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Torn to Pieces by Women.

Some years ago the writer was living
in the interior Of Sicily where brigand'
age was 80 prevalent that every person
went armed at all times, and never
thought of travelling by the usual mail
diligence, after sundown especially,
without two or more gendarmes as a
guard, and 80 frequently was the dill
gence attacked that it was customary to
change the hours of passing the most
dangerous places every few days. So
numerous were the brigands that no
fewer than 10000 entered the city of
Palermo and took possession, plumber
ing everywhere and committing the
grossest outrages on all who fell into
their hands. especially women and
children. The outbreak was quelled
by troops from Naples and elsewhere,
who, after killing considerable num-
bers of the brigands and taking many
prisoners, drove the rest out Of the
city. Forty of the chief members of
these were condemned and shot at one
time.
From one of the inland towns q
company of carabinieri went out to try
to capture or destroy. gang of brigands
who were especially dangerous. These
carsbinieri made an old castle or fort,
their headquarters. Before long they
were outnumbered, and driven to take
refuge in their fort. After several in
efectual attempts at sally, they found
that the brigands were determined to
starve them out, upon which the
officer in charge held council with his
men, and, seeing they were being
weakened by a scarcity Of provisions:
and that each day lessened their chance
of escape, they decided to make final
effort to escape or die in the attempt.
As they all knew what to expect in the
event of any falling alive into the hands
of the brigands, each man resolved to
keep one charge in reserve for himself
rather than be taken prisoner by them.
Accordingly at the first favorable op-
portunity the sally was made, and the
struggle for life began, the carabinieri
using their carbines first, and revolvers
and sabres at close quarters. 1t was a
desperate struggle against fearful odds,
and all except the officer and one man
fought to the death. These two were
knocked down before they could fulfill
their desperate resolve. The man, how
ever, shortly died from the effects of his
wounds, while tie officer was reserved
for one of the most fendish and dia-
bolical deaths imaginable. He was
firmly secured to a stake and was torn
to rieces hv the months of the women
among the brigands.
There we're many horrible acts COM
mitted by the brigands, but this stood
out pre-eminent for it's fiendish cruelty,
and, 30 far as I am aware, it has never
been in print in English, I being at
that time, the only Englishman or
English-speaking person in the city in
which I then resided, or for a distance
of fifty miles.
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A Humorist on the Dueling Field.
II. W, Grady tells the following in q,

