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HoW TIE srorI FTGHr.


1t awakens a very lively interest in
the typographical features of the coun-
try, when you know that any hill or
ravine may conceal a party of the en-
emy. There is little rear or front IN
the usual Indian fight In fact it is all
front, for they circulate on all sides, and
shoot from every point which offers
place of concealment. When the Sioux
attacked Gen. Crook in the valley OF the
Rosebud, Just before the Custer disaster,
the fire opened in the rear, front and
fanks, within five minutes of the time
the first shots were heard. There are
no non-combatants in such an affair.
One place is as safe or unsafe as another,
and every man who has a gun goes in to
use it if he wishes to save his scalp. 1t
is entirely a mistake, however, that only
the cavalry are of use in Indian fighting.
The infantry carrying rifles which shoot
closer and further than the cavalry car
bine, have driven the Indians from posi-
tions which cavalry were unable to car
rv. These savages understand the diff
ference between the infantry and cavalry
gun as well as the men who carry them
but they will make bold stand against
both. Artillery, however, is the thing
that demoralizes them. Let shell ex-
plode among a lot of rocks in which
thev have been making a stand against
the musketry, and there will not an In
dian remain a moment longer than is
sufficient for him to jump and run.
Brave as the Sioux are, and they are the
bravest of their race, they will never
stand against field guns; but, with small
arms alone, it is the opinion of officers
here who have fought them, that it re-
ouires man to man to thoroughly thrash
them. This may seem strange talk to
people who have been accustomed to be-
Iieve that one white man was equal to
any three Indians, but | give the opin-
ion of gentlemen of unquestioned cour-
age who are thoroughly acquainted with
+l,a S;oux - Cor. Nesg York Times
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sei'' but positively declined to say any
thing of the movements of the other
men. gave him a cigar, for which he
Vas very grateful, and arose to smoke
"Iille we conversed. He said he had
tried desperate game and lost. They
were rough boys, used to rough work,
at.d must abide by the consequences.
ale was inclined to think Haywood was
more frightened than brave. He was in
uhs bank and said the shooting of the
cashier was an impulse of the passion on
the part of the man that shot him. He
s''ld they all deeply regretted it. Ther
could have picked off many citizens, as
aii We're dead shots, but did not desire to
90 murder. He would not say who shot
Haywood. He said the witnesses in
Nkrthtield undoubtedly knew. This
wSs IN answer to the question, " Did the
roibeF killed yesterday shoot him ?" OF
cqs4se he regretted his situation, but all
3 chances were weighed before starting
= 1s.sssaJs. sssd looked over the other banks
asr16 SaeeiSlfsss. assf -iSiietAs ali .'~lbout
{ aneee IN the larger places, and wished
noNhe had undertaken one of them, as
the chance to retreat was much better
in a small place. The body of the dead
lobber goes to St. Paul to be embalmed.
The trip will be hard on the wounded
men, particularly the one wounded in
the Jaw; he suffers much. The doctors
here object to moving them, but the
men are plucky and will go through all
right: The town is full of people, but
all is quiet. No one is admitted to the
hotel, which is strongly guarded. When
found the robbers had pieces of under
clothing tied on their feet in place of
stockings. Cole Younger's toenails fell
off when his boots were removed. He
told the doctor he did not care for him
self; if dead, all would be over in five
minutes; he was anxious about his
brother, and told him to cheer up.
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rHoUGHrs ron S4rURDAr NIGHT

A generous mind, when it grants a
favor, will do it with grace.
The true evidence that man loves
God is found in his love for man. God
in man.
How many think to atone for the evil
they have done by the good they intend
to do, and are only virtuous in the pros
pective!
All the literary history of the world
proves that the noblest and most bene-
fetal sentiments can be uttered by the
basest and most selfish of human beings.
As for being much known by sight,
and pointed out, l cannot comprehend
the honor that lies withal. Whatsoever
it be, every mountebank has it more
than the best doctor.
The dullness of most intercourse be-
tween different classes is especially due
to the suppression of fiature on both
sides. The moment that a man shows
his real self, the fog of dullness disperses.
Human reason, after guessing and
roaming from sect to sect, yearns for a
lord and master, not to crush it down
but to take it up, weak, bewildered and
weary, and fold it in that divine reason
whence it bOrrows vigor and illumination.
There is something praiseworthy in
the employment of those legitimate
means at everybody's disposal to earn
a reputation of some sort; but to follow
the dictates of low vanity to the at
tainment of such an end is incompatible
with the finest feelings and susceptible
ties of our nature.
We might do good deal Of good in
the world five didn't try to do so much.
I've heard folks a singing and meaning
it too:
sWere the whole realm Of nature mine,
That were a present far too small"
And because the realm of nature wasn't
theirs, they didn't give anything at all
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HrDRAULIc MINING ArDUrCH FIAT

