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THE 0EEG0N SCOUT.
JONI'.S A; OUANCISV, riilrtUlicr.
UNION,
OREGON
How the Ancients Engrarcd Gems.
Wo must remain as yet eomo little in
doubt as to tho methods employed by
of old artists to perfect theso miracles
of tasto. "Wo have, however, tho absolute
certainty that theso ancient masters wcro
familiar with tho diamond, and that their
best work was mado by using this, tho
hardest of all substances, as a tool. A
splintered fragment of tho diamond
served as a scraping tool, and they wcro
well acquainted with tno drill. A'rclns
torio man worked a drill at tno very
commencement of his oxistenco. A
Phoenician gem a lion attacking a bull
shows how tho drill was used. A num
bor of circular depressions aro found in
tho gem, whioh mark tho extremities of
tho flcrurcs. Tins was dono not only for
tho sako of effect, but to show tho artist
tho limit of his work as to depth. After
tho holes woro sunk tho artist united
tho various portions of his work Jty
Bcratchinpr. Now, tho uso of tho urn
mond point or splinter, fixed in an iron
socket, allowed a certain flexibility of
handling, which our modern processes
of gem engraving do not permit, lo
day tho work is dono uy means of a
minuto rotating disk of copper, which
is whetted with oil and diamond dust.
On tho least application of tho sub
stance tO(bo cut to tho disk, it is tho
disk which bites into tho stono. Tho
diffcrenco in manipulation is, then, that
to-day it is tho stono which goes to tho
tool, and not, as in olden times, tho tool
to tho stono. It is moro convenient,
then, in our day to bring tho cart to tho
horso. It can now bo readily under
stood why, in modem work, timo and
labor being spared (tho art conception
not entering for tho present into tho
subject), why this work of to-day is in
ferior to tho art of tho past. It is purely
a mechanical process now, for lyrotating
disk will no moro draw lines which havo
feeling than will photographing pro
cesses paint pictures. It lias boon Khsfcud
that wo aro not entirely acrpuiintod wr&
tho methods employed by tJio aid fffyp
tio artists. This bocdJncs qjwfca uu&Uasd?
from this fact, that thorr best wi
scemso havo been both cat and jwS
ished at tho siftno time. To-dVty w buwo
no tool, noo Htihutimco, wkysh will i
QjmpUsh thhi donbhj fietri. 3&r. King,
dwelling QPotbfi dsmiuud pceu, sn$s iv
extensive imo at tha jpraiJb fctThxxiirta
between fcb iBS&p&jml mtd&on wpxfr
- Ilarjicp's Afpgpmhops. 0
-BtoEf
A 3O'A'0 Luilt as EoenartcCtj
NotoQiini Africa (&n itfrs tp'
rapid growth is ffiuiAif rley, trm a'it
Ollm (ivcniinPiit 9s (if?iusJ.ixT frc
mill the hcadqunitoitf o th& svnH
African diamond diBVtfrw Klv
years ngtktiot a h(rt 8iwi tfliW'O w
soiih9 HoiOO peiijiJo, VW.0? irdfo
liter $2.01)0.000 ft yea, fiu ua
tli'o most thriving ftmiooiwut fl tl
African cotitimoit. kfe w mrt-diapove
ed that tho tow 8 is nni ttjsm lay.
dial promlsea to bs w ynxtHi'tifa
diamonds lOt lltp nPighUoing- "ill
gings" which liavo laen Ui ju?ftft i
its wealth ami tho vry origin of i
oxistcnco. Kimwrloy bjjidi'iiiio:ilPii
tho "Now Wash" diamond scttbjnio)
of 1S70; aim the thousands who Hoc
cd to tliox'ality to secure a 'JCi'ii
in tho valuable reefs, wliicli liavo bei
worked further ami further to the c
of the silo of tho future town, whe
in such a hurry to seek their fortune
tho digKi" that thuy forgone iiiiiiu
wlietlii'r tlio wjy on whieli they piti'ln
their tents or- erected their log-liu
wiui not ciiii illy diiiinoiiiflfcroiiH. ,'
(rjlu wooden shanties havo given pla
to moro substantial buildings, it li
been found that Kiinbcrley itself li
been ho it on a diamond Held, and th
tli" ..cat end or residential part of tl
ivii is as full of gems as the actti
diggings themselves at the eastern
working end of tlieflown. New claln
aro being taken up in all directions, at
land wliicli wic beginning to acqui
consldorablOji'aluo as building sites, h.
suddenly assumed fresh importance!
possibly containing .some now "Start
South Africa." How many houses wi
bo pulled down in tho search for tl
diamonds upon which they are built
would bodillleult to say. "lint it wi
bo int?rosthig to wateli tho future pn
Bress of a town which owes its ex is
eneo and its subsequent partial destrit'
tion and removal to tho same can"
the abundance of the diamonds to
midst of which it appears to ha
grown.