H. W. Grady tells the following in an
article on "Georgia Duels," published
in the Philadelphia Times. There is
one figure that stands out refreshingly
cool and unique during these troublous
times. This was John M. Dooly, the
man who announced that he would not
fight under any circumstances. He was
probably the most brilliant man pro-
duced in that era, prolific of giants.
His abilities were transcendent, and his
failure to make national reputation
arose doubtless from no other cause
than his refusal to fight on any and all
occasions. A non-combatant could not
hold fhis head up in those turbulent
times. Dooly had the most delicious
humor, and sharp tongue withal. he
was continually getting into trouble be-
cause of his satirical sayings. He was
perfectly fearless Of speech. Judge
Gresham once threatened to chastise
him. Dooly replied ''You can do 80
if you like. You will get no credit for
it, however. Anybody can do it, and a
great many have done it." He was
once knocked down by a-gentleman
that he had introduced as the inferior
Judge of the inferior court Of the in
ferior county of Lincoln. . He called
Justify on the spectators for help, and
when rescued from his. antagonist,
rubbed his head and remarked, dryly !:
"Well, that is the forty-second fight I
have been engaged in, and if ever got
the best of q single one I do not now re-
member it." Before Dooly's peace
proclivities were fully known he was
challenged to mortal combat by Mr..
Tate, who came to- the field. with Mr..
W. q. Crawford as his second. Dooly
accepted the challenge. Tate had lost q
leg and wore wooden one. When he
and his friend reached the field they
found Dooly alone, sitting on o stump.
"Where is your friend3" asked
Crawford, in some surprise. "He is in
the woods, sir" /
"And Will be present in moment,
sir, I suppose ?" said Crawford. eyes,
as soon as he can find a bee-gum."
"May T inquire what he wants with a
bee-gum ?" "Why, I want to put my
leg in it. Do you suppose can afford
to risk my leg of flesh against Tate's leg
of wood? If I hit his leg, he will get
another tomorrow and peg away as
usual. If he hits mine, it may kill me
or compel me to stump it like him for
the balance of my life. No, sir must
have a gum. Then I will be just as
much wood as he is, and we will be on
equal terms"
'"I understand you, Colonel Dooly
you do not intend to fight" "Why,
really, Colonel Crawford, ! thought
everybody knew that"
every we'll, sir; but remember,
colonel, your name in no enviable light
will fill the column Of a newspaper
tomorrow. II assure you, my dear
sir, I had rather I'LL every column in
every newspaper in Georgia than one
coffin"
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stripes, moving slowly to the opel
ground. I turned to. see II the extr
guns were handy Rajma sat with then
across his knees, with the Creedmoo
nearest, for relied on its. heavy bal
for the settling shot. had often triet
this rife on the range Of the Dearborn
Club, and knew I could rely on it. Whe1
I turned my head again the tiger wal
standing motionless with only his heat
and his great, round, glaring eyes visi
BILE, as he looked back and listened tx
the noise of the drums and the crashing
branches. I might have fred then, and
had my rifle to my shoulder, but judged
it better to wait till he came nearer an6
could see him more clearly. After 8
long pause he moved slowly on until he
was almost opposite the tree he moved
most gracefully, his long tail nervously
switching from side to side.
Now was my time. Aiming for hia
shoulder, I pulled the trigger and gave
him two shots from the Evans iufquick
succession. He answered the shots : ith
Q sharp, sudden roar, and the poise from
the tom-toms redoubled. When. the
smoke cleared away the tiger had van
ished, a slight waving of the grass show
ing where he had retreated.. I was on
the point OF firing again at the spot
where the grass was swaying to and fro,
but the Malay laid his hand on my arm
and whispered, "Wait," at the same
time putting the Creedmoor rifle in my
hand.
He was Just in time. At that instant
the grass parted, and, with a loud roar,
a huge black and yellow beast hurled
itself through the jungle and came
straight at the tree-his broad face all
ablaze, his great white teeth cleaning,
and his big eyes sparkling green fire.
the most perfect picture Of mad, con-
suming, animal fury have ever seen.
There was no appreciable danger, for
our platform was nearly fifteen feet
above ground, and no tiger can Jump
that height. Still, my nerves were
tinging, and it was an impressive mo-
ment, literally only moment, for I
threw up the Creedmoor instantaneously
and fired, without drawing the sights
very fine. The shot took effect, how
ever, for when the smoke rose there was
the tiger almost under the platform,
with the heavy bul LET through his spine,
writhing conVulsively and biting des-
perately at the grass and twigs in his
death agony. Another cartridge was
slipped speedily in the breech, q more
careful aim, and bullet sped through
his neck. A shudder ran over the mighty
limbs, the head dropped, and the great
beast was dead.
now felt safe to descend, and the
natives soon came up. The dead tiger
was Immediately the center of an admir-
ing group, and comments on his size,
ETC., passed freely. he was fine beast,
with long, thick hair, amounting to a
regular name about his neck, and we'll
defined stripes on a ground of deep,
tawny, reddish yellow. There was q
vast amount of hauling and shouting
before he was slung on poles and started
in triumph to the village. Arrived there,
I duly measured him, and from nose to
tip of tail he proved to be an inch and
half over ten feet.
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Heads as Trophies.

OF parts cut from the bodies OF the
slain, heads are the eornmonest; {; prob
ably as being the most unmistakable
proofs of victory. We. need not go far
afield for illustrations both Of the prac-
tice and it's motives. The most familiar
of books contains them. In Judges vii.
25, we read: "And they took two princes
of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb and
they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and
Zeeb they slew at the wine presa of Zeeb,
and pursued indian, and brought the
heads, of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on
the other side Jordan" The decapita-
tion of Goliath by David, followed by
carrying of his head to Jerusalem, fur
ther illustrates the custom. And, If by
80 superior a race, heads were taken
home as trophies, we shall not wonder
at finding the custom of 80 taking them
among inferior races all over the globe.
By the Chichimecs in North America
"the heads of the slain were placed on
poles and paraded through their villages
in token of victory the inhabitants
meanwhile dancing round them" In
South America, by the Abipones. heads
are brought back from battle tiled to
their saddles - and the Mundrucus
ornament their rude and miserable
cabanas with these horrible trophies. I"
Of Malayo- Polynesians having a like
habit, may be named the New Zealand
ers they dry and treasure up the heads
of their slain foes. In Madagascar,
during Queen Ranavalona's reign, heads
raised on poles were placed along the
coast. Skulls of enemies are preserved
as trophies by the natives on the Congo,
and by other African people. "The
skull and thigh-bones of the last mon
arch of Dinkira are still trophies of the
court of Ashantee." Among the Hill
tribes of India, the Kukis may be in.
stanced as having this practice. Morier
tells us that in Persia, under the stim-
ulus of money payments, prisoners |"
(of war; "have been put to death in cold
blood, in order that the heads, which
are Immediately dispatched to the king
and deposited in heaps at the palace
gate, might make more considerable
show" And that among other Asiatic
races head-taking persists spite of semi
civilization, we are reminded by the
recent doings Of the Turks, who have in
some cases e1humed the bodies of slain
foes and decapitated them.-Her6ert
Spencer, in Popular Science Monthly.
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William Francis Bartlett.
Oh well may Essex sit forlorn
Beside her sea-blown shore;

