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The Lake County star., 1877-11-08

songs md boisterous laughter or saw
age cries. The size of this motley
gathering varies with the time aud
the seasons. It hardly ever numbers
less than twenty, and has reached to
eighty. There are men and women,
old and young. Nearly all day long,
~ have said, they liDger around the
fires In the wood, and when the wealth
er Is not unpleasaI tly cold they also
sleep out under the trees, but In the
winter, and when storms Of great vio-
lence occur, they take refuge In barns
In the neighbOrlrood. Upon o beauti-
fui wooded knoll they have set up
little cabin made Of logs and the bark
OF trees. In the stony hollow In the
side OF q hill, where they lass much
Of their time, they have kettles and
pans and other household utensils,
and q wooden tripod upon which To
hang kettle over fire, and strung
from tree to tree, lines upon which to
hang their clothes to dry. They fare
we'll. They beg from the farmers In
the neighbOrhoOd, who dare not refuse
them, and fear even to murmur ut
their demands. Any offense to them
might result In the burning Of the
barn or home Of the helpless offender.
1t Ia no wonder that man should live
In dread with a gang OF lawless vaga
bonds about his door, and no protec
tiOn near him for himself or his wife
or daughters. This community seems
to be governed by a master" and
mistress latter an old, white
haired wretch who has been known In
the vicinity for years. They receive
the allegiance of all the others, and
refuse admittance into the circle to
such applicants aslO not for any rea-
son please their fancy. or course their
authority IL not always submitted to,
but to great extent they are the rul-
ers Of the colony. The society gener-
ally Is not inviting. and individually
1t ls repulsive. So many low-browed,
scowling, savage human beings one
seldom meets with In the same
day. II al honest laborer looks
contemptuously at them, they scowl
In return or nutter threateningIy; If
u curious stranger go too near their
residence" they warn him off, or If
he laughs at their patched garments
tapping in the breeze they curse him
Ii he alludes to them as "bumnlers"
they rise in their majesty and pour
forth their Indignation. How, to
break up this settlement is a question
which has agitated the minds of the
farmers round about for long time.
Winter does not destroy 1t. All last
winter the tramps could be tracked by
the footprints on the snow from the
barn where they slept to the hollow i'm
tile woods, where they had gathered
together an immense mound of leaves
aud withered brush. No one Is will
ing to order them Off 1t il not safe.
They have been tolerated until pa
tience has given way, and how to get
rid of them is problem yet to be
solved.
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Schools Out

Did you ever pause and contemplate
that particular and peculiar phase Of
human nature developed by the exist
ent school boy when released from
study and discipline-when "school 10
out" and he IL on his way home.
Ordinary humanity, when released
from the tolls of the day, is prone to
seek rest and relaxation. The. boy
scorns all such effeminate ideas. He
is composed of but three parts-legs,
arms and yell, and the yell is the
biggest part of him. His legs and
arms hay been kept in irksome COM
pulsory quietude all day, and must
now be exercised. His voice las been
seething ndswelling in him for hours,
and now must have vent.
AS soon as he Is clear of the school
house steps he stops and deliberately
yells yell that is ear-splitting, but
which has no more object, meaning or
direction than the midnight vocifera-
ton of mule, and yet 1t appears at a
fullru with his arms flying about like
scintillations of q pin-wheeh He is no
respecter of persons and Is utterly in
different as to whether he runs down
q smaller hoy, spins an aged citizen
three times around, or mashes q girls
hat over her eyes in his headlong
career.
mercy on us! If that boy was only
mine I'd" but Just then her own
boy flies past, falls over a dry goods
box, bounces up, kicks at another boy,
and is chased across the street and
around the corner before she can get
the You Robert" with which she
intends to annihilate him, out Of her
astonished throat.
There Is but one thing that has the
slightest soothing effect on the boy
when he Is on the way home from
school. He can see his old man further
than Prof. Hall can see haystack
with telescope, and the moment that
parent dawns upon his vision he be-
comes as proper as model letter
writer, and the neatly modulated voice
with which he wheedles the author of
his being out of five cents on the spot,
is a lesson for future ambitious savings
bank and passenger railway presi-
dents.
The amount Of racing, jumping.
pulling, and hauling and bowling that
a school boy can concentrate into a
transit Of two squares is positively as
t0nishing, and the preternatural cool
ness and the quietude with which he
takes his red face and painting breath
into the kitchen and asks Ii supper
amt most ready is a human cOnuu-
drum that calls for unqualified admir-
atiOn.-EdstOt Free Press.
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PrIncely Pay.

