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The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22
A Girl and n Wild Cat.

A romatic incident recently occurred
at tho ranch of Leonard Methen, about
five miles above Browns Valley, Cali
fornia. Miss Leonora Methen, daught er
of Metten, aged perhaps 16 pears, pos
ses'ed pet lamb which she very uatu-
ally admired. On Thursday evening of
last week the lamb was missing. Leonora
observed about the yard tracks of an
animal, and thought thoy w,rc that of
California lion. There being no men
about the ranch, the girl dispatched her
mother to a ncigbbor for assistance to
hunt the wild animal. Subsequently
concluding she would not wait for re
Inducements, Lconora loaded her six
shooter and shot gun, and placing her
dog Bexer on the scent and tracks
started out alone to capture the beast,
if possible. After going some distance
an climbing high hill! an animal,
which proved to be the wild cat, was
seen in the top Of live oak tree. The
girl then took aim with her pistol aud
fired but missed the animal. A sc cond
barrel was discharged when the wild cat
tumblcd from the tree. a brief fight
then occurred between the dog and the
wild cat, hen the latter got away and
ran down the hill y pursuit was made
by the girl aud two dogs-another one
having come up in the meantime.
he wild cat was overtaken and finally
killed by the dogs aud with rocks thrown
by the girl. The victor seized her prize
carried it to the house, where, by that
time tho mother had returned with neigh
o eagar for Lun'. On examining the
head Of the Wild cat it was found that
the pistol ball entered his right eye and
ranging downward passed out at the
f,rcshoUldcr. The animal weighed thirty
pounds and measured three feet and
one inch from tip to tip. The young
Lady very naturally feels proud over her
achievment.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22

DOING IA STROKE OF BUsINKss."-
During theatrical excitement in Boston,
the coachman Who drove tho prima donna
from the steamboat to tho Revere House
has ridiculed the insane admiration,
which his "fellow citizens" wore exhibi.
ting Mounting the steps of tho hotel
he cried, "Here's the hand thai once
lifted Jenny Lind out of the coach.
Gentleman, you can any of you have
the privilege of kissing it for i've dol.
lars-Children half price,
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22

Two CURIOUS NEEDLEs.-The King
Dof Prussia recently visited a needle
manuiactory in his Kingdom, in order to
see what machinery, combined with the
human hand could produce. lie was
shown number of super6ne needles,
thousands of which, together, did not
weigh half an ounce, AID murvelcd how
uch minute objects could be pierced
with an eye. But he was to see in this
respect how even something still finer
and more perfect could be created The
borer-that is, the work man whose bus.
ness 1t is to bore the eyes in these need,
les-asked for hair from the monarch :
head. 1t was readily given, and with "a
smile. He placed it at once under the
boring machiuo, tarned hole n it with
the greatest care, furnished it with n
thread and then handed the singular
nee lie to the nstonished King.
The second curious needle is in
possession of Queen Victoria. 1t wa.
made at the celebrated needle manu-.
factory at Bcdcitch, and represents the
column of Trajan in miniature. This
well known Roman column. is adorued
with numerous scenes in sculpture,
which imnlortalize Trnjan's heroic ac
tions in war. On this diminutive needle,
scenes in the life Of Queen Victoria are
represented n relief, but so finely cut
aud so small, that it requires a magnify
Ing glass to STE them. The Victoria
needle can, moreover be opened; it con
tains a number of needles of smaller size
which are equally adorned with scenes
in relief.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22

A RED Hot ARMY.-Figures are
'nexorable, and they sometimes cut fun
ny capers. For instance, letter appears
from Secretary B,iknap, asking for a
special appropriation of $1,000 to
furnish the army with stoves, $50, 900
having been exhausted for that purpose.
AS there are $4,000 men in the army
this would give each man four dollar
stove, sou'h, as well as North. The
curious reader will ask what every mar
IN the army wants 70 ur dollar stove
for.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22

SAGACrrY OF THE BLIED.-Cases
like the following almost make us ex
claim, "What's the use of eyes 2" The
accomplishments Of y sishtlcss man ARE
thus told: Reading, Penn, owns the
person, but leaves it for Bcrks county
German paper to immortalize him. He
is German, ninety years OF age, keeps
"a tavern, (Which is known As blind
Hartman } IS expert in the handling Of
money, and battles all attempts to cheat
hun with spurious cnrrcucy. lie walks
out alone, can point to any piece Of real
estate in the town, aud to crown all,
mcnes clocks and repairs musical instru-
ments. - 9
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22
Pulling q Tooth with q Door Knob.