vi Hell uAy E6seA sll loIluIu
Beside her sea-blown shore;
Her well-beloyed, her noblest born
Is hers in life no more.
II early from the mothers side
Her favorite child went forth,
Her pride 30 amply justified
Is in hero's birth.
No lapse Of years can render less
Her memory's sacred claim;
No fountain OF forgetfulness
Can wet the lips Of fame.
A grief alike to wound and heal,
A thought to soothe and pain,
Thesad sweet pride that mothers feel
To her must still remain.
Good men and true she has not lacked,
And brave men yet shall be;
The perfect flower, the crowning fact,
OF al her years was he!
As Galahad pure, as Merlin sage,
What worthier knight was found
To grace in Arthur's golden age
The tabled Table Round?
A voice, the battls'a trumpet-note,
To welcome and restore;
A band, that all unwilling smote,
To heal and build once more!
A soul of FIRE, tender heart,
= = Too warm for hate, he knew
! The generous victor's graceful part,
To sheathe the sword he drew.
The more than Sidney Of our day,
Above the sin and wrong
OF civil strife, he heard Away
The angels Advent song!
When Earth, as if on evil dreams,
~ Looks back upon her wars,
And the white light Of Christ outstreams
From the red disk Of Mars,
His fame, who led the stormy van
OF battle well may cease,
But never that which crowns the man
Whose victory WAS Peace.
Mourn, Essex, on thy sea-blown shore
Thy beautiful and brave,
Whose failing hand the olive bore,
wbooe dvipoy ling foroeyei
Let age lament the youthful chief,
And tender eyes be dim;
The tears are more Of Joy than grief
That fall for one like him!
j. G.. Whittier in Atlantic Monthly.
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The Young Widow

She is modest, but not bashful,l IN
Free and easy, but not bold; = W
Like an apple, ripe and mellow,
~ Not too young and not too old, ma,
Halt inviting, half repul.ive,
Now advancing. and now shy-
There is mischief In her dfmple, 1E
There is danger In her eye. ..
She has studied human natures 9tSsags
She is schooled IN sn her arts;
She has taken her diploma
As the mistress Of al hearts. ~
> She can ten the very moment ,'s'1 y y
When to sigh and when to smile; ne
Oh, . maid Is sometimes charming, s'ra
-" But widow all the while y insasGe
,, Are ypu sad2, Bow very serious -
Il Viii her handsome face become
Are you angry, She. .is vretehed, 80. -.
Lonely, friendless, fearful, dumb! 1,
Are you mirtbful 2 how her laughter. = q
- Silver sounding, viii ring ousl< ~ anT
- She can ,lareandI cstah apdphg :yGu,h az
go ~ -tiAsthsansler does theitreut. & 70 blslt
Ye old bachelors Of forty,,T IN dg.gad'
II Who have grownso bold and wise, a. n
Young Americans of; twenty, ;cusTs ,as
~ With the 1evs-lockatnr your eyesy,ga6
B" You sypractice al ,thslessons,i sts,I
'@a Taught by Cupid since thefall g. ,otps
But know q little widow is,f !,jrIp,sd
70 Who coud win and fool gous sll. IN GA
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-12