Nicknames of States.
In answer to a requust tho Ikooklyn
i'c gave tho following catalogue of
the States and tho "by-names" of their
citizens :
Autumn...,,
ArkuiiKua
('aUfuriita
Colorado,
Coiilin-llcilt...
1). la ware
Florida. ,
fltm-K'ia
Illlunli.
Imllaui
Iowa., ,
Katn.n
Kentucky,,.,,
!otll4laua
JlJlnt
MaoUr.d
Mlclilftn
.....Uianla
TtHitlipli'aa
(loUl HimU'ra
,. a ltowra
...WtKKlvn Nutnif;
Muak llt
riy.U-tluvCrk
,,,, lliuxanla
,,,, ..Sucker
,. ..Ilmtelrra
,,,, Ilaskf)
, Jay llakrin
.Cora Crai'kr
,,,,,,, ,.l!rtHiK
,,,, l'otra
,,..,Craw Tliimiivcra
Wolvurinra
............. (loiiliera
TadlVlca
allitnaoai
llll.!jjr.....
Mlkaourl......
, 1'iikca
llii K i:ti'r
Hk II I'll a
,.. (lunlte lloja
Uliica, Olaiu UaUlicra
l.lilrkarlHH'kfiv
Nauraika.
Niixl..
Nair ItaraixMia,
N.J.r..j
Nair York
Norlta Carolina
Ohio
Orison
l'uiu)!ianla. ,,,,,,, .
llhiKlo Ulaml
South Carolina, . .....
TrnueiuM.,,,,,,, ...
Tltta..
Vermout
Tar lkillcra au.t TucVwa
lliickejra
Wet Kent aud Hani Cawa
.lVuiianltoa aud llroud llrliui
Ouii niuta
WrftaeU
Whrilia
lkf llMda
, (Irvcu Mouu'alu ltiij a
WUoullilu., ...... ......
. lUilijcra
In Boston somo fumilles
p. m., others at nnd still
dine at 1
others at
at 4, so that, unless one is well ac
quainted with tho family characteris
tics, it Is altogether unsafe to adopt
social motliods that would do eminent
ly correct elsewhoro.
A TITLE CLEAR.
Maybe It wn, the Sunday fare;
Maybe the Sundav termon;
Pcrlinpg 'twos but a plain nightmare
I never can determine.
I dreamed I was an errant shade,
"With otlicr shadows hieing
Along a road whose downward grade
Wag simply terrifying.
Bc'ore tlicm all, with liPiiglity bead,
One lit Id tin; i lilef posit on,
Whose Jolty mien and feUtdy tread
Proclaimed Ills high condition. --'
Wlt'lc lu tlie eves of nil the rest
Sat trouble and drjectlon, l
Ills golil-rlmnieil orln alone expressed
Approving Introspection.
Ve reached a river and embarked
Upon n talley gloomy ;
The seat the strung t tookfR marked,
Was elegant and roomy.
When t'haton came to punch his faro
The awr-lnsplrliis; fpeiter
Trmullxcd lilm Willi a stony stare,
And seemed to say, "Director."
Wc reached at length the heavenly gate
The press had fre Hdm'sslons " '
Tiic common herd was lorccd to wait (
And louded 'with conditions. J
The stranger liandcd In his card,
Whllu'MUnd Ihedoor we hovered,
And to the high celestial guard Q
tils shapeiy liead uncovered.
saw .H. l'eter smile and bow,
Uibano nnd deferential:
The st aiiKi-r'g grectlni: was fomehow
a snutie more consciueutlal.
"Ansel I" the paintlv Uler cried.
0
A pace straight wiiv nnpearlng. ,
(I don't remember that I tried i
To wholly keep from heurlng.)
I caught the wotds "Orchestra chair
U wure get the right She
See tlie harp tuner; midtake care
The halo la a bright one."
"Look lively, too," St. IVIg- sujjj
"The ci'titlcinan Is vtutttoir."
"3Ieaee register," ho beflt ) WiiS
Thegie,bovlDdb:il)s'.
The stranger wrote. I Mat IHs sitfX)
The pueicd piiCoeaflrufloeji i ;
The inline whs o joulit, toe iro ifasjffi-
"J. Wistfimp igtris? JftiSffPfli"
, -im
o
Anaaias Piokott TflHow. Irwff otantie
JUSh) of the hyuadji nd JouaJc.m
"Jo," flcraa t&D othcx' tUto te'vfr
dva lMkvboab eiJwi, Utcd tMmut flw
vohH ftrwn Ibtf t-joa M l(i
mix "iftv" wxd "J. a."