The rough sort of dentistry described
below. has occasionally been practiced
as a trick, with more or less success !;
but we have rarely heard Of patients
choosing the door knob method of his
own accord.
A rough, Western farmer came into a
doctors Office to have tooth extracted
but flincbed at sight of the "instru-
ments;" and again aud again the doctor,
tried in vain to get a gripper into his
mouth
At last, the IToosier declared 'that
ere new. fang led thing to be no account"
and wanted to know if the Goctor could
tie string around the tooth "for, -
said he, "that's the way used to pull
EN- out, an | guess it's bcttern all yer
new tangled fixtures.
The dentist, to please him, znid he
would try, and producing from drawer
fine strong piece Of fish line, after a
great deal Of trouble, and yells of pain
from the Hooser, it was firmly secured
around the tooth. The Ilooser then
proposed to fasten the string to the
door knob, which was accordingly done.
The backwoodsman then commenced
series of easy jerks on the line, each
Of which was followed by yells of pain.
The doctor resumed his seat, and
smiled autibly behind his paper, occa-
sionally glancing toward the door, and
then turning quickly again to the paper
to hide behind it his mcrrmcnt
Thus matters sto,d, until at last the
fire burned low, and the dentist arose to
rcpleuish it. AS he threw in the wood.
and stirred the red hot Goals into a
blaze, brilliant idea seemed to strike
hi III for his face frightened " onderfully
Arising FROM the floor, he left the poker
in the fire, and, seating himself, awaited
the change ofafFairs,
The back woodsman had rcIapsed into
dependency, for a melancholy cxprea,
SION had settled on his face. He stcadi
ly gazed downward, as if he were in
deep thought. 4sr
, - 1Thaa'lertists. as have said before, re.
suuied his seat, but threw aside his
paper, and sat looking iuten,ly into the
fire, with an expression Of mcrrimcni
playing on his features.
Thu, lie sat Tor some time. At last.
n"isolessIy rising ir"m his chair h
drew the poker, one enl .! which was
glowing with red heat, from the fire
lie suddenly brandishcd it in the air,
and brought it rapidly towards the
Hoosicr's nose. The backwoodsman
threw himself back with IA Jerk. The
cord did not break nor thu door. K mob
cons out; but the tooth loosened from
it's roots, and bounded against the door
with click like bullet.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22

IIANNAH.-Au exchange says there
IL station ontho Pittsburg Fort Wayne
aud Chicago RAILROAD called Hannah,
in honor of Il deceased CITIZEN of Fort
Wayne, y train stopped there the
other day, and the brakeman after the
manner OF his class; thurst his head ia
the door and called out loudly, +" IIanna"
a yoaug lady, endowed with the poeti c
appollation Of Hannah, supposing he
vas addressing her and shocked 1T his
familiarity on short acquaintance frown
cd like thundercloud, aud retorted
lou shut your mouth"
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22

A clerical wag who was made the
recipient on Christmas morning of an
unusual number OF embroidered slippers
worked by the fair hands of the Young
ladies of his congregation, nearly suf.
hcient to stock moderate sized shoe
store, was hearn to wonder if the young
ladies had taken him for ceatipe.ke.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22
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A New Haven man whe went home
the other evening and found his house
locked up after infinite trouble managed
to gain entrance through backuin.
dow and then discovered on the parlor
table note f'on his wife reading al
have goae out; you will fad the door
Key ON one side of the door step
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22

Says Canada paper, 1T would make
some Of our fne ladies start to see Lady
Duiterin promenading the streets doing
her shopping. She dresses plainly and
sens oily, wears thick soled boots, and
does not fear walk from one end of
the city to the other, or to face tn O
mu1liest crossing"
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22