The Board of Transportation held meet
ing Yesterday afternoon to receive and dis
cuss plans for the Union Depot.
Mr.. Kinsey, from the Committee on Site
for Union Depot, presented plan and pro-
file for depot and grounds, comprising the
territory bounded by Central avenue and
Rose, Third and Second streets, locating the
Union Passenger Depot between Third and
North Pearl, and Smith and John streets,
with an esplanade fronting on Third street,
for the use of the passenger depot
Mr.. Kinsey explained the plan at length,
stating that all the railroad companies ex'
cept the Cincinnati Southern we're in favor
of the Union Depot plan. He had not con-
suited the c., H. & D. Company, but sup.
posed they would unite in the arrangement
The plan would involve the organization Of
a stock company with million dollars cap.
ital, and probably some legislation would
be necessary as to whether the trains should
come in on grade, below grade or above
grade.
After some discussion, Mr.. Kinsey moved
to refer the subject to the Committee OF
Union Depot and Grounds, and that Mr.
Mitchell be added to the Committee, which
was adopted.
The Committee consists of Messrs. Laws
Kinsey, Simpkinson, Gordon and Elsas
with Mr.. Mitchell added.
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Yellow Fever Notes,

The baseball game between the Common
Council and the School Board mines takes
place at the Ball Park this afternoon.
The Young Mems Christian Association
received donations yesterday as foIloWs
Cornet Band of South Salem Ohio, per Dan
iel S. Pricer, $12; ]. H. Byers. Nevada, Mo-,
So. Total, $14.
The Gazette's yellow fever relief fund was
further increased yesterday by the receipt
of $40, the proceeds of concert given by
Miss Lou. Kirkpatrick and Miss McClana-
han, at Eckmansville, O.
DIR. s. H. Collins, who made second trir
to the infected districts, has been placed II
charge of the Leath Orphan Asylum, il
Memphis He writes to DR.. Minor thai
Drs. kuehne, Orr and Lowry are all doing
we'll.
DIR. Weider, who was among the first tc
respond to the call for help for Memphis
returned home day before yesterday, com
pletely prostrated in body and mind, and il
now an inmate of the City Hospital.
The Southern Relief Association are il
receipt of several autograph letters to bt
sold for the benefit of the fund. Anon!
the number is one from John G. Whittier
and also one from Henry w. Longfellow
which were written to Mr.. Alex. H. McGuf
few and turned over by him to the Commit
tee, to be sold for the benefit of the sufferer
atChattanOOga.
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hicles belonging to the city and kept else
where than in the city stables, be- and they
are hereby, instructed and directed to forth
/ with report the same to the Superintendent
| of the City Stables, and that said horses
and vehicles in future be kept at the city
stables, under the management of the city
stables, and that no horse nor vehicle of any
kind be permitted to be taken from said
city stables on Sunday. ~ .
"Resolved, That the City Auditor be, and
he is hereby. instructed to furnish this
Board with schedule of the amounts of
money, to whom paid and upon whose
order paid for keeping horses and vehicles
belonging to the city elsewhere than in the
city stables; also, how many horses and We
hicles he has paid for and to whom the
money was paid, within the three years last
past, for what purpose the said horses and
vehicles were purchased, and upon whose
order the said money was paid"
Mr.. Smith offered the following which
was adopted:
Resolved, That the Board of Public
Works be requested to adopt some means
of supplying more water to the merchants
and manufacturers in the lower part of the
city, being now supplied by the old reser-
yoir."
A resolution awarding to Geo. P. Orr the
contract for lighting, etc, the gasoline lamps
on the moonlight time table at his bid of
SIS rs for each post was adopted.
A resolution authorizing the payment of
the Cincinnati Gas-light & Coke Company
for light furnished the city during the rail
road strikes, amounting to $l,944 &c. was
adopted.
The following ordinances to appropriate
money from the General Fund to satisfy
Judgment claims were passed: $500, Chas.
Flach; 1915, Peter DIETRICH; $50, Mike Man
ming; 5000, Maria Herman; $2,2l7 10, Henry
NJ. Elram; So, 4l9 45, Henry P. Dickmeyer;
$780, Thos Gallagher.
Judge divers resolution to change the
name of Sycamore street, West Walnut
Hills, to Lincoln avenue. was passed under
a suspension of the rules.
Ordinances were passed to assess special
tax on real estate bounded by:
Coppin alley from Mclean avenue to
Turner alley.
Fourth avenue, from Marshall avenue to
Center street.
Ashland street, from Mcmillan street to
Cypress street:
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The Clio.