Albert f. Webster, in Appletons' Journal.
The method of hydraulic mining is
briefly this: From some lofty point a
head of water is let on through iron pipes
of varying diameter. and is projected in
a thin stream against the bottom of a hill
of gravel known to contain gold. The
earth falls in leosened masses, and is
washed into channels which lead to
sluice-boxes. A sluice-box is a narrow
trough made ofplanks and provided with
a false bottom. Over the upper surface
the current of earth and water passes,
the finer portions of the gravel, together
with what gold there may be, falling up
on apertures upon the real bottom below.
Here at intervals are cross-pieces a few
inches high, in whose angles quicksilver
is placed. The particles of gold, great
and small, draw.to this, while the worth
less earth is washed on ard out of the
way. These sluice boxes are watched
night and day, and are "cleared up"
that is, the amalgam is then taken out,
at intervals which vary from ten days
to three months or more, just as the
earth is more or less rich in metal.
The pipes which convey the water j:
made of thin iron hardly thicker thar
box cardboard, and vary from some forty
inches to fifteen in diameter. They are
smooth, round, and black as jet. They
are led across depressions in the grounC
upon trestles, and, where the surface i
favorable, they are laid upon sleeper
like the tracks of railway. They ar,
often miles in length, and, tn ugh thei
general tendency is downward, yet the,
make many rises and turns. The pip
near by you disappears short distanc
off, behind low hillock it comes int
view again two or three rods farther on
then it is lost for quarter of a mile
and you see it climbing hill like ser
! pent, bending itself over the crest, an
vanishing once more; then, perhaps, yo
may see it in the faint distance curvin
like hair-line, still doing its tremer
dous duty, yet with SO little suggestio
of the great power contained within il
You bend down and apply your ear t
a little erifce you find upon the uppe
side of one of these pipes, and you hea
the furious rush of the water; at th
same time your hat is blown from you
head by a back-handed current OF al
that bursts from its imprisonment-wi with
the tube. A mile further on you ma
be startled to hear loud continuou
roaring and kissing. You look abor
and discover another of these pipes su
charged with water, which seeks to e
cape from every point and pin-hole
the entire length. The ground is ",
beneath it, little pools forming here an
! there, while jets of spray shoot in all d
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4 YOUNG 1ADY PLYING THE MAN.
waeo tTexasl Examiner.

Waco (Texas) Examiner
About two weeks ago an individual
appeared in the Childer's creek neigh
borhood, in this county, who gave the
name of Tom johnson, and claimed to be
the son OF a prominent citizen of Co
manche county, but afterwards proved
to be woman in male attire. She was
in the neighborhood several days before
her sex was discovered, during which
time she acted the part of fast young
man to perfection. She associated freely
with young men; called on several
young ladies, and carried the part of
beau admirably. She proved herself an
expert horseman, and an adept in the use
of the revolver and Spencer rifle. She
attepded a camp-meeting which was be-
ing conducted by Rev. Mr.. Melugin, of
this city, and Rev. Mr.. Harris, Of Chill
ders creek, and on two occasions went
forward to the anxious seat and asked
for the prayers of the congregation, all
the while representing herself to be
/ 1Oul JDnlHOuy 4lOAiA AiAS bAA N@--NA- -
stock rancho on the frontier" Her
sprightliness and pleasant manner at
tracted the attention of everybody, and
she was fast becoming popular with Peo-
pie of all ages and sexes, particularly
with the young ladies of the neighbor-
hood, where by an unfortunate accident
her sex became known. Clarence Will
liams was notified, and arrested the
young woman, and carried her before
Esquire w. G.. Boyd, justice of the
pace of precinct No. 4. He knew
no law by which he could hold her, and
she was permitted 20 90 kfree. After
leaving the magistrates Office she stated
to several parties that her real name was
---.,...,---sA said she lived in Comancno
county, and has assumed the disguise on
account of having killed a Mexican in
Brownwood. She remarked that she
would go to Kimball.
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s,.-pr1s or GENUS :coSrERsE.