1 ror and deadly peril cangise, rushed
through the woods now illuminated by
a flint glimmer of stailight. Il know
not what impulse guided my footsteps
| shall never know he3 many times I
crossed my own track or how close
stood to the brink of th5 deadly ravine,
but a nerciful Trovidef4iese sencompasscd
me with a guiding and Protecting care,
for when the moruins sdawped, with
faint red bars Of orieut 3sht against the
eastern sky, was close the high road,
some seven miles from tah
Once at town, toIa{a5 story to the
police, and dctachmc. was sent ith
me to the spot - 3,
A Aiter much scnrchins land many false
alarms, We succeeded &n finding the
ruinous old house BIT it was empty.
our birds had fown ,lds aid T recover
my vaisc and chain, wsich latter | had
!c't under my pillow.
It's Drcw's gang iaid the leader of
the police; 'and the}ve troubled US
these two years. | don't think, that
they come back here 1T present
Nor did they. - I so
But the strangcst 1srt of my story is
to come yet. Somcltiiree weeks subsc.
qucn,ly received letter from my sis.
ter who was with Allie in her English
home-a letter whose Intelligence filled
me with surprise. ,p''a
II must tell you something very
strange wrote my sister, 'that hs sppeneI
to ns on the night ofshsi 18th of Octo-
ber Alice had not been well for some
time; in fact she had been confined to
her bed nearly week, and was uittius
beside her reading 1T was late the
clock had just struck INC, when all of
Sudden she scened t., faint, AWAY. grow
ing white and rig as-s corpse.
hastencd to k;;iaance. but ali ffeur
'aip'' 3'' . Scc'i'cu VAIN , restore her to life
o' "'l'"'a''"n 'il' =" uist about to send
for the doctor, When HG;eir senses returned
as suddenly as they Al her. and she sa :,
up in beds spusTsi hack, her hair and
kiagsmiIdlyssroeS llshers
&Aliee z / eSclaiiN 81 .bow b yo vou tow;
+ a fred I'd ,,saar .ass : q sa
Not i'll, she answered, 'but feel So
strange. Gracie have been with IN,
husband ! t .f...
All our reasoning failed to convince
her o; the impo>s bility Of her assertions
She persists TO this ,numcnt that she saw
YOU aud WAS witt, You on the 18th o.;
October, or rather on the uornin. oi
the lSfh--whore' aud how she cannot
tell-hut we think it must have been
some dream. She is better. now and |
wish you could see how fast she is i,n
proving.
This is my plain, unvarnishcd tale. L
do not preterdto explain or account for
it's mysteries. simply relate facts. Lot
Psychologists unravcl the labrinthical
skelu, l am not supersi itious, neither
do believe in ghosts, wrath or appari-
;ions; but this thing do know-that
although my wife was IN England in
body on the morning OF October Is, her
spirit surely stoul before me in New
York at the mon.ent ny. of The deadly peril
that menqccd me. 1t may be that to The
subtitle instiuc, aud strength OF wife S
holy love, all things are possible, but
Alice surely saved my life.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22

A colored woman, aged 1O7 years, has
Just died near Louisville, who, on her
death bed, confessed that .he never kpsv
Washington, nor aursoi any Of the
distinguished mea Of apcieat Enea
She deserves statue in black marble
Boston Globe.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22
THE MIDNIGHT PERIL;
OR SAVED BY A PHANTOM.