'JLTtod IJfiwxjot ii5.Toreil(tiJi suajwicat
bajoo"kjoncai to bo iw4ic?i-Kwk fa ttsd fjoja
ttOfoon -Any Down cot tiuw Wcuiysjfl tltikuwi
Witt, Mo fen? ita tocaj do-lcric hf aix,
tSatwuin et9.qjrii to w ijrjujo its Iwsijotg
imhj, vjth its oipintww era ttuo ftolflt
Bujnw fec4j& Ymn hil bcuCp J i ercax wjcuffi
Ifc t Iwo (i vooootutv's fktHfaau mint's (to-
VWtbwot, and- th fca.i. hwAoa etffti.
bent viAv irtMsnino iKrofth 4hm
rtrttooia Mniion oof kjsum cxmtr. in
w n mwrai rcs Albert cfeaiSi la
mum o rtnaj. In Xhjndy It mm
tit
Tnjj ?oot ivowl e( on m
lOJMHJot trf pewsiWo tujj j)i0()3ttW afle
doote. '
i'lio wator is about ten fetdj(i ftsl
very dark. No one
hub
a eoponor
QnjoymoOt
could possibly fjnd
lookiir& at it.
OOJ
Tliu bridge also corves a9 adiort cut
for predatory foxes soeking tlirougli
highways and livwuvufiirtlmsni-ciilmit
chicken, tho phflosophio tufckoy, and
niu ((isuipio oi a cerium school of med
icine -tlio duck.
At times tlio trees that limrthis hnnk
take On a vltSd heautv.
Tlie bamboo climbs to
tho tops
llings a
swaying
of tlio tallest ones and
graceful e?own over their
beaut v.
Scarlet coronals of miknnwn (m
Ttiipluisiv.o tlie fragrant green, tlirouirli
winch tiny birds neon out and
watch witli wide-eyed wonder tho
creaking vehicles and strange figures
that pass slowly by. Outbursts of
rarest song can bo hoard lliero
tlirougli tho soft languorous days,
aud switt darting tins, liko er
rant rays of light, ripplo tho wa
ters below.
On tho oast side aro half a dozon or
so of rough log cabins, keeping
guard over a few acres of broken
soil; cotton aud potato patches, tlio
garden of long eollards and turnips,
tlio parterre of suullowers ami
oleanders.
Kacli demesne has its dilapidated
ohiokon house, its rheumatic stiod for
tlio rolloetivo mule, and its boudoir for
plavful swine.
'flio owners and inhabitants of theso
freeholds aro happy careless negroes,
raising enough to eat and a little to
sell, basking in tliosunshiue, aud obey
ing implicitly tho scriptural injunc
tion to tako no heed to tlio morrow.
In a little log house, standing on the
very banks of tlie branch, in a crouch
ing attitude, as If just about to leap
into the waters for a bath, botli cleans
ing nnd sanitary, lived at tho time of
which I write, Ananias, one of my
heroes,
On tho west side of tho branch tlio
scene was almost literally repeated,
with tlio exception that one of the
houses was of frame, with two rooms
and a lean to, and had forty acres of
land attached to it.
There lived witli his parents, Jeru
nlem, my other hero, until the iiond
of jealousy entered his otherwise pla
cid bosom, aud left wreck aud ruin
thoro. 0 o
Kivo miles off was another little set
tlement of tho same genus, aud hero
Miss Sophy, my heroine, helped hake
the hoe cake In the ancestral mansion,
and by wtu lilajr for tho neighboring
planters' families, earned the shekels
that went to purchase articles of
feminine adornment, articles su dear
to the average feinliiino heart:
Auuulas tvus lull and thlu, elaborate
lv so as to legs, and tho suns of twenty
ivo years had enhanced tho dingy yol-
owot his complexion.
His ej'cs were of tho vintage known
B "pop," nnd tho nrematuro removal
uf thrco front teeth had given him a
weirdly pootlcal pearanee.
Among intensely black surround
ings, tiio fairness of hi? skin was a
drawback, more especially as Ids pa
rents, by some stranjjn oversight, aro
both of the sumo orthodox color.
In temperament ho was somewhat
haughty and passionate, nnd by his
demeanor seemed to bo continually pro
testing against li is environment.
Although entirely ignorant of belles
letters, or, in fact, of any letters, he
was shrewd and forehanded, and was
in a fair way to become something of
a capitalist, when tho unlucky collapso
of the i'recdnian's Uank swept away
the bulk of his garnered hoards.
Tins made him moody and irritablo
at times, but did not impair his ability
as a cotton picker, which was Homo-
tiling wonderful to behold
Jerusalem, or 'Mu," was short and
fat, and, liko my old friend, Hamlet,
somewhat scant of breath.
His skin was so black that soot
would havo made a whito mark upon
it. His eyes were small and twinkling,
indices of tlio good humor that ani
mated his being.
