, bhe screamed ut in vain. No one answered She at last, after almost super- Kts, succeeded in reaching a Fee. which sho climbed. Tho densi,' I ere of the tree afforded her console warmth, and sho determin ed to,) 4n there until morning. The follo-nlorning dawned comparatively warn.,. J the bog by which she was surround, instead ot getting harder, became re and more soft and perfectly impassat. Before starting from home Mrs. Sti'ind put some bread and crack ers in he,ocket to eat along the road, and, for lately, had in her pockot a large fla of brandy, which she was taking to r son. Tjpon these provis ions, and jnantity of snow which she ate, Mrs. till managed to subsist for seven dnvuever daring to descend from her perch the tree. She screamod al most contiously, and on the following Monday, week after she had start ed to walk her son's house, her cries for help we hoard by a party of hun ters, who imediately made prepara tions for he-escue. They procured an ax aud moden ingenious contrivance somowhut rambling a raft, which they succeeded iimshing to the foot of the tree in whit Mrs. Still was sitting, and iu a short tu uho was safe at her sons house. Pa&g-had been scouring tho country in t directions for days, and finally all htH of finding her had been abandoned, thile in tho swamp Mrs. Still says shihw hundreds of deer and two or thrceU hours. Sha was attack ed by a Wil ent hut lmr tirnvAH fnr safety were iwered. for as tho animal came near hejhe gave au awful scream and the "van,,t" fled. Mrs. Still was so exhausted nd weak that she could hardly movo cn found, and a serious illness has r.ultod, which may yet prove fatal. Ir RTiwrinnne has never been equaled I any woman of her age. I'hiladelphipress. . A Social Seatlou In Washington. The latcsf W ashington corpoudent of the Boston ...., i mat cased by the arrest of a young man nana St. Clair, otherwise known as "Sis"einoin;r ti,; r, man found great , joyment in attending the numerous taijonable balls, parties, aud receptions gon Lcro during the present winter ated ia the clothing of a fashionable boll,of the season. His get up was remarkable, and, t0,, Slaved his difficult part so well that nnt A;annvnrnA until Wednesday a.n;n i .k;i SniT I'8 iiven" bthe lemple. There 1( aun,l,l r,,l at tracted much atuVinn were, one of U f ,. of the evening AJeadu, 1LulleS LUistenVX tULLi8 fAt,her1 W fliinn . J t ffa8 01 tllB litest Lt1KJhBJ--button white wereocurcdattkr.orna.mentat.,on8 other bfllcs procure J6 Va W ,6 cidedly tasteful. H ' M? T"! d--with elegance andea Tf LlS tmD feminine appearand Lft3 ?eF would be called verv Z lad7' the pocket of the dn okl,ng' ! signed by a Southed f 6 scure member of ( """""""r faiied to be re-electe SreM' If doorkecwr of the P re(lu?.8tlP8 the admit the beJSr 11? galleries "to liulies' gallery," jJJ 4Jme,11?, tLe which he, aZ'-C anMthre efn ceiveJfromcerUin-anC,lft,r' hade female friend. Th.lt dmirer" 'nd a the Police Court .f'T"8 "l"." followed, though' rr Pr080Cution many curious peVws. 2 grfaJ to see the young feLoV vh Wftntod toSe MhTS? Chicago the canal to UsilJa 7 ,01' r,ver nnd winter before Conin' Pnshed thia estimated at ?1S oort he exponse ia thatDUnoisdonVtt "is proposed the United Sutea pr'8ent nl o enlargeil ao u totuTion il larevels from v.. i P?88 of thought that the ? 8ulf much favor witaT!111' not find Uon until the irr7!:,nen ot naviga- attendedto. "Br" are properly National tharltlf.. A State, a county, a nation, noted for its beniflcent charities to nufortnnate humanity ia worthy a high place in the world annuau. me time, when the insane were treated like wild animal., when the deaf and dumb were left , to lives of stolid ignorance and the blind allowed to l it in menUl as well aa bodily dark ness are reviewed by the humanitarian ef tho nineteenth century with shudder ing dismay. That part of the report of the Secretary of tho Interior, that de tails the number of these unfortunates cared for by the Government, in the Asylums provided for them in the Dis trict of Columbia, is ono of the mark, of onr advancing in civilization, a signifi cant figure upin the dial of time that divides tho new from the old. In THE HOSPITAL FOB TUB IN8AXE, During the post 23 years, 4910 cases of insanity in all . its forma in. been treated. Of this number 2U95 hava been returned to their friends and to the world, cured. On the last doy of June, 1880, thore remained in this hospital for treatment 897 persons, of whom O'Jl were mon: 529 of those trenti.il during , -"O v year were from the army, G3 from the navy and 402 from civil life. For the proper support of the insane thus directly under the care of the Govern ment for