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There exists In Paris cheap table l'ho,e
for i've reception IT strange xueata II goes
hy the name Of The Mnns'er's Tahle. All
,lsose unfortunate p~rs,ns WIN live by the
display III their physical indrm',Ies ooms
here IN dine together and avUid the attention
they would attract elsewhere. The skeleton
man pouss out the win quat' sous'' lor
tho l'esrtl-d woman. and The graf Norma"
xian'ess diris with R;quct y Ia hcuppe, and
The Sugar L'sf, whose pointed hend II more
than 70 inches fryM the Gown To tho chin,
sits smoking with the king IT the animals.
~ called from h,a oosiing ut fur. Male ~
monsters are exclu'led from ,his ~ mpnsium;
N ore strsn9rrs. end Il 10 said that in,ruders
have met with such . warm reception fn.m
'he hIaeous shapes assembled round the
l'oard that they felt, m making their
eacape, ~ though they had jns, been released
fr,m one 1T the circls OF DAnis's ''lnfcrn, 4"
The French j''ur"sl which Describes the
dresry assembly adds some information
''not aensrally known" These ,nons,r'si.
'iea, Il ol'servea, are seldom natural, Int arc
the work 1T ''EngIiah spscislisis. whn turn
"ut 'heae aad spec'aeles {" order at the bid
ding Ut the mertenarv :,arents.
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WHERE We LIVE.
Animated Creation Un1med to a Very
SMIll ZOnr.

Insignificant q Is the spot we inha'''t. the
zone of Mfe-ths area which not only all
tina, live and breathe and move inhsbi,, bnt
IN which sll vegetation 10 cs'n,a'ned-is still
more limited. From the submarine forest
IN the lowest depths Of .hs 50, Ia the high.
e.t altitude To which the c0ndOr s'sre. abOvc
the perpetual snow, is hot twelve miles, six
miles VI sir above ", SIX miles of water he.
meath. every thing tina. has vitality Is COM
ined. II the salansnder lives In the central
hre, the exception 10 " small - scarcely ~
be worth mentioning. The air presses upon
the earth with force equal u thirty three
feet Of water, and upon every average
human body with . weiyhtof fifteen tons,
which only does nut squash 10 tlst rs pan.
cakes. because the cir surrounds Us on nll
sides, including our insidcs. AID thereby tho
weigh, IL balanced. TO most Of ue. nature
J. one vast mirage, suggesting i,n"''e
delusions: aud even to the ksrncd many
,hings still remain to bs cleared up by slnw.
moving science in future ages. Who would
irpsyinc, upon tho face Of the aier. for
ins,aAce, that, In m airlcss woSl NOT
sound could ever be heard On the contrary,
In siill and silent space, one would conceive
that We might hear pin drop from the
mann. Hxwksbee demonstrated the con.
,rary Of this fact In memorable experiment
Oefore the Royal Society, lS0 years ego.
Tie placed clock under the receiver of an
air pump, In such way that the striking
Or sl- .ssppsr ,v"sii e".,inua after shr air
had been exhausted; while the receiver was
full of sir, the sound was quite audible;
when II was empty, sll Was silent. Again,
when the air was in'roduccd. there WIS a
feeble sound, growing In intensity rs the
cir grew denser. At the top of Mont. b anc>
,hs report Ut y pis'"; Is n" hndei than That
.fa c.mmon cracker 1T "ff u, ,hs level Of
the sea '.Alnve two miles," says Mr..
Glaisher. WIN. eyeryhndy knows, Is an
eronsu, Of considerable experience, "all
noise ceases. never encountered silence
more ccmr.ctc aal solemn Than in the
i. ixlas of the a,mes.'hcrc--i thnsc chilling
| sOli,ulles IL which no Terrestrial sdund
| reaches." On the other hand .ol"ats sbsO>
! lu,ely facilitate the transmission Of sound.
Above great city, ~ height IT from
loo TO 900 feet, there 10 always noise.