His lips wore largo and luscious, liko
slices of a ripe mango, and a No. 11
shoo hvo him a crignity otherwise im
possible to obtain. .0 0'
His speech was sloxParidOloliuerato,
ifjdtpotivo of o mind much giv$i to
ifjwmrj thjuiflbt, Onfl his ciq-s wQro
lArOTO flfldg Wayward. rostori with
t?0tj motion tjxab fl'fcliCJi ftcrtCJV fi
:pantfi?etcej o 0
jto" fa oalr euv and prg-m write
o!r to taqch WUi ajcul sottxo zfber, VjQ
pYxisoon icv apflenrihi fine
aytoo&Jua n sao ooiSft, Aliflw aopirra Wis
0 xorunc, VolBpfc0uru at to oati'iMn
jxd tflottj a to dr-3 0
juror api$xion wo ofcax. acaltii-
tawrD, aiml dtixzUvs: wfiita, teeth loot,
Toa vJ vivo tjfi).toad hw
flaixufif l&o Vcorfe, aand ,lot it oat osc
igcuxJaya, oiwrirwusiit fell tit adMatooveafc
DoiodiJ tnAJaf a wwrofctoix-t'iril uoll ant
'its ttfil foaliuors ifl simex crtj.
Wwxsaiee, jjbift, o to hex wtbor oKjwxxs
Vcro MidiCtf tdo TwrQ lio.t UeJucioftac
So vcwoVw tti6 itttlo bov Cofttd wsctJc
botr ftcoin. vlixch ta IflLuajeu fr'u .
dwnj ijrtpcft tM pltu mad;
vxt&ril It cfcttl-X nut bacQ. 4isg.icdj
&nl& mon vorooinoIovo wittfc feot;
thxi tf in ploonlj to ho celi o
K, fa&mvyMi oer it tasA spwoLvWl
fui to ona ftot6 tao oJt3 would r.l
Bibf, Jiivor Dcosist o ht toy, tfk flp
fj5.nirtttw li Sboft tcaut to a ball vit(
"J" owuo niytit 4o vent & ftuvvt
ttij Anuijct Hot tnd VffeUai
tLf40m4pviiir fcufele from toe olJw.
MettJDior taiv etor his4 hr .ib
th'tfL llwwJ4i ST tWtm hni hra8c
tto-a i to Ho0iffX!W T60tony vin.
Tlx 1 ttutM e.yn om dttj ia btltoj
7t), vhii kDe atrii V6r4 ?Uif 1
JteU Ule Umb f k? i tfeIf if rule
ctusfrm&t t&(jltf usLJctov was tho
,et J1 It "
Shs had droppwfbinlo tlio houso
Jorusalgni's parents for a social chat,
ami rioding no ono houirr but his fa
thor, good old Unolo Hypothenuso
Johnson, tlio onvorsation rapidly
dnftOil in tbe direljtlyn of liis love af-foii-S.
8
"1 yoiSr your son gwintor bo kicked
by Sopliy tiiggles, Unolo Nuso. Am
dat so?" said Aunt Jfflinv, inquisitivo-
"1 diinno, P diinno, Aunt Jinny,"
was tlie reply; "but if she merries thot
trilliS, owdaoious, yoller nigger, Ana
niali, slio's gwintor bo sorry lor hit be
to' do y'ar am out."
"We'll, Undo 'Nuso, dat boy 'Nias
am a right peart boy, on' I year lie's
got a rig.it smart bunch ob cattle in
do woods soinowhar."
"Right smart bunch ob cattle!" said
Unolo 'Nuso contemptuously. "Slio,'
on'y got three bull yoarliirs an, ono
olo cow. Look yor, Aunt Jinny," ex
citedly, "leinino show you whiv' my
boy Jii'll git when ho gits niarriod.
And tlio old man opened a musty old
trunk tliaPstood in ono corner of tho
room, and, after much delving there
in, and much hard breathing, brought
out an old stocking.
Glancing cautiously around, ovon
going to tho ooor to see if anyone was
approaching, ho showed Aunt Jenny
its precious contents, a goodly store o'f
gold and silver, witli soiiio bills.
Then, carefully replacing it, he re
sumed his seat.
"Hull! Right smart bunch ob cat
tle, eh? Aunt Jinny," impressively,
"when thot boy ob initio gits married,
ho gits four huu'er'd dollars au'
twenty acres ob good lan'."
That settled it; as Aunt Jenny on
hor way home mej. Sophy whon about
half way there, there could bo but ouo
result. That night, by previous en
gagement, Ju took MKs Sophy to a
festival held at the residence of tho
Rev. Capsicum Grant, on the way
back got his courage to tho sticking
point, told Ids love and was coyly but
promptly accopted. Tho kiss that
followed' nearly made au owl tumble
from his perch near by, and so bewild
ered him that au audacious tree toad
sang an air from Norma right under
his vory nose.