the current fiscal rear Cnn. gress is asked to appropriate for mainte nance, clothing and medical treatment, 190,875; for general repairs and im provements, 810,000; for special im provements, the chief item in which is to furnish tho hospital with a supply of pure water, $40,000. The Columbia In stitute for THE DEAF AKD Dnm Is the next on the list of the nation's charities, and is renorted aa followa: Tim number of pupils under instruction during the year was 128. Of these 79 were in tho collegiate doportment, repre senting twentv-four States and tha Ilia. trict of Columbia, and 49 were in the primary department. The general liealth of tho IlUliils hast linen fon,l Ami but one death has occurred. Instruc tion in articulation has been continued with increasing success. A diploma and silver medal were received from the Paris Universal Exposition of 1878, in rt'cuguiuon oi mo remarKabie advance made by tho collocate department. The president of the institution visited Europe during tho summer for the pur pose of attending an international con vention of instructors of the deaf and dumb in Milan, Italy, early in September. Thejreceipts of the institution amounted to $53,522 06, and the expenditures to ?52,290 37, of which $29,444 48 were for salaries and wages. The estimates for next year are for current expenses and repairs, $53,500, the same amount as that appropriated for the present year; and $15,i2 07 for the completion of the gymnasium, the erection of a barn, cow houses, eto., and for the improvement and inclosure of the grounds. Congress at its last session made provision for the care and education of the feeble-minded children belonging to the District of Columbia, the expenses of the same to be defrayed out of the appropriation for the support of the Institution for the support of the Deaf and Dumb. One applicant ha3 been placed in the Penn sylvania Training School for Feeble minded Children, at Media, near Phila delphia. Twenty blind children belong ing to the District of Columbia have been under instruction the past year in the Maryland Institution for tne Blind, at Baltimore, as beneficiaries of the Uni ted States. The exigencies that followed closely in the wake of the emancipation of vast numbers of men and women from slavery to lives of responsible lib erty, created the necessity of some humane provisions for their wants by the government. Among them was the FREEDMAN'S HOSPITAL. The whole number of patients in the hospital during the year was 1,119. The number in the hospital June 30,1879, was J17; the number admitted during the year was 802; 139 died; 752 were dis charged, leaving 228 in the hospital at the close of the last fiscal year. About two-thirds of the patients were colored persons. Of those who were discharged, 585 are reported cured. A dispensary has been carried on in connection with the hospital upon the books of which for the year are borne the names of 1,949 pa tients. This hospital subserves an ur gent need of this community, and the continuance of provision for it is com mended to the attention of Congress. The expense of tho support and medical treatment of each patient in this hos pital is about fifty cents a day. As tha amount of suffering relieved by these National charities is incalculable, so is the computation of the vice and crime prevented by their wise intervention be yond computation and reason and hu manity alike rejoice at the rocord, The Points of Law. "You see, boss, dar's a nigger libin up my way who orter bo tooken car' of," said an old darkey to the captain at the Central Station yesterday. "What's he been doing now ?" "Wall, Bah, las' fall I lent him my axe, and when I wanted it back he braced right up an' tole me that possession was nine points o' law, an' refused to give it up." "Yes." "Waal, do odder day I(sent de ole woman ober an' she borrowed his buck saw, an' when Julius cum for it I tole him jist like he answered me, an' stood on my dignity." "Welir "I had nine pints o' law, didn't I?" "Yes." "An" how many pints am de law com posed of?" "I don't know." "Wall, dat's what bodders me, fur he saw dem nine pints, shet up dis lef eye fur me, pitched de ole woman ober a bar! and walked off wid his saw and my snow-shovel to boot! If I had nine pints he nans' hey had ober twenty, an eben den he didn't half let himself out 1" A lad in Georgia was arrested as a sus pected murderer, and to escape the gal lows established an alibi by producing a watch which he had stoleat a cS tome and place, That brought 1 SfffiS Vmit to te penitentiary, and to dodge that Issue he royed that he had eaoaped from the lunatic asylum! nd waa returned to his old quarter,, '