Tasso's conversation was neither gay
nor brilliant. Danton was either taci-
turn or satirical. Gray seldom talked or
smiled. Butler was sullen or biting.
Hogarth and Smith were very absent
minded in company. Milton was very
unsocial, and even irritable when pressed
into conversation. Kirwin, though CO.
pious and eloquent in public addresses,
was meager and dull in colloquial dis
course. La Fontaine appeared heavy,
coarse and stupid he could not speak
and describe what he had just seen; but
then he was the model of poetry. Chau-
GERS silence was more agreeable than his
conversation. Dryden's conversation
was slow and dull, his humor saturnine
and reserved. Cornnille, in conversa-
ton, was so insipid that he never failed
OF wearying; he did not even speak cor
rectiy the language of which he was
such master Ben Jonson used to sit
silent in company, and suck his wine
and their humors. Southey was stiff,
sedate, and wrapped up in ascoticism.
Addison was good company with his in
innate friends, but in mixed company
he preserved his dignity by reserved
silence. Fox in conversation never flag
ged his animation and variety were in
exhaustible. DR.. Bently was loqua-
cious; so was Grotius. Goldsmith
+" wrote like an angel and talked like
poor Poll" Burke was entertaining,
enthusiastic and interesting in conversa-
ton. Curran was a convivial life.
Leigh Hunt was like a pleasant
stream" in conversation. Carlyle doubts
objects and constantly demurs.
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SCIENCE lND RELIeIoN oNcE MORE.
New York Tribune.

New York Tribune.
There has been a disposition among
some well-meaning but very injudiclouS
clergyman to protest against the coils'o-
Grafton with which Prof Huxley has
been treated, and 60 denounce him as an
enemy to religion. Such men are them
selves the worst foes to religion--as its
bicots have been found to be in every
age of its progress Prot. Huxley VIII
receive the attention due 10 an eminent
man OF science, whose candor and fear
lessness are only equaled by his abiil'y.
Meantime. we commenu to dissatisneu
zealots these golden words from one Oh
the last addresses Of Horace Greeley
"This. then, apprehend is the proper
work of the college: To appreciate, anu
measure, and undistrustfully accept anu
commend the gigantic strides when
physical science is making IN our u@y,
vet be not swept away by them 70 'enu
an att ntive and unprejudiced ear 70 ''s
bold speculations of our Darwin anu
Huxleys. wherein they seem almost
Law a confident finger on the very mar
of the great mysteries Of life. wi'nsus
fear that they will ever eyict Goa ''o'-
His universe, or restrict Him to s'm9
obscure corner thereof; to welcome -
that IS true and bene6cent in the 'nPss
nous current of modern thought D"' Nv
exaegerate their breadth and dep'n' -
accept their direction as autnoi''o...
and final; to proaer genial an1 80
full hospitality 10 whatever is noD'y II q.
vet hold fast and from time to ',%s i,
sert tie grand old truths "n'1l nls
grounded in the nature OF man ~. -. IN
relations in regard to the un'ss's~' '.;.. IN
the firm assurance that no di'eo's''sr a',nvl-
science, no advances in hunA" Little
edge can ever invalidate or eye, 4 IN os
the Golden Rule, and no ooae'p.'s' ,.aee
philosophy ever equal in q. n nasng,nnght
hat simple Affirmation Of ihs , ooerceised
Jmdean peasant who long HF oRIs
and nrocIaimed that GoD = ~"
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VOL. XII. NO 81.

rections, catching the rays of the sun
most delicately.
The water issues from the pipes at the
place where the mining is carried on
with astonishing force. Lofty hills,
broad plains, and long cliffs are washed
away, and their ruin completed by moth
ing else than a shaft of water a few
inches in diameter, thrown violently
and persistently against them. Nothing
can withstand it trees, gnarled stumps,
rocks of prodigious size, are whirled
hither and thitber like bubbles in the
wind, and the softer earth is melted like
frost before a fire. A stream having a
fall of two hundred feet, and being
forced through two-inch pipe at its
head, is a weapon of appalling force. 1t
will cut into banks of packed clay that
pick-axe can not penetrate, and tear
out of their Businesses rocks half as large
as a railway car, and whirl them about
as easily as a garden,jet does its silver
globe. Were.it to strike man it would
literally tear him in pieces; not stun
him, or simply kill him with the shock
and the sufTocation, but it would rend
him limb from limb, as an explosion
would
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4 FEARFUL PICTURE.
Description Of His StrugDIes dgdinst the
Demon Of Drink. JB the Late
u. j. Talbot.
Extract from one Of his own Lectures.