..immcass. colossal and indcscsihable." The
hlale Of sicam engine y heard .. 10000
yess, Tho aoisa 1t : train al.Ae00 says n.
elamaAslon; bat Nr. Glaishcr ies,ifles TO
haslas hssiL this latter when $4,000 feet
% II The sis; tho barking Of dog and tho
report IT . gun siac sacl, 10 0,O00 feet; tho
sAou,s of crowd Of people, the Growing ~
. o,ck. the falling ot . bcll, y 1000 iecs,
and shs sheqe af Z human being g S,o00
ttea-O OAnaer JesfaAl "a 49,
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The facts nasra,sd herein were told %
yesienlay ~ gentleman. whq declared hv
would vnuchfor the authentic! A few
days aso man dressed in plain but mat
cl0sbes, psessnisd himself q the Oflcs of
shs cashier Ut The Drs.ch United States
Mint, and said he would like 10 make
draft u The inslisuiion. !.
Docs lhs Mint owe you anything =
asked the cashier.
"A small eam. Ibellsvo have On de-
pnsas ssnswhsrs In the neigh'Orls'od ut Que
hsadred and sixty ounces 1T gold dust"
II don't fsm.mher having received any
such sum reccnily."
mo; I reckon not, TO: you ses I don''
think you were here when I msie the de-
psssi, !" and the stranger produced from bis
p,,ckes . brOwu. aye beyrimwed lvok,nx
psscs Vt paper, which hs handed TO the
cashier. ---..--.---.--.-.----
Tbs latter ,ook the paper and :rad. ''Rs-
ceived of--lS64, one hundred and
six,y ounces Ut grid dust, ETC., etc. !" aud
then exclaimed, ''why this has been here
fss piussssn ysarsp
II guess Il b sl,vut that time. You Sc.
came down fr,m the mines In l0s4. bring.
inx with mo some dust. A little dab
deposited here. while y's,d deal more was
gsanblsi and fooled awsy-lrinkiny snd
sick. Then d"ut rYInvmber much more
sbou. what happened until found myself
q %, in the fOrscastls Ut ship. wac
told lnas l had shipped ~ sailor, aud
maybe did; It any rate there wss no help
fus Il, and did my duty ~ we'll ~ knew
h0w until wss DISCHARGED In Australia.
when I went ID " u the m,nes In
that country, and have bssn trying my luck
In alns,ss every On srier Of Tue Il In. But
times have changed . great deal frUsn thu
dush days vt early Csl'S"rnis. ! c0uA spin
yoa An ,nissessinx life yarn, but this y mn
tho ains q plsce, " II the d0cumsnis are
Ill right will srvuble yoa for The lstIs
SOM"
I An examination Of the hooks revealed tho
tact that the amount had bsen dspusi,sd bu,
never called for, but always Kept in s<adi-
ness f0s the depOsitOrs. The man was M
formed that the government did not pay
interest On deposits but was always sesdy
10 psy the principal. A few moments us'rs
and The equivalent of the dust dsp',si,ed
nineteen yeArs 6sfose was handed scWss:th
c'.u",sr and gathered up oy the v,tis"r. who
bidding The cashier ''xoM day" went On
his way rej0Iciny.-AkS.
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The death of this ooprer colosc.l gentle
man, wl,o handed In his checks peacefully
and In liecrs, in his little lava bel. has stir
red up the p''etic soul Of sn Eastern Editor.
WIN thus ainxs requiem oyer this lovely
fraction Ut hundred spiri,s who are not
yet male perfect:
OhShack Nasty. thou hast left %,
No n0sc hossss wiie shOu steal;
Bat twas Oillem that heseit 10,
: NJ eas an oas soss0ws heal.
Firs ~ thought Il was Old Schonchin,
Thss ~ heard twAs He ir-FAesd Chsriee,
But the latest psws. shack Nasty.