This favorite organization gives the drst
entertainment of its third season next Tues
day evening, the 18th, at Robinson's Opera
house. having secured that elegant theater
for their entire number of fifteen enter
tainments. They have been Unexpectedly
successful in the sale of Associate Members
tickets to date, still there are several very
desirable seats remaining-in fact one chair
being just as good as another after the first
performance, as the location OF seats after
that will rotate, giving all an equally fair
chance for seats The price of an Associate
Members ticket is $3 which admits three
persons to each entertainment Below we
present the cast for the opening night,
when will be rendered the new American
comedy in four acts, entitled "Style:"
Major Leondas Brand, style warlike.. Mr.. Roberts
Tonnan Turvey ESQ, style absent........Mr. Gregg
Chester Rvington, style nOnchaant..... .....Mr Best
Reginald Lee, style impetuOus............ Mr.. McCabe
Bob Eyflte, with a style of his Mr.. Wartrnan
Lungs, style foreign. Mr. Sheehan
Scipio, style native.." MI Mhitlofa
Mrs Hyaite, style poetic Miss Marsh
DR. Mary Rider, style mCdicated ....".Mrs. Donlon
Alice Brand, style Crow
Florence Havlin, style wayward Mrs. Best
Bessie STYLE pert Scudder
Music by the Clio Orchestra
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THE PEABODY FUND.

The Trustees of the Peabody Educa-
ton Fund had their annual meeting in
New York last week This Board is com
posed of some of the most eminent men
in the United States, North and South,
including President Hayes, Ex-President
Grant, Ex-Governor Aiken of South Car
olina, Chief Justice Waite, A. H. II.
Stuart of Virginia, Surgeon General
Barnes, u S. A., &C., &c.
The annual report shows that the past
year has been one of unusual pecuniary
embarrassment to all the schools of the
South, and that while all branches of ed
ucation have been affected by this strin-
gency, the teachers have suffered the
most. Notwithstanding this the schools
in most of the States have shown steady
and encouraging advance. The attend
ance was never so great and the interest
of the people never 50 strongly manifest.
ed The details Of several States show a
general improvement. In Virginia last
year the total expenditures for school
purposes was 81 ,050, 0,346. Although this
is a reduction of $4,000 from the prev
Gus year, the number of pupils had in
creased over five thousand, and the schoo
work was more effective. In the Caro-
linas the provisions for education ART
wholly inadequate to the maintenance 0.
any general system of education, {
very meager State tax being the sol'
reliance for the support of the schools
but the people are awakening to the de
mands of the times. Many of the schoo
officers in these States can neither reaC
nor write. AS a rule this class of mel
don't take much interest in the cause o
education. In Georgia, the "Empir
State of the South,' one hundred an
Einety-one thousand children were er
rolled for the year 1877, while the entir
school fund amounted to only $434, ,00(
The schools of Alabama are EXCEPTIONAL
poor and meager in attendance. 9Th
apathy of the people seems to be as grea
as their poverty" The Florida school
Gre improving rapidly. The report
equally encouraging in speaking of Lou
isiana, Texas and Arkansas.
The income from the Peabody SchoC
Fund amounted in 1877 to $4,000, {
which $77, 900 was disbursed to Souther
Schools. Of this grand charity tn
United States Commissioner says in h
last annual report: Nothing in the hi
tory of our country, indeed, nothing
human history, parallels George PEI
body's aid to education in the Souther
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Hoard of Alder m G m.

The Board held regular meeting yester-
day afternoon.
The Committee on Water. works was di-
rected to investigate the expenditure of
money by the Board of Public Works on
Eden Park, and to report al the next meet
ing of this Board.
Mr.. Riley offered the two following reso-
lutons, which we're adopted:
Resolved, That all attaches of the city
government, whether by election or ap-
pointment, having or using horses or We,
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Are You Afflicted,

and wish to recover the same degree of health,
strength, and energy as experienced in former
years? Do any of the following symptoms or
class Of symptoms meet your diseased condi-
ton? Are you suffering from ill-health in
any of its many and multifarious forms, con-
sequent on lingering, nervous, chronic, OF
functional disease? Do you feel nervous, de.
bilitated, fretful, timid, and lack the powei
of will and action? Are you subject to los
of memory, have spells of fainting, fullnes
Of blood in the head, feel listness, moping