{ e. -. A0ttots
Extract from one Of his own Lectures
But now the struggle is over, l can
survey the field and measure the losses.
l had position, high and holy. The de
mon tore from around me the robes of
my sacred office, and sent me forth
churchless and goddess very kissing
and byword among men. Afterward
had business, large and lucrative, and
my voice in all large courts was heard
pleading Tor justice, mercy, and the
right. But the dust gathered on my
unopened books, and my football crossed
the threshold of the drunkard's office
I had moneys ample for all necessities,
but they toek wings and went TO feed
the Golfers of the devils which possessed
me- I had a home adorned with all
that wealth and the most exquisite taste
could suggest This devil crossed its
threshold, and the light faded from Its
chambers the fire went out on the
hottest of affairs, and leading me through
l-asS- Ss.s.ai= d-s.,air walked forth with
10
within had children, beautiful, to me
at least, As dream of the morning, and
they had 80 entwined themselves around
their fathers heart that no matter where
it might wander, ever it came back to
them on the bright wings OF a fathers
undying love. His destroyer took their
hands in his and led them away. l had
a wife whose charms of mind and person
were such that to see her was to remem-
Der, and to know her was to love.
For thirteen years we walked
the rugged path of life together, rejoio-
inc in its sunshine and sorrowing in its
shade. This Internal monster couldn't
spare me even this. ! had a mother,
who for long, long years had not lett her
chair a victim of suffering and disease,
and her choicest delight was in the re-
Election that the lesson which she had
taught at her knee had taken root in the
heart of her youngest son, and that he
was useful to his fellows and an honor to
her who bore him. But the thunderbolt
reached even there, and there it did its
most cruel work. Other days may cure
all but this. All me; never a word of
reproach from her lips; only n tender
caress; only shadow of "a great and un-
spoken grief gathering over the dear old
face; only a trembling hand laid more
lovingly on my head; only a closer
clinging to the cross only a more pit
eous appeal to heaven if her cup were
not at last full. And while her boy
raved in his wild delirium two thousand
miles away, the pitying angels pushed
the golden gates ajar, and the mother of
the drunkard entered into rest.
And thus l stand, clergyman with
out a cure; a barrister without a brief
or business; father without a child; a
husband without wife; son without
a parent; a man with scarcely friend;
a soul without hope-all swallowed up
in the maelstrom of drink.
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RIG INTENTION.

Lloyd, the famous map man, who
made all the maps for General Grant and
the union army, certificates of which he
published, has just invented way of
getting relief plate from steel so as to
priIt Lloyd,s map ofthe American CONT
nent-showing from ocean to ocean-on
one entire sheet of bank note paner
40x5O inches large, on lightning press.
and eolored, sized and vanished for the
wall so as to stand washing, and mailing
anywhere in the world for thirty cents
or unvarnished for twenty-five cents
This map shows the whole United States
and Territories in group, from SURVEYS
to 1876. with million places on it, such
as towns, cities, villages, mountains
lakes, rivers, streams, gold mines. rail
way stations, &c. This map should be
III every house. Also Llovd's Great
Map OF Philadelphia, and the Centennial
Grounds, showing every house, street
and number. Same size and price as
America. Send thirty cents to the LIovd
Map Company, Philadelphia, and Won
viii get copy by return maiI.-N y
Illustrated Christian Weekly.
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THE Captured NORTHFJELD ROR-
BERS.