The night of the 18th of October
shall ever forget its pitchy darkness
the roar Of the autumnal wind through
the forest, and the incessaut d ,wn pou,
of rain? -as |
This comes of short cut | muttered
petulantly to myself, as plodded along
keeping close to the trunks Of tho tree.
avoid the deep ravine through which |
could hear the roar of turbulent strean
forty or fifty feet below. My blond rnr
cold as | housht of the possible consc
quences of a niisstep or move in tho
wrong direction. Why had not beer
contentcd to keep in the right road ?
Hold on Was that light, or arc
my eyes playing me falscY
Il stopped, holding on to sthe low
resinous boughs of a, hemlock that grew
on the edge of the bank for it ac,uall,
seemed as if the wind would seize m,
od'y and hurl ne down the pr cipitou.
| tesccnt. ~aa .pT l
IL was iight-thank Providcnoc-i,
Was light, aud no ,ymus /niu,.s to lure
ns,n to destruction aud death.
.Halloo 90
Ny voice rang through the woods like
clarion. I plunged onward ithtoap h
tangled vines, dense brferz and rocI {
hunks, until gradually nearing. ,uld
perceive feule wrapped in au oil slotf
cule, or cloak carr, ing a lantern. A,
the dim light fell upon his face alm,s,
recoiled. Would not solitude in the
woods be preferable to the companion
ship g. the Wit thcreG, wriuklcdso old IN IN !!
But 1t was too late to reccda now.
What's waniing, he suarled forth.
with peculiar mctou of the lips th,.,
seemed to leave his yellow teeth al bare
Il am lost in the weeds can you
direct me TO RI stationP
Yes; Il station is twelve miles
from here
Twelve miles =
stood aghast. ,s m
Can you tell me of any shelter could
obtain for the nightr
No
| Where arc you goingl
.Tn Draws j.,,.,, ,.x~
swamp
rs it a tavern?'
NO
Would they take me for a night +?
could pay them wel.' a
His eyes cleaned the yellow stumps
stood revealed once more.
4 guess 80 folks do stop there some
times
is it far from here 2
Not very about halt milo
Then let us make haste and reach it.
| am drenched to the skin s
We plodded Oh, my companion more
than keeping pace with me- Presently
We lels the edge Of the ravine, entering
what seemed like trackless woods, and
keeping straight on urtil liz hts cleaned
fitiully through tho wet foliage.
1t was n resnous old place, with the
windows all drawn to one side, us if the
fonndation had settled, and the pillars
of u rude porch nearly rottcd away.
A woman answered my fellow travel.
lers kaock. Ny companion whispered
word or two ..to her. aud she turned to
me with smooth, vo!ube words of wei
come. }-H
She regretted the poverty of their
accommodations; but 1as welcome to
them, sach as they were.
Where is Isaac 2 demanded NV
guide.
He has not come in yet.'
sat down on = wooden bench beside
the fire, aud ate q few nouthfuls of
bread.
i should like to retire as soon as
possible, said l, for my wcariuess was
excessive.
Certainly The woman started up
With alaerity, '
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22

Kentucky belle, Miss Amelia Pc
ram''widely know for her beauty ssaia.
blllty aud Intelligence accidentally and
fatally shot herself few weeks siuca
through the heart with pistol belong.
to her brother which had been Left by
him on a table in her room.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22

Mrs. Mary G Mast, widow OF the
late rcgistsr of deeds of Ueavenworth
County, Kan, has been appointed by
the Board Of County Commissioners to
succeed her late husband iu that Office.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22

IL wish was in Heaven" said dis.
couraged Mrs O'Clarouce the other
morning. $50 would l." remarked Bss
brutal husband, "if hada, { frien Is there
whom value" rs..
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22
He is Late.

She watches at the porch,
The sun is, nearly down;
What keeps her trunnt lord Pos flsrb
He should be back from town
One short, sweet year ago
He never made her watt '"' i'
AS much too early thon, l--o3s.
AS now he is too late
Had Heaven bestowed on mo nFn
That little lady there, g-
% Whom love has made so spd,
And sadness made SO fair
Her hand, her check, her mouth
Should not kisses wait:
We're that sweet ar,niul mine,
never could be late. '''.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22

A awful sweli-The cheek after a
tooth ache.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-17

