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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-13
A Pretty Fiction.
from a Madrid Letter. |

Notice had been posted on all the
public places that on a certain day
the bull called "El Moro" would be
introduced into the arena, and that
when he should have been goaded to
the uttermost fury young girl
would appear and reduce the animal
to quiet subsection. The people of
Cadiz had heard of ''El Moro as the
most magnificent bull ever brought
into the city, and it soon became
known that the girl thus advertised
was peasant-girl of Espara, who
had petted the bull and fed it and
cared for it during the years of its
growth. On the appointed day the
vast amphitheater was filled with an
anxious, eager crowd. The bulls had
been killed and dragged away, and
the flourish of trumpets announced
the coming of the hero of the day.
With a deep, terrific roar, ''El Moro"
entered upon the scene. He was
magnificent, bovine monarch, black
and glossy, with eyes of fire, dilated
nostrils, and wicked looking horns.
The picadores attacked him warily,
and hurled their banderillos (small,
dark like javclins ornamented with
ribbons and intended to goad and in
furiate.) The bull had killed three
horses off-hand, and had received
eight banderillos in his neck and
shoulders, when, upon given signal,
the picaders and matadores sudden
'ly withdrew, leaving the infuriated
beast alone in his wild paroxysm Of
wrath. Presently soft, musical
note like the piping of q lark, was
heard, and directly afterward girl,
not more than fifteen years Of age,
with the tasteful garb of an Andalu-
sian peasant, and with pretty face,
sprang lightly into the arena, ap-
preaching the bull fearIessly, at the
same time calling his name: "Moro!
Moro! va voyr' At the. first
sound of the sweet voice the animal
ceased his fury and turned toward
the place whence it came, and when
he saw the girl he plainly manifest
ed pleasure. She came to his head
and put forth her hand, which he
licked with his tongue. Then she
sang low, sweet song, at the same
time caressing the animal by petting
him on the forehead, and while she
sang the suffering monarch kneeled
at her feet Then she stopped and
gently removed the cruel banderil-
los, after which, with her arms
around Gel Moro's' neck, she led
him toward the gate Of the torril.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-13
NUMBER 8
One of the Victims.

The fol owing, says the Washing
ton correspondent of the Cincinnati
Gazette, is the military record of one
of the Union soldiers who occupied
position in the service of the House
of Representatives, and who was dis
placed during the late reorganization
of the Democracy, by Confederate
soldier:
Capt j. j. Ball enlisted as a pri-
vate in the 26th Massachusetts In
fantry Volunteers on the 23d of Sep
tember, 1861. For soldierly con-
duct he was discharged to accept
promotion on the 10Th of. August.
1865, having thus served faithfully
for two years rs private soldier.
HIS promotion was to the rank of n
captain in the Seth United Colored-
Regiment, in which he served until
the 23d of August, 1865. At Fort
Barclay, Alabama, while leadiae his
company he lost an arm, and was also
shot through the right side. This
was on the 9th of April, 1865. On
the 23d of August, following Lees
surrender, he was mustered out of
the service. On account of these
services, and of his disabilities, he
has been retained during several
Congresses by Republican House.
Two days after the assembling of its
Confederate successor, Captain Ball
was relieved from his position, and
Confederate soldier put in his place.
When the Democratic House has fin
ished all other investigations, it is re-
spectfully submitted that it would be
interesting to inquire whether the
Confederate who relieved Capt. Ball
in the service of the House, did not
also serve at Fort Barclay in the
ranks of those who caused Capt.
Balls disability.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-13

