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The Newtown bee., 1879-09-03
Drowning an Injun.

| The following incident is told of
one of the San Francisco fishing parties
to the Cloud river: This stream, so fa-
nous for salmon, is at places a rushing
| and formidable torrent; its waters are
as cold as ice, and, at it's narrow places,
dashing between precipitous rocks and
over whirling rapids, it is dangerous to
the most stalwart swimmer. Our patty
had rendezvoused at "Sisson's," the
sportsman's headquarters in the north.
The beauty of :" Sisson's " is that it is a
sporCsman's hotel; everything is subor
dinate to the convenience and comfort of
those who fish, and those who shoot, and
those who make pilgrimages to the snowy
top of Shasta; enough to eat such as it
is, and good what there is of it. At the
famous bend of the Cloud" Sisson has
q branch hotel, fifteen miles away from
the Shasta stage road. The hotel at
g The Bend lis board house, where an
artist in the cooking line serves game
| and fish, and supplements it with beef
and bacon; bedsteads made of hewn
posts, and beds pine foliage anything;
cottages of cloth, under the shadow of
primal pines and within sound of the
music of the stream; comfortable car
riages plying to and fro, with mules and
saddle horses for the pools down OF up
the river-pools where salmon worry the
trout fishermen by getting upon the
hook, and stealing the bait intended for
smaller game. Sir Somebody Rose came
out from England, caught with the rod
eighteen. salmon in one day, weighing
from eighteen to thirty pounds each, and
when he printed the fact in an English
sporting journal he was ridiculed as a
Munchausen by menewho travel to the
mountains of Scotland and become the
heroes of a summer for catching Il single
twenty-pound salmon with fly. But
we have almost forgotten our incident.
| The party left Sissons at early dawn
with an Indian for a guide Sisson has
a. band of Indians whom he. utilizessas
guides and servants to his guests. AS
| they left, the Indian was charged to be
| diHgent and active, and was promised
largess upon his return Arriving at the
! fishing ground this native son of Amer
lea would not bulge except he was
paid. 'Hap dolla," was the least in
ducement in coin to move him; one
dolla " the usual demand. A deer was
| killed ON the further bank; one dolla +"
was demanded to swim-for it, and chap
dolla " the thing accepted. One day,
| standing blythe stream where the torrent
went swirling by among rocks at a fear
| full rate, one-of the party offered the In
dian ten "hap dollas ~ to swim to yonder
point. s. Heapswift," replied theIndian.
A shining twenty-dollar gold piece was
held up to his avaricious gaze if he
| would make the daring plunge. The
Indian shook his head. Two golden
double eagles were offered him. It was
too much for the poor, untutored chilc
of the Forest He plunged in. The tor
rent roared, and he did buffet it with
lusty sinew, striking it aside with heart
of greedy controversy. But ere he
reached the point proposed. the waves
body went tumbling down amid the
white foamed, angry waves, and the sal
mon fed upon him. Wasn't it funnyp
An Injun drowned and never costa cent
The Newtown bee., 1879-09-03
Rotten Wood as a Pest Breeder.

Commenting on the filthy condition of
the rotten wood payements Of Memphis,
and their alleged influence in causing
the outbreak of yellow fever there. the
Baltimore Sun says that they have been
continually denounced as foci of pesti-
lence ever since 1873. The joints be-
tween the blocks and the ruts are so
deep and so enlarged that they are. soon
filled with filth, which in warm. damp
weather offers wide surface for putre-
factive action and for the generation of
noxious efffuvia. The blocks themselves
become water-soaked and rotten below
the surface, so that when any one is
taken out it is found to be no more than
a black, pulpy mass of decay, upon
which the sun is acting all the time,
eliminating malarious gases from it.
The cause of the yellow fever which
devastated Norfolk in 1856 was very
largely attributed to the decay of wood
shavings, which had been used to fill in
wharf. The Memphis pavements must
supply much larger proportion of
poisonous malaria to theair than was
given out by these decaying shavings a
Norfolk. 1t is a peculiar property of
half-decayed wood i'm masses to retain
moisture, to continue long in u state of
slow fermentation, and to give off ma
larious effiuvia. In country neighbor-
hoods many a case of typhoid fever has
been caused by a neglected Wood-pile
near the house, where, upon gradually
accumulated mass OF chips and sawdust
that is fair enough ON the outside, but
rotted down to mold at the bottom, all
the kitchen Stops have been poured. 1t
is a welI-known fact in sanitary works
that hospital gangrene often results from
washing the wood in floors of wards
with water, and on shipboard new or
moist timber is injurious to the health of
the sailors The damp timbers of the
United States steamer Plymouth retained
and were able to revive and propagate
the yellow fever germs recently, sin spite
of the most careful fumigation, disinfec-
ton and refrigeration during whole
winter The decayed wood of the berth
deck of this steamer could not be disin-
fected, so resolutely did it retain within
itself the fever germs.
Memphis is paved with mile after mile
of this sort of decayed wood, and every
block, exposed to sweltering sun, may
nurse fatal fever germ. These pave
ments were laid down from ten to twelve
years ago, and are reported by Mr.. Niles
Meriwether, a civil engineer, as being
almost entirely gone from decay and
hard usage. SO that their rotten and
honeycombed condition makes them SO
many cesspools and receptacles for the
retention of all manner of street filth and
noxious gases, and they should therefore
be removed as rapidly as possible. -
Scientific AnaeaScdn.
The Newtown bee., 1879-09-03
a NoyeIist,s Earnings.