Say III you have gait earsh's sua.lk
Jack did not w'sp, what little drspery hs
hs.l abDut him and lie d 'wn m pleasant
dreams. and his demise wss hastene.l l,y n
seven ,iuch shell li.a, entered and cxphxied
Ia bic diaphragm, running dixrs,ive spla.
rs'us that he'd never been dis,urbesi by ls.-
qucts Ut mast Dig, ssl, A"r.e, wa.hc,l down
~ o'psvus ds.sxssss Ut lsery susamed bsn.
kline and nee'l'e.gun whisky. 3 'rn II poor
i'as. h.'n"rahle parents, lack" ma"iies,rd
~ WY ~, sWW0 UossS s'1t VI SSSeu
years made him fam 'us, anl would In time
have aena him an C,nnssoss 10 his one, h-dl
not been sa,slse,l out OF IT, cphemsral shsll
by = cast-in,n nsmrssks. He has srrve.i No
tax csllectOr. president Ut b.se hall club,
md was sls'ut organising . ''Y"ung Mems
llorsc Piagasiz,ng Az, s,cistion, - when he felt
. sens.tioa 1T gOncncss at the pit Of the
stomach, and was gone. Possessing many
It the virtues that marked the Credit Nh.
billie. operators. S',ack Nasty was also -
- the increased salary voters. who
''nly drew their hack SALARY tn pay of the
puUlic debt. and the news Of his sudden
death will csuse thrill Ut anguish In many
'Ns"ms- nguish that hs was not permitted
To die slower and BY In .l,ss.
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NswsrArE1 DECISIONS:
Evf.ANcEllcAl CORNER.

The University "f Zarich, Switzerland
has 10 lady students.
Qneen Vic,"ris has ou,lived officially
twelve If her Premicrs.
Six little Janauschcks call the great &C.
tress mother when she Is At 'one.
Winnie Rca'n has sculped her way to the
heart 1T q New YLrk clothing merchant and
10 ~ he married In the fall.
Miss Dickinson says she is no, engaged to
be married tO New York editor; she can,
not te Prc-s.s<l into mntrim"ny.
The wife "f Arthur Arnold, the editor of
the London EeAI". Is TRANSMITTING Scnor Cas-,
,elsr's works ON Rome into English.
Lie il hnt stage. You may have heard
lhiS twfUrr, nut lne fnCl Inat vermont !aa
three female stage drivers may bs new.
The funds 1T Smith C..llrsr. for woncn,
founded by the late Mrs smith.o, Hatfield,
Mass and tDca,cl u. Northampton, amount
,o t$5s 0c0
The Boston Poat says that Mrs. Sherman
u allowed To txkc care Of the plants in the
Connecticut State Prism, and tina. she poi>
sons the bugs beautifully.
A young lady just sailing for Europe
says 'hs, she will engage in the commission
business ut Paris. She has 500 friends to
boy glUvcs and ctcc.eras for.
Laura d. Fair has obtained judgment in
@0V against the lessecs Ut San Francisco
hall wh" refused the use Of their hall for
one of the fair Laura's oru,or,c~l efforts
A beautiful Indiana sclool girl thirteen
years Old and six feet onc inch l.igh. is
causing general rupture Among the sus>
penders of the short buys who Try. 10 Kiss
her. .s "
The wife Of Louisville lawyer made a
hustle of s.ne important legal documents,
and the Court had n s'j,Iurn until she
cs,nld 60 home and return them In proper
shape. ~
A Minnesota woman stGs,d by and saw n
hgh, between her husband and u wildcat,
and when the man whipped she ack""wl>
edged that she was . little disappointed,
having het on the cat.
Mias Susan Bridge Of Connecticut bons,s
at sevent en- different marriage engages
,non,s, each "ne 1T which was melted by
pure love. and yet she feels that she could
love jus, once more.
Women mrm,sers of the Congrcga,i"ra al
churches 1T iowa pr'p,'se I" rnise an en-
,,nwmpnt IT go 00O f"r the female 'lernrt-
men, of Iowa C.,llrle hy contributing ench
me cont day for the next five years.