limited extent. In these hairless
spaces the skin wore a muddy appear
ance, aud looked so tough that no;
thing short of the teeth of tigei
could make any impression in it.
This said dogs ears had both been
gnawed off irregularly around the
edges, and being pretty well used up,
gave him no very prep0ssessing ia
cial appearance. Beneath h 3 under
jaws, on either side, there hung a
long, loose piece of hairless skin,
somewhat indicative of age. His
head was destitute of hair in many
places, and his hide wore the same
dark or, rather lead -colored muddy
appearance as on its body. His nose
was rather short, his face broad, and
his upper lip had natural tendency
to snarl. especially when any other
dog came near him. Now, this dog
of dogs fi,is representative dog of a
class, strplled about the market at
his leisure, seized what he could, and
when veil supplied appeared to
walk off with the air of cohtentment.
But not Satisfied with his i'll natured
and overbearifs manners toward his
companions, he seemed to have no
regard for anybody, and sprawled
himself right down in the principal
walk. and carelessly fell Unto
drowsy, dreamy state, apparently I'M
conscious of the hustle all about
him, and seeming to say, "Well, no
one dare step on me, anyway, or !
will bite" And so every one gave him
a wide berth. and l was utterly dis
gusted with the hideous and disa-
greeable creature, and came away
thinking he seemed almost human.
TuEAMANNER OF EATING
Among the Kanakas is almost shock
ing to our ideas Of usage and pro-
priety. Around the cities and vii
lagos, and where they can get it,
they will eat meat and bread, but
their staple food is poi and raw fish.
The poi is made of the tarO root.
which grows like a turnip, with a
calla lily top, and in muddy patch,
and is pounded up fine and put into
a large calabash to ferment. 1t has
rootish taste and is somewhat sour.
The natives mix it with water, and
then whole family will squat
around the calabash in the center of
the room. Before eating they some
times rinse the fingers with water.
The way saw woman do this one
morning was by taking mouthful of
water out of small calabash, then
squirting it out of her mouth over
her fingers; then she sat down, and.
plunging her fingers into the poi,
stirred it around and thrust into her
mouth what clung to the fingers.
And thus tliey each and all eat poi
witiisstAe- two fingers, men. wo-
men andschifdren sitting around and !
eating from the same calabash In
like manner they eat the raw fish
with their fingers from the same
dish. They live in this manner all
over the islands. Few Of their huts
are divided into apartments, and
they generally sleep promiscuously.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-13
Two Women Fighting n Bear.
A Death Grappie with a Mon
ster of the Delaware County
EnrcSts

| EOICStS.
| delaware On. " Cor. n. Y. Sun.l
Jonas Butler and his wife and two
children live in a rude cabin in a
lonely place in the woods near the
headwaters of the Delaware, twenty
miles above this place. Butler, who
has a contract for peeling bark and
getting out railroad ties, is sometimes
away in the woods for days ut time
He was absent on Sunday last. Wild
game, always plenty in that region,
has been unusually abundant this
season. Bears have been numerous
and impudent. Only aweek ago But
lershot one that was emptying his
dinner pail. One Sunday, at about
five O'Clock in the afternoon, Mrs.
Butler and her daughter Jennie heard
an unusual commotion among the
pigs in the log pen, a few rods dis
tant from the house. and looking out
they saw large black bear with a
fat pig under one 'arm." trying to
get out of the inclosure. The sty is
built of small logs, the walls being
about five feet high, with Il roof over
part of the pen The mother and
daughter determined to save the pig,
if possible. The former seized a
heavy mallet or maui, used for driving
wedges in logs, and the latter took
the AK from the wood pile. Thus
equipped, and accompanied by the
watch dog, they hurried to the pen,
and both jumped into the inclosure,
followed by the dog.
They attacked his bearship vigor-
ously, and he turned upon them. He
first seized the dog, and with one
squeeze of his great paws crushed it
to death and threw it one side. The
infuriated bear then sprang upon
Miss Jennie. quickly disarmed her,
crowded her into 4 corner, and got
the now helpless girl in his embrace,
but the blows from the maui in the
hands Of Mrs. Butler became so quick
and severe that he left the girl with
out doing her any material injury,
and turned upon the mother. The
girl had given the bear some fearful
wounds with the AK, and from them
the blood was flowing copiously.
This intensified his fury, and he
rushed upon Mrs. Butler with his
jaws wide extended to draw her into
his embrace. She shouted to her
daughter to run TO the house and
fetch the rifle and shoot the bear.
The girl leaped from the pen and
made for the house. She returned in
the nick of time. The bear had
knocked her mothers weapon from
her hand, and pressed her into cor
-ner. Mrs. Butler had crouched down
on the floor aud placed her hands
over her face, seemingly resigned to
her fate. Her daughter pushed the
rifle through chink in the logs, took
aim and fired. The bear staggered
an instant on his launches, and fell
back dead, shot through the heart.
1t was hours before the two cour-.
ageous women recovered from the
reaction that followed their encoun-
ter. The girl tainted after firing the
fatal shot. Her mother got out of
the pen and dragged her into the
house. On the next morning Jennie
walked five miles through the woods
to tell her father of the adventure.
The bear weighed over 800 pounds.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-13