The news of tho botrothal was known
all over the neighborhood next morn
ing, and then the storm came.
That same morning 1 was sitting In
my otlloo trying to ovolvo an editorial
on the beauVesof wirpet-btigisin, when
the door thrilled beneath a most lugu
brious knock.
lu answer to my "eomo In I" behold
the long, lank figure of Ananias.
His countenance wore a look oi
mingled ferocity and melancholy.
"Cap,pen,,, stitd ho, "1 has oouio to
you for Bomu dUvioo."
I shoved my writing mutorlals aside i
and motioned him to a chair. Then 1
lit a cigar, tho brand I particularly af
fent U. P. (other people's), and
said "Proceed."
Ho 8hufllcd awkwardly to the chair,
took position on tho extreme edge of
it, and began his monody:
'Cap'pcn, I has been eourtin' Miss
Sophy Giggles gwine onter two year.
1 lias ooughteu her lots ou canity,
iiin
her
indors, an1 sech liko truck, kcrried
r to festibulcs, camp meetints, an'
'scursluns, an ob course I was 'spect
in' to ax hor to marry me, but yistor
dav, wliicli was Chuscday, sho went
an promiso ter marry dat brack no'
count nigger, Jerusalem. I don' care
so much about dat, Cappcn; but dis
morning ho stuck out his tonguo at
me, an' I nebber 'lows no gentleman
ter do that to me, so I axes you what
I mus' do."
It is tlio principal weakness of my
many weaknesses never to allow an
opportunity to pass for fun. IIe.ro
was a brilliant chance. I embraced
'" 'Xs" I sairou aro a gentle
man aro you not?"
"Yes sail," said lie "a Sotif Car'liny
gentleman, sail." gg.
"Tffln,'jgJ repliedH'you must chal
lengonim. "Wlit is dat, sail?"
Von must send a note to him, say-
inir lie must meet yoirj on tlio iield of
lienor. In other worth
In other woras you must light
him."
A lilo played over his gentle coun
tenance. "Lord bless you, Cap'pcn,"
said lie, "sen' dat note right oil; I kin
butt dat nigger ter pieces."
"That won't do," said I sternly; "as
0 gcntloifihn you must light him witli
a f ottPuiQu's weapons. &roti iyi3t
cliolloogo hiio to light you with pis
tole." HjS fCfl tBracPa SliiOlo palorandOuo
Bcjuatwi. i toryou on him quicUlv,
driW ivy ftaaiif GlusQ to him and said
iroiir8jiMh: " 'Nia9, thOro is a tido
ia VUo o-flilrt SP loPO-sick niggeiCl
WAicb, Uka t tho flood-loads on
jnjvriog'fc. r vnow ou won. lio is a
lefribto 6.5.rd'. .o4 WillQgn jift as
an fvw ptsxroiour pistol at liini.
Sfiss ftooh; terll h03.P of it. All We
apon dgia oLFisi SJjB will 'feaoji'
bAi atxJL ?aa vill carV? oP kha cftfio. I
will'jfo ffita yem, apt as Torn' fpiend,
Ctfi co tout 6-1 1 1CS r'l4$t. Wjll ytAl
l6 tiXO tOOdtOf VO 0X6?" O
"Is yoo ova ife nan't-Rirui!, Cto'-
tiotvl15
iamn. jjfop Qfte. I will eoo tjoo
thfouli tiiiv xao.tto?, at4 tjpffioo 9sQ
marry Ali Sopty, Ul daafto afc tle
wedotiatf."
"&tt rigat, !," bo. tftvltefl, ftatl
Vita buoyant, 50i!Kflgr fb;a ioC lQ
ofUftfc O o
H&1T aXk nonof rvvtr&i& I tsia
ill AaUMM OU BOrJ tt tif abl'fo-iftad
To hita L, rftfusfctftj t vhol ftfiir
ol biKiQbt hii5 lo eL dli And act
ttn pn ut fleitrtort l?ir Ujalf ifwn!in.
On cny ttt to xay ofi3o I rot6 t
feojl ebullonr W Ju in th nft-niB of
Anj&iM had yuifttl fcfcjkd wwults.
Jti, fhrmwji si (araOt, &Ttj. Svlv
1 xtnAbkl tA csllAb, pistols
tnr nZtil or tn volutins and tho
&Abvisj Ytvlftj i khe kima.
TlwiF1jA!,eoofl tcbft ISajorend'i
i&t Mm! potitstiati al th details.
Tliikt aial fpr 'Nias might loo
infl d(rt me, 1 made him
llcopj i.y offieo end fastoueddoors
ajad tfinjows on him.