The Boston man who write a splendid
hx,k. en,i,lc,l Useful Hints for Ugly
Gir's." wonders Why the'c Is no more de-
u,snd for his work. Ills publishers sny
they have only disposed of one c"py. and
that was stolen.
Under the f"rtie,h clause Of the Mntiny
a 80 ."n -"ssilinn IN .EngEnEI innY 'hFow
ovcv all the legal claims Ut his wife and
family hy enlis, ing. and ony soldier ma Rcd
with or without leave may repudi"'e his
w,fc ., any moment.
The experiment recently male in Ohio
of plsc,ng women nj tho hca'a Of e'l The
.cl,co!s lctw the High schools Is pro-
uOuncesl u decs.le,l success. The instruction
and discipline hrve been ns good ~ formers
". there hxvc been fewer difficulties bc-
tween teachers and pupils, and fewer c"rn>
plants have been male by parents against
teachers.
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The Pho. ees party Of the Oriental To
pogrspAiesl Cosps from New York engaged
u esphsa;ipaa IT he Aih's lands, have gone
lsnM feypl 70 ayns and AaiA Ninos 4
seals phnapssapa q Ne Nilsonsssr-i!ev's.
a ty oas of ~ 'cosps-has bsen taksn.
xhicA. Il : slaiasd. win dcAaiaely settle
~ vsssj cshie quesitea., 4 plas of sapidsy.
lakisg ahsaltiisdes NJ rsiaa, pyssmhA &c !.
lssssesd ~ 90 ct M party. bsa)d =
wsst sa.lsably.
1 rNAlh ~ heaahea havs their GODS q
visdogA, gyslssf taaile. Gssls u beasiy, p.
ehey,hase - epds q boasrss. nor ass thsis
sasvea lsws hsly hvA The natioas was.
ehloise 49, Aays - wasa isshsis lanGsa0s
- nas - Thefvey tlss eonss = =
49, - ~ s. ~ !.
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Diyisisas e 'oIa PsSsalilissa"

The Washingien Nbrssisas furnishes ths
following, vhich viii be sdvaatsGe,'us to
= proper understanding of ''OId Pmbalili.
tiss" - sss forth In he divisions:
TIE ..Nssshwesl." the cosntsy lying
bsswesa the Missisaippi and nsssesri nvess
Tho ..eisthvess." !" meaAs Tsxss, Isdisn
Tessi,osy and New Msxipo j.
'.Pacide 0AAss n RAci9c States, isclades
California, 0seesn and wash'ugsos Terri
t0sy. *#
The '.OhIo valley'' i"cludss The bet II
cosnsry. about 800 milss u breadth f,on
rinsbsrg u Csir,. 4.
TIE .'Mississippi Valley, . bsle of aboss
the ssms width, from vtcksesss - Dawes,
pDss. H @ .;''s
Tss fo,lovlag sss ~ aSassvieispss Rsed
b ~ psess ssposss tssssd fss0 Ne ehIsf.
1ieasl s0css: -
..Nsw Hss,ssd sssassr q. ~ ..Nsssh
eass," o. ~ '.Hassess 0sasss" iscis6a
aCa,se, Nsw Haapshiss. vssaass, s1Gass.
achsssets, CsssssGiess ssd Rkods lslssA
s..l(Id6ls osatss, q aonssines = s'lltaall
Atlantic esaise.s ~ NV fost. ss
Jssssy. PssssyiSasa, Qisssles q Cossabl..
aad virgisis. $ss.z~
..ssssh A,lsssic sssss. = aossl Csssatas,
0uosb Cnsnlioa, CeaeGia ssA elssida.
| s@Oulf 0solse," WeSoesn Fluids, Alnha0a
tosiaiepa, niosiajpps s0d TsyQA
1uann0iaao0 ~ Cult oe1on. ~ 0out4
Aslanalc, vttgisia. Tsaa6ssse. 1eseacey
- Aikassas =. gssees4 ssouahss = g.
s.HnulhGru OeaeA~ IA
Ths s.Lsvw LaksA- - Iii ~ 0aes
-.
n ..Uspr Laka, ,. =. eepsios. Hssss
ond nie1i9as.