EMERSON, the English chemist, shows
that it is not for the purpose of clean
ing and pluming their wings and
bodies that flies stroke them with
their feet, but that they thereby col
lect quantity of microscopic insects,
upon which they feed by means of
their proboscis. These insects are
scraped from the wings, and can be
separately examined. He further
proves that myriads of healthy fies,
covered with lice, float through i'm
pure and fetid air; while in localities
where the air is fresh and pDre only
Il few emaciated ones are seen, and
those quite free from insects. Ac-
cordingly. wherever there is corrup-
tion and the living germ of disease
there flourish their enemies and de
stroyers, and these are our despised
house flies.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-13
DEAR LITTLE HANDS.
[BY REQuFsT.l

Dear little hands. loved them so,
And now they are lying under the snow
Under the snow, so cold and white,
And cannot see them or touch them to-
night.
They are quiet and still at last, All, me
How busy and restless they used to be
But now they can never reach up
through the snow
Dear little hands, loved them so!
All through the day, wherever go,
All through the night-how lonely it
seems.
For no little hands wake me ont of my
dreams.
I miss them through all the weary
hours;
miss them as others miss sunshine and
flowers.
Day time or night time, wherever | 60,
Dear little hands! miss them so.
Dear little hands they have gone from
me now.
Never again will they rest on my brow;
Never again smooth my sorrOwfnl face,
Never clasp mine in their childish EN-
brace;
And my forehead grows wrinkled and
aged with care,
Thinkiug of little hands once resting
there; sS
But | know in a happier heavenlier
CLINE
Dear little hands. I shall clasp you
sometime.
Dear little hands! when the Master
shall call.
I'll welcome the summons that comes to
us all;
When my feet touch the waters so dark
auI so cold.
Aud catch my first glimpse of the City
of Gold
If keep my eyes fixed on the heavenly
gate,
Over The tide where the whitc-robed
ones wait
Shall know you, | wonder, among the
bright band?
viii you beckOn me over, oh, dear little
hauds?
LATE.
CHARLESTON. !
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-13
A .lapanese Funeral.
From the San Francisco Chronicl
December "a.

/ u 'OaAA tiiC Nodtl luCictO
December "a.
One of the marines OF the Japan
csc steamer Tsukaba having died or
Monday night. Japanese military
funeral took place yesterday morn
ing. 1t was the first of the kind
ever held in the United States, and is
worthy of more than passing notice.
At half-past six O'clock Yesterday
morning the body was conveyed to
the Vallejo-street wharf in a cutter
which was towed by a steam launch
belonging to the Tsukuba. In ac-
cordaHcc with the national custom.
the body rested in a box-shaped cof-
fin, about two and half feet high,
covered with the national flag and
surrounded by sixteen marines, all in
full dress and armed. Four officers
in fnll dress uniform, were in the
steam launch. On reaching the
boat-stairs, the coffin was placed in
the undertaker's wagon, and covered
with the flag. The officers were
placed in a carriage, while the ma
rines occupied one of the Central
Railroad cars. On arriving at Gene
terry avenue, the marines, as a guard,
preceded the corpse, and on reaching
the grave formed in double line
through which the coffin was borne
The coffin, which was covered with
Japanese writing, was deposited in
the grave, so that the corpse, which
was in sitting position, faced to-
ward the east. Three volleys of
musketry were then fired and the
grave filled up by the usual attend
ants. After this, an officer made an
address to those present, and the ma
rines taking the shovel smoothed the
grave over and made the sand into a
square shaped pile resembling the
coffin. On this pile each marine,
with his sword, made sundry marks
in the sand. which concluded the cere
monies. After few minutes stay in
the cemetery the marines formed in
marching order, and preceded by a
band, composed of a drummer, fifer
and bugler, marched to the cars and
proceeded to their ship. The funeral
cortege on Cemetery avenue attract
ed the attention of many citizens,
who accompanied it to the grave.
The ceremonies were conducted with
great solemnity and every appear
ance of sincere respect to the dead.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-13
Strange Antics of a Young WO-
man.