A correspondent In London has bee
looking over the Parliamentary return
entitled "Finance accounts of the
United Kingdom for the financial year
1876-77.u
The allowances made the queen for
her own use amounted to E3S5 900, and
the pensions to various members of her
family reached the sum of El57 ,0O0-
equal I'm whole to $2,710,OOO. This Is
what England pays per annum i'm SAL
aries to the royal famhy-the expenses
Of keeping up palaces, &c, are all ad-
ditiOnal. 1t may be very cheap; I
express no opinion on the point. but
merely give you the sum, from page 38
of the return. Nearly E10,0O0 year
In addition is paid to certain persons
for whom their gracious and lainep ted
majesties George Nv. aud William Nv.
wished for domestic reaSons to provide
at the expense of the nation.
The sons or other representatives Of
great generals receive f42,0OO year,
and there are three ex-Lord Chapcel-
lors who receive pension Of E5, 900
year, In one or two cases, for only q
few months services. Seeing that the
Lord Chancellor IL paid ElO 900 year
while In Office, and E5,000 year for
life when he goes out Of it, / think
your readers will come to the conclu-
sion that IL Is q berth worth having.
The retired judges receive altogether
f65, 1882 q year-$329, ,660-from the tax
payers. Republics may be ungrateful,
but surely you will admit that there Is
one monarchy at least which is not
One Of the most curious entries
in IL Is the following: 1.-THE heirs
and descendants Of William Penn,
forever, E4OOO." Can you tell who re-
ceives this money? Certain 1t Is that
II is regularly paid. The total ex penses
connected with courts Of justice In the
United Kingdom amounted In 1870 10
R1 ,O43, ,0l8, or $5,2l5,090. is not
these charges which the ''seditious''
papers object to, but the pension lists,
and the immense sums paid to persons
who do nothing whatever for them,
and who are mere dead-w eights on the
nation. Yet 1t must not be supposed
that there is anything like ger eral
feeling Of discomfort In reference to
these heavy drains on the resources of
the country. have talked it over
with many Englishmen, and they
seem 10 feel rather proud Of paying 40
much . ymr to princes and dukes.
Thoy like 70 do II. Aud the princes
and dukes seem to like it pretty well
too, % that upon the whoI6 everybody
y Gklsned, except thoss .'lgn6rantb .
end 'se(lltiodv fkipg,olnSoo1 Who
~ nevef eotls(ied With ~ (hi0g. (.
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Top OF the Heap Everywhere.

Americans make the best French
men of all the foreigners who flock
here. The Russian, a large colony
always, are always Russo, extravagant,
barbaric In splendOr and gross to excess
in carriages, women. wine and dia-
monds. A pet mokey showering about
casket of the Esterhazy diamonds Is
q good illustration of rich young
Russian 6Oydrd scattering his first
crop Of wild oats OH the fruitful soil of
Paris. The English are always Eng
lish wherever you find them, and will
want some little isle of light to them
selves in the next world. EgOtistical,
selfish, economical TO oparsimony, fault
finding and supercilious, they are the
bette nOir of the Continent. The Ger
man rarely travels, wastes no money
aud assimilates with nothing but beer.
The American, after brief residence
wakes his mustache, wears iacquered
boots, swings q cane as slender and
delicate as lace thread, drinks black
coffee in tiny cups on tile b0ulevards,
says 'PardOn, Monsieur" twice a
minute, and places his right hand on
his heart when bowling to lady.
What endears him most to the Paris
ian's heart Is the noble disregard Of
cost which characterizes the American
sovereign abroad. If the Duke Of
Hamilton has a fine suit of rooms, du
premiere, at the Hotel st. Germaine,
the bonanza king wants the whole Of
the first-hoor. II Prince Paul Demi-
doff has salon box for bis mistress at
the New Opera House-which will
have cost the nation $2O, ,0OO, 900 when
finished-some lucky miner takes two
boxes and fills them with diamonds
and questionable women. That's the
sort of man the American In Paris
generally Is, to the extent OF his
means Washington Capital Pdrts
Letter.
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DIT rAsnxuAs NIX.