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Gerry E Danf,.ri Of Monterey sends 10
s'"s,ssss'us wrap IT i'a.t',y. giving ~. s~,Iy
'SonssrsHN'o ne -'s'~ +a.-..s. a---~.~-----s
Stanford aad usnfnsd. O"e sprung (or de.
scended) teum On Eagllsh Lorti Ut the man.
's; and The other were 6c'icl massutlers Of
,hs x,sioc type, crthb:"g r'sn and cattle.
~ their wants demanded, with lsarbsric ira
diiions that castles and bsusd lands were
once lhsir heritage, but ,..
..The ssransw came With ivoa hand.
AMI seit lrOM thsm the mountaln land"
The Pic,s aud Sss,ls were accustomed IL
Dick up Steers and shos.s end gO "f scoi
free. That vaa mi rsilr'ai aye, and the
Dsnt0rtaa. with On iron pot m their heal,
had Ia travel on f.ns Ito see what they cOuld
see." only then T. fin.l the S'anfosds safe In
their mountain fastness, Or within the ~.
csrd precincts IT s'me island, with tip tilted
n'ses. fr'm which Ave digits wh'rled aym,.
ing reminder, 81 Ia my. "You can't come
H." The Mc0rsRor sisters finally u arricsl
into the families 1T the Dsnfori. and Star,
fords. end s,pcs then, when property, such
~ railHaia, 81 amsh'ps, back ray.g'alr,
Credit Mol,il,er, etc 10 found lying an'und
l.s,se, they ore ,r,ubled with emotional In
sanity and lsc'ms kh'pt"man'aA
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00SAPPoINTeO,

thought. toni,s', to scs thy face,
And mourn not t0r tbs sun eous down;
Bat n0w the 'shsd0w In bio place
Hangs On my cheated heart Ito frowa.
Icosssd not doubt that shy dear yoics
Would cheer mo more than bisi u late
How css ny hesss sss.nigas rcjoics
win bird sod sssiag sad v0Ios all mutei
TIE breath II Jane upos ny check
bore impaaisut lor Thy kiss
Ny ia'ntinx lip~ their anguish speak,
The swsetaess u thy. breath - 'aiss. b. q.
Oh, why did thy sweet ste2s delay.
Since biri and -oux aaA bceess srs gone ?
S'iyhted fw hope Ut thsc, tbs dy!
Without thes night pat. ssckclvsh On! a
werc away, thoa shoaIdse not chids
Or hee'ilcas ~ .sneat u ditv;
] sssk my suushtUs 1t thy stds-A
Thy voioe my sous. thy emile ny day.
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3he Last NIGHT - 0aStA

Thngc 10 somesh,ng perfectly awful In
The Contemplation oS tbs L.. night On easth
to Q man ds,0snsxl - be executed ~ the NOR.
r,w. A natural death can 10 kNDked fs,r.
ward 10 with very different feelings II II
known io 30 incviial,ls, end we dO not re..
ss.s.a IL - snsslsins ~ have 6gssoKhs ss's's
Ousselves; but . perASn sentenced ~ b exc
cut~d IL Z rr,mc-wiih what terrible Ten0sse
with wha; hitter intensity Vi regret, must h.
recall The unfortunate fatal acs f'S ~llch
he is 10 suffer. He now realizes, which 10
did NAT at the time Ut its cOsnmissiO". hOv
!, inva,Ives Oshers - well - htmssH. end
low ierribl~ hes besn bis mistake. He u
closely ws,chcd, MT % mach 70 prevent
escape, which Is known 10 be impOesibse, .
10 guard sgains, the possibility 1t suicide.