Il g;yen TO the purchaser 90 that the settler can
49,, hstt-r afford TO pay IS an acre when he has
oa,,orol wears within which TO raise tho
,oonev than to pay o. 80 down. Finally, as
.hn ,;t,e does not pass from the railroad company
until the last payment has been made, ana as lands
or.nted IN railroads not taxed until 'ne ''e "ss
hon convevod 10 other persons, the settlers ON ra
road lands who do not pay cash for them are or 'no
time being, exempt from taxation.
IL is this exemption from taxatioh OF WIFI
sire 10 speak A gentleman who mas feceuuy "
Turned from an excursion cvera portion OF INC
on, Toneka and Santa re road told me to-day tia'
n one Of the towns he visited he fou0d county
court. house building which is to cost mofe una"
s20OO0 n very expensive bridge, and other pnpne
improvements. which seemed to him exeeedDey
extrayaQant for a new town and county. On inquiry
he found that these were ali paid for oy issuing @'
year county bonds. Now that town ~ htna'e"
on railroad section, and half the lana ''
the county is what is known as raliIoso 'Sii'.
Town lots and farms are sold By the raifos'"
company eleven years credit Those persons "h"
live in town, or who have purchased farms of the
railroad, do not complete their titles until eleven
wears tone year after the county bonds natuge, and
ia the meantime their real estate is EXEMPT from
taxation. They form majority of the voters III the
county and therefore, have the power, which they
have in this case exercised of involving the county
deeply in debt and imposing upon homestead settlers
and those who purchased their lands OF the United
States very heavy taxes for improvements which the
majority of them probably voted against IL Is me
same old swinde that we have seen III New-iork,
Washington, and other large cities where non-taA-
paying voters pile up debts for other men 70 pay.
Looking little further into this sntJe;t, hnd
that this species of injustice is not confined TO those
portions of the country that are now just being set
tied. am informed by o gentleman OF this dty,
who has ample means Of knowing, that there are
hundreds, if not thousands, Of the best farms in
Illinois ON which not cent of real estate tax has
ever been paid though they have been improved for
nearly 20 years. The land was originally pur-
chased of the Illinois Central Railway Company,
and for the purpose Of escaping taxation the
owners of the land have, through an agreement
with the officers of the company, deferred making
final payment. The titles to these farms can be OBJ
tanned any day If they are wanted, but in the mean
time other men who did not buy of the railroad arc
forced to pay more than their fair share OF The taxes
1t is unnecessary to say that Congress- in granting
these lands to railroads or to the States 10 be alter
ward given to railroads, never contemplated GIVING
TO the settlers upon them any privileges accorded
TO homesteaders.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-17
THE F4RhERS' WAR.
ROAD land swNDnRs.

yI-yEgs OF RAILROAD LANDS ENADiNG TAXATION
THE rAvEs CNf,niY rIAcrD upoN HONE
srEADERs - woEkINGS Of THE "roWN-siTE
RINGS" .-r. .r I'D. I.....
lPRoM TIE spE,IAL CORRESPONDENT or riiE 1RBuaEd
(Itc,Go. Oct. IA very serious imposition
upop homestead settlers and purchasers If Govern
mept lands that have been made accessible by the
construction of land-grunt railroads has recently
been brought to my attention, and. as have seen
no newspaper reference 20 IL recently simple state
ment of facts may bo Of interest to some of the
readers of TtIE TRIBUSE, and perhaps suggest re-
form. As the railroad companies whose limos nave
been completed, and whose Land patents have
been secured, generally hold their lands
at higher prices than that placed upon the
Government lands s. % an acre-the sec
mons belonging 10 the United States would
naturally all be- taken up before those belonging "a
tho railroads could be- sold at all. But to Induce set
Tiers 10 purchase Of The railroads several expedients
ave rcsorted 10. The stations arc generally placed
as nearly possible III The middle of Railroad sec-
ton, and an tha towns built ~ around the sta
lions those who wish Ia live ~ 40 business W town
ust purchase lots OF The railroad company or of ne
'fdwn-site Ring which il many ins isSs Is cont
posed OF officers OF hc company. Whofc arms ore
sod credit oS fran i've Ia eleven or thirteen years
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1873-12-19

We nnee knrw 4 gentleman. wrilesa till.
farniA editor, who supplied lir .ahlc
with fresh grapes from ono xeason 10 M.
other, Ills plan WIS 10 gather, when
quito ripe. the largest and finest haneh-
. u grapes md raek them IN sawdu,',
using, Instead u hoNrr, common nail
keg.. which he purchased fpr i trilla Ut
Il hardware store. After carefully pack
inn thu desired number II keys liz
buried tl,e lut in Il .rut,ch. aug III l,irh
ground beneath slleA, whore tho wa,rr
could neither fall nor wax In, liet'rr
using tho sAw,lust h. earialy ,lriul |.
In thc enn II HI M oven until II Naa
entirlN free firm, mais,ur. We never vii,
ncssea thu packing rraeess. Lnt W knus
ha always hal tLe craps, md IN thi'
way le told ~ ho preserved them
After hpiug hurried lar months thc grar.i
werc ~ sweet and inel, favored NJ /
Just gathered frnm thu vines, Ii II vii
preserve tho grapes, now. prodtnbl.
business might 10 huili NJ. llnnahe'
of fresh grapes II tho Spring would II
4 novelty, and hping TINT, would con,
ma,pl 4 high prire. W. hope r,me 4
o,,r grapo growers will Try tho expert
uirll(,