Madalie, (Minn) Cor. st. Paul Pioneer-Press.
| first called on Cole and James
Younger, who occupy a bed together.
Both are terribly wounded, and their
faces are much disfgured. They GER
tainly do not look like such desperadoes
as they are. Cole, who has bright red
whiskers had his right eye bandaged,
and said he was suffering from seven
wounds. James has a tearful-looking
mouth, the lower jawbone being shat
tered. The doctor would not allow
them to talk much, and as curious pao-
pie were passing in and out | left them
to call on Bob These men suffer much.
and their talk is sometimes deIirious
Both are brave, never meaning. and are
receiving every possible attention.
found Bob, as he asked to be called for
short, lying in bed, shackled and suffer-
ing from wound in the arm received
at North6eld, and from wound in the
breast got yesterday. He was pleasant
cheerful and communicative. He Is a
six-ioot boy, twenty-three years old. and
as flne-looking specimen Of manhood
as | ever saw. He has kind exnres-
SION and speaks in low, gentle tone
using the best of language-no oaths or
slang de was willing to talk Of him
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DIED OF EID dIR.

A source of diseases from which our
ancestors were exempt may be traced to
what we term modern improvements.
In the old colonial houses, there were no
ramifcations of water-pipes, no water
closets, and no wide -mOuthed hOppers on
the chamber-foors forgetting rid of the
waste, that found its way at once to a
place provided for it beyond the confines
of the house. In this they had to sub
NIT to what we would call a great depri-
vation, but, on the other hand, they
knew nothing of diphtheria, and kindred
diseases. Stiggins said, when interviewed
on the liquor question, ''If there is any
one of them less Odious than another, it
is the liquor called rum" And we may
say that, if there is a difference in the
ways of getting rid of house waste, the
sewer is better than the open vault.
But, whilst the sewer may be more effec-
tual in removing that which emits gases
deadly to man, it is equally true, that it
may prove to be the more dangerous of
the two, in that, if not properly trapped
and perfectly ventilated, it will lead the
poison into our dwellings, instead of re-
moving it to distance, where it can do
no harm. The contents of the vaults
saturates the whole of the surrounding
earth, poisons the spring and the wells,
and finds its way in little currents
through the interestices of the founda-
ton walls of our houses there it throws
of gases too slight to attract attention,
but tso deadly to be inhaled by the IN
mates with impunity. The soil pipe is
an Improvement on this; but if it be
not tight in all its parts, if there be any
imperfectly soldered or calked joints,
woe betide the man who sleeps near it /;
for the destroying angel is abroad, and
will find him as surely as he lies down
and rises up in an atmosphereso charged
with the germs of disease.-Anericdn
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lIEXIC1N REVOLUTION.


Di0= ia the South ,riH an 4rD,U. and
CortiIias BeSejGb1s MatGmoras.
Special to the Cincinnati Gazette.
Col. John g. Nixon, quartermaster of
the 2lth United States Infantry, from
Brownsville, Taxas. brings much inter
esting Information regarding affairs in
Mexico. The revohtionists, under Por-
fierio Diaz, are making strong headway,
and appearances indicate that they will
probably succeed, unless congress, which
met last Sunday, the 18th, adopts Ger
tain compromiss measures, which have
been proposed Mejiah has been removed
as minister Of var, by president Laredo,
and is succeeded by Gen. Escabedo.
Fault was found with Mejiah on account
of his course in prosecuting the war.
Gen. Cortina, who escaped from the
City of Mexico Is besieging Matamoras
with a force Of about three hundred men,
and so closely invested the place thai
Gen. Revealtas, commanding the gov
ernment garrison, is unable To obtain
forage for his horses. and is supplied by Il
contractor IN Brownsville. Cortina
issued proclamation on the eighth, de-
claring that when he obtains possession
of Matamoras, be will treat literally with
the citizens and troops and viii forget
and overlook all past ofenses against
him or the revolutionists' cause. He
says that he intends to be friendly to the
United States authorities, and Will aid
them in quelling disorders along the
border lie denounces Gen. Revealtas,
however, as an interloper, who has no
real authority, and is holding out only
to oppress the citizens. Porfierio Diaz,
the head of the revolution, is at Oak
aca, in the south, with 5000 to 1000
efficient, well-armed men, and from his
great personal popularity is constantly
receiving accessions to his force. The
governor of the state of Tamauipas,
Gen. Canales, has been recently issuing
paper money, with which he has been
purchasing large amounts Of supplies.
He, it is said, will pronounce very soen
for Diaz, and this detection viii be Sc
rious blow to the government.