From the Rochester IN. " Union.
We have often noticed freaks of
nature in human beings-and not a
great while since noticed the strange
conduct of q young girl in the Eighth
Ward, who would bark at times, bite
and act t-in-manN-rnsp like dog
When she had the ''barking fits" she
could be heard for a long distance.
The Thirteenth Ward has case
which surpasses this. A woman
some thirty years of age, residing
in Mcdonald avenue, performs some
strange antics, running around on all
fours like q frog. There are other
peculiarities of that animal which
she mimics and makes herself Il Gu
riosity to some people and disgusts
others. She has thus been afflicted
for long time, and there is not much
question but what her trouble is per
manent.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-13
A Fatal laugh.
n FdCdI LdtiSH.
From the Augusta, Ca, Constitutional
ist.

John Morris, a young man about
twenty eight years of age, living near
Langley, went to a masquerade on
Saturday night last. He has always
been noted for laughing immoderate-
ly at any funny incident. Some ludi-
crous feature of the masquerade
caused him to set up fit of laugh
ter, when suddenly he stopped and
fell to- the ground. He was picked
up and a physician sent for, but he
pronounced the case hopeless, as Mr..
Morris had ruptured blood vessel.
The unfortunate man fingered until
Sunday morning, when he died. He
leaves a wife and two children to
mourn his death.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-13

NEARLY all the officers, from top to
bottom, elected by the Ohio Legisla-
ture, served in the Union army and
most of them were wounded in the
service. The Legislature is Repub-
lican. In the popular branch of Con-
gress, no Union soldier, or friend of
Union soldiers, was elected, while
great many of the former were turn
ed out to make room for Confederate
soldiers. The House is largely
Democratic. Comment is unnecessa-
ry.-Cia. Gdz.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-13

The Circasstan girl In this city
shows pair of stockings that she
says she made entirely out of her own
hair. They are thick, heavy and
soft, and seem to be of pure hair.
The upper edges are secured with
scarlet worsted work. She says her
hair grows to great length, and
that she is compelled to have it cut.
The stockings were knit while she
was on exhibition at Barnum's mu-
seum.-Reading Eagle.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-13

MAJOR JAMES w. GREEN is a
prominent Virginia lawyer and Mr..
Johnston is a son of a prominent
bank President whose shortcomings
lawyer Green was instrumental in
bringing to the notice of the direc-
tors of the bank, and they made re-
port which reflected severely upon
the ex-President. Young Johnston
felt called upon to fight a duel with
Major Green, but the latter had his
challenger arrested, placed under
bond of $500 to keep the peace for
one year, and will have him brought
before the next Grand jury for vio-
lation of the law, the peace and dig
nifty of the "good old Common
wealth." Mr.. Green is some sixty
years of age and has a wife and a
number of children. Under these
circumstances his action is acqul-
esced in by some of the citizens OF the
sspood old Commonwealth
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-13

The Emperor and Empress of Bra.
zil will arrive in New York in April.
Their Majesties intend to travel
throughout the United States incog.,
and will give special attention to the
common school system, with a view
of stirring up the -Brazilians in an
educational sense when they get back
home.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-13

The once notorious coloreu ii.wver
of Greenville, Mississippi, ]. D.
Werles, walked aboard q boat lying
at the wharf, a few days ago, and ac-
costed q couple of cartmen with,
Did you ever see any one commit sui
eide" They both answered ''No,"
when he rejoined, "Then watch me-"
and leaping into. the river was
drowned before he could be reached.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-13

IT is Mary Murdoch Mason who
divides her sex into three classes
the giddy butterflies, the busy bees
and the woman's Fighters. The first
are pretty and silly, the second PLAIN
and useful, the third mannish anu
odious. The first wear long, trailing
dresses and smile at you wulie
waltzing; the second wear aprons
and Give Won apple dumplings; and
the third want your manly preroga-
tives, your dress coae' your in0A'S
and your vote.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-13

Mrs. HANNAH SLOWER, of Bow
doinham, Maine, has right to be
regarded rs the heroine of the Cen
tennial year. She was born on the
Fourth of July, 1776, at nearly the
same hour when the great bell was
ringing ont the news of the Decla-
ration from the old hall in Philadel-
phia. She is in good health, and
hopes to celebrate the hundredth an
niversary of the Nations birthday in
July next.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-13