About 5 fl. ty. tho next morning I
hftroosSud my roan inaro Nelly to thu
biigA', took 'Ntas in, and started oil'.
()(Tlii) boy was badly frightened, his
teetu cnatiereti, ami t coum narmy
control my risibles. q9
With a careless movomont of my
foot 1 dislodged tlio cover oP a bpx in
tlio front part of tho buggy and al
lowed him a glanco at tlio contents.
Theso consisted of a hand saw, a
loifj, glittering pruning knife aud an
urdinarv buUdiors cleaver.
"Wh'ttl's dein for, Caption," ho
said.
"Tlioy aro surgical instruments," I
ropliod. "You may bo badly wounded,
and I may havo to cut oil' your arm or
leg to save your life."
"Good gor'-aj-niighty, Cap'pon, lot
mo git right oiiton dis buggy. Ho kin
hab dat "gal if ho wains, an' sides
dat I forgot to foed do mulo dis
niornin'."
"Silonco," 1 said, peremptorily.
"Yoitihavo got to light now, and if you
try to escape I'll blow tho top of vour
head oil'."
Tho poor young follow was almost
paralyzed with fright, and becoming
somewhat uneasy at his condition, I
pulled out a llask of braudy and gavo
him a pretty still' drink.
After the liquor had partially ro
stored Ids faculties I said to him,
"Now, Nias, bngjo up and bo a man.
1 toll you that Ju is an awful coward
and will run just as soon as von point
a pistol at him. Just do as 1 say aud
nil will bo well."
When wd-got to tho appointed placo
tho Major and his protege woro already
there.
Ju was a sight. His oyoballs woro
rolling, his olieoks woro as ashon as
they could get uudor the peculiar pig
ment of his cuticle, aud no wonder,
for in tlio Major's buggy woro two
lingo pistols of revolutionary origin,
with libit locks, a half gallon syringe,
a nionkoy-wroueh aud a pair of horso
clippers.
Tho major saluted mo In a grave,
formal maHiier.
1 roturnod it as gravoly an form
all)'. Tying our horses to convenient
saplings and leaving our respective
charges seated, with strict injunctions
not to stir, the Mojor aud I retired
somo distance for consultation.
"How Is your mauP" said ho, al
most choking with laughter.
"Scared to death," 1 replied, "I
had to brace him up with brandy."
"So did I mino," said ho, "and now
lot's have a oirous. I havd loaded tlio
pistols with powder only, of course,
but so heavily that the discharge will
knock the devil out of them ut the
llrst tiro."
"That will bo a good thing," I an
swered, "for their pastor assures mo
tltat ho has been trying to do that for
tho last three yean."
Wo gave the heroes another drink
and placed them in position, ton paces
apart, pistol in hand.
Tho Major won tlio word, and gavo
it sonorously:
Fire! onc-'two-threel
There was a terrific report, a vast
cloud of smoke and both men lay
prone upon tho ground? O
1 rushed to Anania.nnd raised him
uu, Tlio huge horse pistol recoiling
hm struck ins nose, and It was bleed
ing profusely.
Ten paces away, Ju just recovering
tits senses saw tli'o bloody face of his
antagonist nnd yelling "Uono kilt
him, broko for the woods.
Wo called after him, but to no avail.
Ho kept on running, and as wo havo
never seen him since wo supposo ho is
running still.
About a month later 'Nias canio
into my oilice, and looking up basli
fullyrVsaid: "Cap'pen, is you grt'iuo to
town tor-day?"
"I am," I answered.
"Hon if you please, sah, ax at do
pooflis for Ananias Giggles."
"ijtliouglit you namo waa Pickett,"
f said, (g
"Dat was my maiding name, sah,"
ho replied with dignity. "I was mcr
ricd dis niawnin' tor Miss Sophy Gig
gles." Hamilton Jtu.
.
Peun's Rapacity.
Tito Delaware fishery question,
writes a TrentonyorrcsiJo'ndent to The
New York Tribune, is an example of
tho cases wliicli havo made evorv law
yer of ominencj in Now Jersey an
aiiti.qiiari.'Gf'itlr-all softs of curious
facts at his lingers' ends. Ex-Atty.