Self ,les,ruction Il hss cvme 10 this pasa
q lat, that the olIioess IT 'he nv, act upon
the presumption tha. . man sill take BID
.wn lie, II he car. IN. avuid ilc execatio'
IN the presence of witnesses. prov;d d ~
,hs hw! Il Il not .aJradfui TO thipk u
spch = condi,'ons The weary bosss, weary
With fearful anxiety-but quick . tlansh'
In their lasssge. l'scaus. they am ~ few
either In slsep,ny ~ waking II he s,rep
Il 10 ,.n.l,slDiy ~ aream If death ON the gal
L,ws. If he wake, II 10 but iO 1nd hss
dream the dreadful shaai,w Ut the ytsaltty
What lest night On Garth !-Ass Ysvl
LAdess.
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GARD eR0M SENATOR 1DlIcnfll.
ne lsdigssstly l'esles that he y 0s'ity ."
Charged. and Prsmises . Fail fxpIa"a'
lion ta Few Days.

Portland, Or, May se-The damaging
sb,rt.s Gicul.'ed sesinst Senator N!,cacI'.
charging him With Dishonesty and danstss'c
inidsli,y prsr ,o his leaving Pennsylvsnis.
which were pui,li.hrd In Pittsbarg pspes
snd noticed ny few t,arnals "n this c'as'.
have caused intense feeling In Oressn. whsss
M man stands higher, Or iss,ore universally
bejoyesl ,hsn Il ~ oenuiOs Ris epee tn.
,ims,s friends claim that he viii fully -
tal.l,-h the tslsi.y and nalignity Ut ihs
The following card appeassd In ~ morn.
Ing psperr:
To ,he Pe,pIe of Oreson-In regard TO
oevspapers of rccent dsies desire %, say
,l.sa foil explsnai,ons in relation thsret"
vii, appsssin . Ssw days, 'sspported BY
.t.s~sss,s frm pr"miseps ssn'!e.pen I"
Psausylvsuis, whO hevs known - sr'm
ch,ldhu.d. psuposs TO explsin % ,Ae pso-
pIe of Os~soa everything II rslssSon y ~
waiter, and shali sstsasaiisas ~ whols ~
tory pssos = lsavisg ~ aaaivs otats ~ -
siuooy of psoaissat aea-sa'epsseaeb's
vissesses- appa sscs tsseinansy ssshss
,haa ny ovs ssassneats, shall ssealt g
sae impartial jsdgaess Il Ne psepls 1t este
0aeas my quesiiae . 70 ny sassots9 80
integrity put 20 issse " the asiIcass seiesssd
%. ~ only ohjscs u suiBtsiaG ssy de'av
i % y eb,sla djspoacass issa Pssseylss.
~. several ef wijeh hess bDes yOlaseasslr
ssat Ne s:srsdy b rsspoaes % esticsss -:
pesssag asalsse - WiiAln ttres dAys =
fafshess ! shsll = ahls u sesposd. Ustil
sscA tlae. ! vim y giaA = submit 70 aay
ose he dispaseAss haSs elsshdy received.
Qeapeesesliy. J. =. Asscs -
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APssessai 1sse

A Ossbusy man named Reabcns recently
~ statement that c,untiag one hundred
WHEN tempted 10 speak IN angry word
woo)d save man grae deal Ut trouble.
Thts statement esundei little singahr u
al tiss', hut the mnse he rad il over the
in'rc fsvO,a9ly be became Impressed wlth II.
snd finally conrlallcd n ad',2s Il Next
dss's 10 Rsobens lives msn WIN hes made
1--we distinct a,,e,npA In ihc past fortnight
u SECURE dinner Ut gsr~n peas BY the 1t
Of July. and every time has besn rstarded
by Reubeus' hena The next mssning af,er
Iseul,ena mstle HE resoulaiioa this man
found bic hflh attempt h have misstssied.