u ~. p ID I. "|H |.f
The julep cold and palm-leaf fan,
Have given way 70 autumn's cold.
And every overcoatless man
Who sadly feels the lspk Of gold,
Anticipates with keenest dread,
The SHOWS and frosts Of wintry weather,
when he, with chilled straw-hstted head,
Wili 60 about In tattered leather
VIII 60 about,
Alas, without
A good, square meal for weeks together.
when shone the genial summer sun,
He had but little need for clothes;
hut now the genial days are done,
And on>from place 70 place he goes,
a man all aimless and forlorn-
A tear upon his red proboscis;
A cove, discouraged, tired and torn,
And grim as any Chinese joss is
And appetitei
Indeed, he might
Eat two full-grown rhinoceroses.
Oh tramp, I shed o tear for thee
Still, that will do the little good;
Your heart would hardly warm TO me,
II I should shed for thee food.
Bat II you come around this way,
Just call upon Q fel low, will your
I'll tolerate you for aday,
And with substantial victuals all you.
r But II you shirk,
800 A little work,
ny Jovei I'll take club and kill yeui
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DARBY, Pa, Oct. 70. In woodland
on Darby road, In one OF the most pic
Vicinity Of Philadelphia, there is q Gu
rious little community or settlement
of tramps. During the day they
lounge around fires OF brushwood,
made In . little stony hollow, some
times cooking, or mending, or wash
ing, sometimes drinking. Occasion
s S ds 81 ssS snd es.s q Ss o o. 0Ss 6ys nso
and bring them into the city 70 cell
e9d With the money reeelvee buy
dEuoE. ssd a1atS ibs vsels slSsNI{I
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You can tell when people are ripe
by their willingness to let 60. Rich
ness and ripeness are not exactly the
same. The rich are apt to hang TO the
stem with tenacity. i have nothing
against the rich. III were not virtu-
Gus, / should like TO be rich. But we
cannot have everything, as the man
said when he was down with the
smallpox and cholera, and the yellow
fever came into the neignborhood.-
Warner.
When one respectable ChicagoAn re-
marks, with Sigh, TO an0ther respect-
able Chicagoan, 2 Another old citizen
;sae6s what bank s''--6s. koei6 r.
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No man can safely go abroad that
does not love to stay at home no mau !.
can safely speak, that does not willing
ly hold his tongue no man can safely
govern, that would not cheerfully be-
comesubject no man can safely conf
mand, that has not truly learned to-
obey; no man can safely rejoice. but
he who has the testimony Of good
conscience. II Thomas-a- Kempis.
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Brass ornaments may be cleaned by
washing with rock alum boiled 70 =
strong Icy, ia the proportion OF eal
ounce TO . pint When dry, it must
~ Suobed With kne trlpoli; 4 e,
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her black bombazine dress which she
was making over for Hope to wear at
the'trial.
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"And did you never lear of him
again ?" asked of Mrs. Rutherford.
"Yes. The family went to Virginia.
That state had been Mrs. Antoine's
home. Gus joined the confederate
army, under Stonewell Jackson; and
shortly after the close of the war re-
cieved letter from his mother say
ing that he had been killed at the bat
tie of Antietam. had been married
tor several years then, but | believe 1
cried heartily when read it. / wore
the embroidery with the Alencon
stitch at my wedding. AS we turned
to come down the aisle, after the cere-
mony, the sea of heads reminded me
If the scene in the courtroom long
ago; and ]. seemed to see my first love
hurrying forward triumphant, the
confession that completed the vindica-
tiou of my father In his hand"
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poINrE D'ALENCON.
Ms. Z. W. Champney In the October Galaxy.

A STORY OF KANSAS IN THE PIONEER
DAYS.
The Lake County star., 1877-11-08

GENERAL SHERMAN's DESCRIPTION
OF SOME OF THE WONDERS OF THIS
REMARKABLE EVALLEY-THE GREAT
FALLs-THE Hot SPRINGs-THE
GEYSERs.
The Lake County star., 1877-11-08