Gen. Robert Gilchrist engaged in tho
lishory case in 1873, and hjeias been
associated witli Cortland Parker, John
P. Stockton. ex-Secrctarv Frolinirhuv-
sen, and otMrs in its discussion, and t)
Secretary lsayard lias championed tlio
claims of Delaware. Mr. Gilchrist's
connection with tlio case has juado
him curiously familiar with thoHinies
of Charles 11. and with,- the peculiar
ities of thu duko of "York aud that
"able politician" William I'eun, who
Ennuis to havo been successful in get
ting abuost anything ho wanted from
tlio duke until the " latter ran away
from Whitehall ,-Qd throw his great
seal qs James II. into tho River
Thames. Ono of tho strange phases
oaf tho Delaware claim to exclusive
iirivtieges on tlio River Delawaro aud
DelawarjObay is that its mfflplo, or
anno of thorn, fought the clami a hun
dred years ago and up to)
near
tltft beginning of Haw pixsent
century repudiated tlio guileful Qua
ffcur's claims. MrOPenn was almost as
Hungry as tho d$uoetaXic party; for
R8 Vs a granteo under tho duke of
Yorfc tip a Jersoyifflin and a claimajit
from tlio same source in Delaware aTid
Pennsylvania. Tito Jersey grant, lGGU-ej
bl, renewed after the Dutch dcfojjt, m
1071, was mado to I'ejm among
others, and the. claim foi Delaware
was Oiubsequeiic to -and inconsistent
Witli this. New Jersey's titles to land
fcoro confirmed in 170 and by tho
involution.
Dolawarojs claim to tlio fishing
privileges and to tlio right to keop Jer
soymon troin tlio waters of tlio river
date baok to 1082. oWilliam Ponn had
obtained tho grant of Pennsylvania,
hut when arrived ho fouriH ton
Swedes in Delawaro occupying tho fair
water iront. tie lixeu iusitui eyes
upon tlio place, and at length got a
grant from tho duko of York for llio
town of Nowcastlo and all that lay
within a twolvo-tnilo circle thoroot.
pio duko, unfortunately for Penn,
had no right to mako that grant, his
brother, King Charles, having never
given it to him. Penn evidently under
stood tlio deficiency in tho grant, for
when tlio duko became king lie got his
deed redrawn, and it passed tlirougli
thu parliamentary stages and needed
only tlio king's great seal. Just at
this juifttturo King James thought Lon
don was getting too hot for him and
ran away. It is recorded in an ancient
chrouiclo that "during an unguardod
moment that able politician, Penn,
confessed to tho board of trado that
had King James remained two days
longor at Whitehall lie would have ob
tained a grant under tho great seal for
tlio three counties of Delawaro." In
1708 tho Delaware assembly knew that
Penn had a claim on tlie counties, but
denied its legitimacy, and beforo that
tlie king and council had repudiated
it. There was a war over tlio posses
sion in 17.17 between Lord Baltimore's
nieu and tho Penn tenants, and again
tlio council decided that tlio provinco
belonged to tho crown; and in 1791 tlio
people of Delawaro themselves form
ally, at a popular election, decided
that tlio crown had possessed tho stato
until its ctami had beon transferred by
tho Rifi-olurftJn. It has seemed strange,
therefore, that the Penn grant should
bo made tlio basis for a claim in the
river, which had been, in fact, always
possesseil by tlio crown, or general
government a fact tlio Dolawaroaus
had used violence to maintain.
Tlio Ponn grant, which was novor
really granted, has therefore beon a
subject of dispute for just iTo2 years.
Rejected at first by tho residents of tho
colony, aduiittod to bo void, fought
by Lord llaltimoro "with drawn
swords." fretfully alluded to as a
source of trouble by the Delawaro as
sembly 150 years ago, formally repudi
ated by the king aud council, rejected
again by tho Dolawareans, further in
validated by the Revolution, it might
havo been considered as dead as tho
wily Penn himself if it had not eomo
forth as an argument upon tho ques
tion of who owned Pea Patch island in
tho Delawaro rlvor forty yoars ago,
and had not then been misunderstood
and construed so that Delaware was
able to lay somo claim to its genuine
ness, aud, a few years ago sot up that
it was, as heir to Ponn's privileges,
tho solo possessor of jurisdiction over
tlio Delaware river within twevo miles
of Newcastle, and had tho right to
make Jersey men pay a liconse for fish
ing therein. Au injunction of tho
United States courts has suspended
operations since, and Is admitted to bo
effective still. Tho end is not yet, for
the caso has not beon llnally adjusted
It affords, at loast, a glimpse of early
colonial history which is not without
Interest.
TASSIXti EVENTS.
Nashvillo has 189 lawyers.
O Nevada's population includes eight,
thousand Indians.
Atlanta is still suffering fronPher
walking-match craze.
1 ho Good Templars havo seven
thousand members in Virginia.
A widow in Wilton, Conn., says sho
never intends to marry again. Sho is
104.
Nevada prohibits boys under 20
years of age from carrying dangerous
weapons.
Tho houso of commons at Ottawa
had its longest sitting on record on the
franchise bill.
Even base-ball has been turned to
the advantage of tho Bartholdi pedes
tal in somo places.
Steamboat communication between
Fftrandina, 11a., and Savannah, Ga.,
has been discontinued.
Tho pearl fisheries rffT tho Lower
California coast aro st.iiTto havo pro
duced $15,000,000 last year.