TURNING Union soldiers out of of
flee to make room for ex-Confeder-
ates, may be fully mp to the 'true re-
form" promised by Democracy but,
it will fall far short of the re-
form that will satisfy the coun-
try. 1t is bad enough to ap
point Confederate soldiers and
leading rebels to Office while tens
of thousands of brave fellows can be
found who served the nation in its
hour of peril, and who stand in need
OF some employment that will yield
them fair pay for honest services, but
it is far worse to turn out Onelegged
and one armed heroes from positions
conferred by a grateful country to
make room for the former enemies of
the Republic. If this is the policy
of Democracy, the people will effect
ually squelch it when it presents it.
self at the ballot-box at next cleo
tion.- Washington Republic.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-13

DTD 1t ever occur to you, kind
mammas, asks the thoughtful Boston
Transcript, while trotting your ba-
bies on your laps in such q vigorous
way, that if some giant, about ten
times your size, were to trot you in
similar style the breath would be
very apt to be jounced out of your
body?
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-13
A Remarkable Lawsuit.
[From the Boston Post. /

The Providence Press describes q
rather interesting lawsuit that was on
trial in that city yesterday. 1t seems
that travelling company of players
gave show there some time ago, and
shortly after all the goods and chat
tells were seized on a writ against
one Pougee for failure to pay his
board. The rest of the company
were demoralized, and as the proper
ty was theirs, not Pougee's, they sued
for damages. The "White Moor of
Madagascar" was one of the plain
tifs, and it transpired that he was
not the only survivor of family
captured by Captain Adrian on the
coast Of Madagascar, as the play
bills announced, but plain Austin
Graham, of Boston, whose white hair
and beard and pink eyes had made
him quite noticeable. All of Aus
tins goods had been seized, and he
had thereby lost his salary, " %
day, and he had to pay his own hoard.
The little "FemaIe Esau," as an
nounced in the bills, was the daugh-
ter of Pougee, and was little nice
girl when her beard was taken off.
All this was interesting, of course,
but the agony was reached when
''Signor Forrestelle," the great sword
swallower, was put upon the stand.
Signor carried his sword with him
and the lawyers wanted to see him
swallow it, and so asked if he had
any. objections to showing his per-
formance. He had none, and down
went twenty-seven inches of steel, to
the qualification of the lawyers. Sig
nor handed his sword to admiring
legal gentlemen, asking them to ex
anime and see that there was no
fraud. He had a very business-like
air, and when asked what other
branches his business took in he re-
marked that it was his habit to eat
marbles. Everybody wanted to see
him eat marbles, and down went four
good sized 'allies." He remarked
that the great trick was in putting
the sword down also and hearing it
chink against the marbles, and down
went the sword, and the chink was
heard. Signor's performance was
s'immense," and had a jury witnessed
this novel exposition of legal point
his fortune would have been made.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-13

WILLIAM A. NJ. THOMPSON, of
Quartz Valley, California, recently
started for his home in Iowa, which
he left twenty-five years ago. Dur
ing all this time, his family, consist
ing of a wife and nine children,
heard nothing from him. He is now
IA, and returns to find the home cir
Gle unbroken by death, but enlarged
by the addition of fifty grand-chil-
dren and three great grandchildren.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-13

A PENNSYLVANIA man named his
first three boys America, United
States, and Christopher Columbus,
and new conner he has called Gen.
tennial.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-13

AN invitation is about to be issued
to the Lutheran ministers of the
United States, of all Synods, to at
tend General Congress" in one of
the central cities. The object will
be to discuss the issues of the day in
carefully prepared essays. One of
the topics suggested is of much inn
portance to the Lutheran body:
"How may we best promote harmony
among the various Synods, which,
though essentially agreeing in the
faith, do not coalesceT'
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-13

TvrRr is no use denying the fact
Coz a fact it is, that the Republicans
inter '~ the Centennial year With inn
nroved prospects.--LoHisciae coar-
ier..J Journal.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-13

aMRs. Hon. CONGRESSMAN is the
modest and tasteful. way the wives of
some of the members" print their
cards.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-13

The right to sell popcorn at the
Centennial Exposition has been sold
for $3. 900.