this instant to Gus. Its purport was,
that having been ruined in play by
Col. Antoine, he had waited for and
shot him in Wild Cat Hollow. His
money, which had been taken from
the murdered man, he now left to the
church, and he prayed for the forgive
ness of those whom he had injured.
Gus turned to grant 1t, but the hand
that had committed the crime had
stiffened upon O crucifix, and with the
word peccavi upon his lips the soul
had gone.
"Come quick to the courthouse" he
said. 1--WE may be too late now.n
And with the confession In one hand
and the lace-work In the other, he
dashed out of the house.
Meanwhile, at the courtroom, the
the lawyer for the prosecution had
summed up his case; and now the
counsel for the defendant, after max
ing few remarks, In which he drew
attention to Gus Antoine's statement
as perhaps not 80 foreign to the case
after all, added that he thought IL sufii-
ciently strong without 1t. They
would soon see that Squire May could
not have committed the murder, for
he was about to prove an alibi, and
would base It entirely upon the testi-
mony Of one witness, and so saying,
he led Hope to the stand. She had
known that abe would be called upon
to testify, but now her courage left her,
and she felt as II she must fly through
an open side door and escape from
them all. But q glance from her faith
er, and the thought that she might
save him, restrained her. The little
figurel looked very plteous with its pale
face. black dress and flowing flaxen
hair. Already there was heard 9 muir
mur OF nympethy in the room, begin
ming with the women. But the pros
ecutlns attorney was equal 70 the occa-
&: = .ss';' ;i;;' ::; 4 g; 3;
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a-fire the ruined cabin, cast the BODY
on the blaze with savage glee and loud
laughter at inhuman wit, as they jok-
ed about his fate. The pyre and body
were consumed together. The smoke
Of the dreadful revenge was changed
to azure mist In the purity OF the up-
pei air, and sun-gilded like the wreath
curling from your own loved hearth.
The avengers washed the blood from
their hands In limpid brook, which
strove for miles to free itself of this
stain cruelty imposed upon It. The
sun sank glOriously behind the purple
mountains that seemed to blush at the
memory of the sanguine sight thew
had looked upon. Darkness merciftlf-
ly threw Its mantle over the blood
stained valley, seeking to hide forever
the scene the day had witnessed. and
soften mems hearts with Its sweet in
fiuence. But the end was not vet.
The morning sun cast Its first glaiices
on the last scene In this awful tragedy !:
and the worst, for it saw women wash.
ing the dead mans ashes In the pans
from which tomorrow they would
smilingly offer draughts of milk or
crispy and snowy biscuits, to save the
gold he might have In his pockets.
Drop the curtain, the incredible
drama Is ended.
just how many persons the vigilance
committee at Virginia city and neigh
borhood found It necessary to put to
death do not know. There were sew
eral scores, and the rest OF the villains
fled. When Slade was hung the last
support Of outlawry gave way, and the
reign Of terror was over. The vigil
ants slowly disappeared from view,
hut never disorganjzed, and every year
since, even TO the present week, has
witnessed the assertion Of their deter
mined power In the form Of secret
warning to bad men whom the Law
WOULD not or Could not reach. vl1fOh
warnings, ifnot heedsd, wefs followed
~ & jS1(ics - - = T. y ''r'st = 'ss ~ ~
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miles away, met at his house for cell
ebration. 1t was pleasant sight, the
children about q table-cloth spread up
on the grass, on which the food was
laid in picnic fashion. AS soon as the
children were helped the Squire dis
appeared, and while he was gone re-
port Of q pistol was heard. He re-
turned I'm the course Of an hour to say
that swing was ready, and Gus. An
tome remained for some time longer
tossing the little ones I'm the mir.
On bis way home, as his foot touch
ed the little bridge which he had
built across the Wild Cat for the con-
venience of the two families, Gus's
eye was caught by an object In the ra-
vine below, 1t was his father, lying
half In half out of the water, with his
face covered with blood. Quick as
thought he swung himself down to his
side. There was q deep, round, terri
BILE hole In his forehead, from which
the blood flowed which formed this
hideous mask, and he was quite dead.
The boy tried TO lift him out of the
water, but finding that impossible, he
washed away every trace Of blood from
the face-no one else should see his fa-
ther look like that-and then he went
on toward home for help. The Mis-
sourians had nearly all gone, but Big
Bill, q cousin OF Mrs. Antoine's, had
remained after election, and was just
bidding her good-by, and remained
now to render assistance.
The funeral followed soon after. AS
Squire May was on his way TO attend
IL sheriff seized him by the shoulder,
aud arrested him for the murder.
Frightened Hope ran with the news
to her mother, and even beneath this
crushing blow the heroic woman did
not finch. IL was her arm that sup
ported the hysterical mother as they
stood together at the brink Of the ter
rible grave, and II was Gus. Antoine
who comforfed sobbing Hope, saying
that he knew her father had not killed
his, and II would 70 be proven. When
Mn. Antoine heard 81 it e1e va no
cefIos, and hef tan 5sI( llEe r1]u oVtr
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-04-06