All of tho public school buildings in
NewYork nro to bo connected with
thocity's iiro alarm system.
Tho Rostonians aro kicking terribly
against tlio enforcement of tho new
law curtailing drinking hours.
An enterprising lion belonging to II.
L. Pardin, of Hawkinsyille, Gal, lias
produced a quarter of a pound egg.
Three physicians of New Haven.
Conn., utilize tlio bicyclo as a mode of 1
cenveyanco in making their daily calls.
Tlio western recipe for planking a
shad is, plank down your money and
let tlie restaurateur furnish tho shad.
Corn planting has boon completed in
the southwestern counties of Virginia.
Plio acreago is much larger than usu
al.
ii(flntcrprising croolo of New Or
leans is said to havo had three hundred
articles rejected
Ibhed.
beforo one was pub-
A so.'l-ftlll lllfiilsnrmirT-.l foot fi !nnlira.
, rj . ; rv
from tip to tipjof wings was caught in
a trap ou
olf island, Quebec, a few
days ago.
Dandelion parties, at which young
ladies and gontloincn hunt out tho
wni'ila in Mm hiu'ii. nm thn lntnuf
amusement in Philadelphia. O
Tlio Indians on the Bad riser, en
couraged bv tho success of the pale
face, aro preparing to plant a largo
acreage of corn tlio coining season. -v
South Carolina ppoplo eompfflin that
they ere unable to buy good strawber
ries m their markets for tho reason
that tho best aro shipped north for bet
ter prices.
V sinilo went round tlio supreme-
court room tho otn?r dav when tho
bachelor judge announced that for tho
rest of tho terifl tlio court ould prob
ably bo consecrated to divorce.
Floridians aro much exorcised about
tlio proposed convention for tho
amendment of tho stato constitution.
Meetings for tho cledtion of delegates
to tho samo aro being hold all oyer tho
stato. , ,
Knoxvillc, Tetm., is said to bo tho
only city in tho United States of thirty
thousand inhabitants, and having rail-
steaiiiboats telegraphs, and
telephones, that publishes no paper on
Monday.
A Now York wedding is to bo colo-
brated witli tho addition of a fox hunt
after tho breakfast, in compliment to
tlio bride, wlio is "a fine equestrienne."
Such a unique affair is characteristic
of New York society.
iV wonder in confectionery was a
sugar sceno of tho camp of tno survi
vors at Capo Sabine, with tlio roliof
ships Thetis and Bear in tho distatico
mil a slcdgo ot supplies ueiug drawn
to tlio starving men.
Tito first shipment of rod slato over
made to Europo was sent last week
by J. S. Herbert, of North Granville,
N. Y. It is a fact notgoneiSilly known
tltat tho only red slato in tho world is
found in four towns of Washington
county.
A citizen of Ithaca, N. Y., had beon
working for livo yoais to obtain bacK
pension money, and a few days ago
papers granting him 1,500 woro re
ceived. But ho had been doad for v
eral weeks. Rod tape cheated him
out of his due.
A considerable number of shad havo
been caught in tho Alabama and Ohio
rivers this season as a result of tho
shad-hatching operations of tho Uni
ted States Fish commission on tlio
Potomac, from which tho young shad
wore distributed.
A child was born in Napa county,
California, which weighed but two
pounds. It is a boy, perfectly organ
ized and formed. An ordinary linger
ring could bo slipped ovor his hand
and clear up to tho elbow. His total
length is not ever olevon inches.
Hero is a problom that has puzzled
somo of tho host nrithinoticians: "If
a man puts S100 in bank tlio day ho is
21 voars of ago, what sum must ho add
to It yearly to have $50,000 the day ho
is 50 yoars of ago, receiving 0 por cout
compound interest on his nionoy?"
Connecticut's now law concerning
obscono aud immoral publications pro
hibits tlio sale, gift, etc., not only of
indecent and obscono books and pa
pers, but also such as aro devoted
wholly or principally to tho publica
tion of criminal nows, or pictures and
stories of deeds of bloodshed, lust and
crime.
A curious denizen of tho deep was
latoly caught in a shad not at Ocean
Viow, Cal? It was thirty-fivo Inches
long and twenty-sovon inchos across
the back, with tooth similar to those
of a rattlesnake knitting-ueod o smell
ers, two protectors on each sido in tno
shape of spoars. and rubbor-linB. u
also had two feet under I1H?i,yiL,S
those of a frog. It weighed forty
pounds. ,
Tho present outlook for tho coniing
hop crop is yerv unfavorable In Now
York state. In the central sout .ern
tier of counties tho Intense cold of tho
past winter has damaged a greater
share of tho yards to midc an extent.
In most old yards fully half havo been
winterkilled, ami will bo plowed P
after harvest. So says Ihc Country
Qenlltman, which is excellent author