Then he cslse On Rcubcaa He suld:
''Whas In thunder d. you moan BY jes,ins
your hens tear up my kardeuI"
Rru''ens WAS pr,mp'sd Wscall him mud
sn's'i. new name just c'ming into general
usc. but he remembered his res,lu,ion, put
dsswn his rage. and mcekly observed:
zone, two. three, four, I've, six, seven,
eight"
Then he msd neishlor WIN hal been
cycling the answer with great deal Of sus-
pictm. bS0ke out again: q
'.why DOME you answer my question,
you Tsscui!'
Bul still Reutsns maintained bis equa.
aimiiy, and went On with the test.
.sNine, len, eleven. twelve, thirteen, four.
teen, afieen, six:rcM-"
The mad .ueighbor stared harder than
ever. =
Seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty.
twe"iyA,nc-" .a
''Y"u are mean skunk" said the mad
neiyisss'r, barking toward the fence.
Reubens' face flushed Ut this charge. but
he only said:
"Twe"'y-,w". twenty three, twenty -four,
twenty i've, twen,y>six-''
A. this figure the netyht2r got up on the
fence 1" some has,e, bdt suddenly thinking
1T his peas, be opened his mouth:
''You D'es. AlDw>IIved rascal. for twO
cents I would knock y"ss cracked head
over harm. snd would"
Twenty y>scven. twenty y>eight." interrupts
ed Reu'ens, "fwen,y nine. thirty, thirty.
one. thirty tvo, thirty>,hree-"
Here the reiyh,'or bsoke t'r the housc,
and entering II viole",ly slammed the d.s'r
liehind him; b,o Reul'ens did not dare les
up an the enumeration. and 20 he stood out
there alone In his own yard, and kept IN
cpuniing. while bis burning checks aid
nasiing eyes eIOquen,ly affirmed bic jodg.
ment Whes he got up into the eighties
his wife came 10 the dOs,s Ia sumo a:stm.
why. Reubens, man. what 10 the matter
with yoa r she ssid. ''Do come into the
house"
But be didn't let up. She came out u
him. and clung trembling to him, bat hs
only lts'kej intO her eyes. and said:
"Nae'y three. ninety four, ni"ety>hve.
ninety six. ninety seven, ninety eight. nine.
ty.nine, ono hundred-ao into the house.
old v. man, or III bust ve."
And she wcnt-llasbsr1 Nsasa /:
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-06-14
~a&0s 9ax 4aalesa.

The Chiea10 Letter OssoS Ot April 7th
says: One VI to slx surviving her,Des of
The battle Ut BaiakIAvs hes rscen,ly con
10 this city frOn Cana 10 The gentleman
entered The British services - psivsas In
The ranks, and served 10 Tho India 4nd In
shs Crimes csmpsisne Hs wss frequently
pgpnsesa fos bic soldier. liks qualities until
- 1nallj sstaiasd ospsalnoy. In the
.'Cl,asys os The Light Briss II" hs received
eleven ~oands, s.x Of Which were seyere
snough 70 isavs psrnansat scass. His story
b thas vhss the ''sobls cir hundred" were
ssdusd ,o''chasgs fus The guas,r rall thosyht
ehsy hsd - eaey aask IN the csptsre Ut =
tsw as,d pisss. They meyer drcsmsd. he
ays, os t6s 1A,ooo Rassians who were lying
In walt hshind tho baltsriss Five hundred
wess kiljsi ou The Geld, and only ono 20.
esrcA ssvossdsa; yss 10 spite Of the
sasssss % shs,l ed shos shsy Spiked The
guss, end ~ sAse wsse lstt oe thsm foaad
thsir wey back y ~ British lines. OF the
sasvisoss u this useaassals charge ssFss
~ nov 10 DsglAsd, sso 10 Canada. ssd
ooe . Ohleag& They sasA secsays per.
slsa Of eioo pss nsnsm frsn ~ Ds.esst
0ovvsnasal After lAs ladian campaign.
shie gsnllsmsa cold his cemmisaiQe and
came u AmsgicA. Hs kas alFsadV tuaad
pguasohls eWps9yNegt n Qhieag0 and
S1psee sAat ~ Stm pssMassaesy S0ssss nsss