SUBSTANTIAL WORK -Nessrs. Clark
and ElIs,is. the contractors, have Just
finished the large new slaughterhouse of
Messra Phelps and Wadleigh, at the
head Of the bay The main building is
j0x2j feet, end ID feet high from the
stills to the plates. with two sheds each
i2x25. There are two corrsls, each
about GO feet square The close-pcn is
lixl4 feet. with passageway l2x2
feet. The mechanism of the folding
gates about tho back entrance. besides
being very strong, is very elaborate.
with great facility of movement. There
are 300 carriage bolts in these gates
alone. They are four in number, three
swinging upon one pair Of hinges. One
of them on the right hand side, is a
sliding gate running by iron wheels
along the carrying beam overhead and
having its lower leaf swinging upon
hinges in the middle rs folding wing.
The large carrying beams OKLA inches run
the length of the building. 30 feet, each
having All extra track of iron running
along the side, by which the dressed
1t"' Isio stb bg iuh oNS ~
the railroad which runs up from
the track and within fhe building.
The mudsills are each of cedar Okla
inches in the roof over the slaughter.
lug place are sky -lights, aud there are
ample under sewers for rapidly carry
ing away the drainage. From the cor
rails high fenced lane runs down to
the large dyked meadow that opens
upon the river. The Company have
fenced in large area of the sandy fiat
between the river and the railroad.
making one of the largest and best ap-
pointed abaticirs on the coast. Tie
work has all been done under the super
vision and plans of Mr.. Wadleigh, who
has spared no expense either in the build
ing or other appendsn, arrangements,
The work required over $4,000 feet Of
lumber anu has all been done in the
most thorough and substantial manner.
rejecting great credit upon the build
crs Me>srs Clarke 4 Easti>. who are
adopts in bridge and warehouse build
ing aud oil work requiring solid franz
! ing.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-04-06
DAILY INTELLICEN(ER.
Friday, April 8, 1877.

prs.xEss The past eek is
generally set down by most observers
=, having been remarkably dull ore
:. ,n,i,,sss circles. The city has. 10
far.. heen very quiet, and yesterday
-, one Of the most quiet days of the
w.sk The streets, In comparison with
,heir usnal travelling appearance, pre-
s.n,ed q somewhat deserted aspect.
There were but few people in town. and
those who were here appeared TO be
o,herwise engaged than IN the business
o,rt OF the city. The harbor locked de
Sssr.ed and vacant enough, with but two
A., water vessels ct our decks, and
o,- steamers for the most rar. cut Of
,ort. But Notwithstanding :he appar-
INT dollness Of the past week there has
h..n a great amount Of business done,
and considerable money has changed
hands 10 very quiet way. The cause
az the present apparent quietness Of our
.:,v il TO be found in the fact
th.t most ell the idlers have
found employment. elsewhere. The
c,ovds of men who have been here dur
;.s the winter have gone, for the most
mart 10 the logging camps. the mines,
And elsewhere IN the country. The
farmers Just now are ~ busy Is nailers,
u<stinsin their crops. and none Of them
Arr 70 b seen in town; our large fleet Of
cal carrying vessels are mostly at San
Francisco or on their way up. and all this
tends to give the city deserted appear
ance. Meanwhile. business, As regards
heavier transactions. has been brisk;
but in this very little stir has been
made. The logging camps have been
taking away . large amount Of supplies
during tue week. and = great many
heavy shipments of merchandise have
t,esn made from our large business
houses to the retail dealers 1t the vari-
Gus down Sound ports. and also to the
large farmers in that section. Day be-
fore yesterday. one Of our firms in one
shipmen. sent away fifteen tons OF mer-
chandise to one party, and yesterday
ono Of our produce dealers shipped
away bill OF $3.50 worth of produce
in the same direction, We might 60
into details still further, but We only
cite these instances in proof Of what we
say.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-04-06

ty- The prospect is now that the
White river valley will soon become
one Of the principal hop growing sec
lions of our Territory. Besides Messrs
Hayes aud Van Buren,. who are embark
ing in tho business on IN extensive
scale, many other farmers arc ventur-
ing in the business in lesser way A. an
experiment The experiments Of the
past two years have proved conciu-
sivcly that hops may be raised very
extensively and protitably in that val
ley. and the result will be greet in
creased yield year after year