1t is said that the late G.. w. NJ. Rey-
nolds made more money by his sixty OF
seventy cheaply sensational novels than
many of the most distinguished authors
in Great Britain, His earnings from his
stories have been estimated as high as
$500 900, which may be an exaggera-
ton, although that would not be much
more than $4 900 novel, and some of
his novels are reported to have brought
him in S8, 900, $4,000, $4,000 and even
Sl2, 1000 apiece. Tyndall, Darwin, Hulk
ley or Carpenter has, we venture to
assert, never made as much by his life
long devotion to science. Matthew Ar
mold. considered one of the most Gull
tured and intellectual authors in Great
Britain, could count, it is said, $50, GOO as
the direct product of his pen. Carlyle,
ranked by many as the first thinker of
his time, and by all as a master-mind,
has, after a career of continual activity
umes, acquired, in his eighty-fourth
year, AN income of little more than
SIS, 600. Robert Browning, held by a
number of critics to be the first of living
poets, would not have been able to sup
port himself had he not had private
fortune. 1t is questionable if even George
Eliot has, Notwithstanding her much
talked-of literary rewards, gained as
much by her famous novels as REYNOLDS
is credited with. Hardly any of his con-
temporaries except Tennyson and Dick
ems can be mentioned, who have dabbled
|. in ink to somuch pecuniary purpose as
he. The most liberal compensations for
literature are often given to- those whose
productions scarcely deserve the name of
literature at all.
The Newtown bee., 1879-09-03
An Arkansas Mans Omen.

A strange story comes from St. Francis
county. In the ST. Francis river bot
toms there lives man named George
III. Toban. With him live a wife and a
thirteen-y ear-old son. The family has
resided in quiet way, SO far as any one
knows, until recently. One morning,
just after the yellow fever excitement
began to spread over the country, Mr..
Toban, upon opening his door, found a
card lying ON the doorstep. On the card
were written the words, yellow fever"
Very little attention was paid to the
matter, but when, again and again, SIM
liar cards were found, Mr.. Toban be-
came concerned. and, not being as clear
of superstition as might be, regarded the
cards as ominous and as warning of
an approach of the terrible disease.
Every night he would read gloomy re-
ports from Memphis and every morning
found the card, .'yellow fever" Finally
he determined to watch and satisfy him.
self, and on the doorstep remained all
night. No one appeared; but when the
darkness was dispelled by the streaks of
daylight he saw card lying on the
step beside him. Catching it up and
examining it, he saw the words yellow
fever" written in exactly the same hand
that had marked the cards before Then
there was indeed anxiety in the family
The fever reports grew gloomier, and the
family settled into the belief that Provi-
dence, by handwriting on cards, had
advised fight. The husband did not
know what to do, the wife was fright
ened into terror that trembled at every
sound as though yellow fever walked
with noisy footsteps, and the son was
almost dumb and sometimes deaf with
fright. 1t was at last decided that vaca-
ton of the place would be necessary
But "a change came, and the mystery,
like mist. cleared up. On the night be-
fore the proposed departure the hus-
band, unable to sleep, sat on the bedside,
almost terrified and weak with dread.
Suddenly the door of the room opened
and his son, in might attire" stood in
the room. The father, influenced by a
sudden feeling, did not.speak. The boy
advanced to the mantelpiece, took down
a pencil, went to the little table," took
out card, leaned over, wrote some
thing on it, and then, advancing to the
door, slipped it under. The father
watched breathlessly, and when the boy
started to leave the room the man
caught him. The boy struggled, gasped
and awoke. He did not know, nor could
grasped by his father. The wife spMang
out of bed. A few words explained all,
and when the door was opened there
was the card bearing the words 'syellow
feyer.n The young man in his early
youth had exhibited signs of somnam-
bulisn, and reading every day the yell
low fever reports to the family no doubt
influenced his action.-Little Rock (Ark.)
IN
The Newtown bee., 1879-09-03
ROGUES OF THE DAY.
Some Operations of Sharpers-Neyy Tricks
and Old Ones ReaIDplied.


Simon M. Simpson was q wealthy to-
noit. Recently General .. L. Spaulding,
special agent of the Treasury Depart
ment, went on to Detroit and began
poking about with tie stick of investi-
cation. Simpson fled to Canada. Simp-
son of late years imported large lots OF
Havana leaf in 100, l25 or 13O-pound
bales. 1t was his habit to put the to-
bacco in the United States bonded ware
house, giving bonds to pay the duty OF
thirty-five cents a pound. He thought
he knew way to circumyent the col
lector and escape payment of the duty on
his importation; and he went into the
ing a fortune. His plan of operation was
an original one, so far as is known.
Having large number of bales of leaf
in bond, ne in some way gained access
to the warehouse and removed his
Havana bales surreptitiously, substi-
tuting for them cheap American to-
bacco, worth, probably, six or eight
cents pound. That process would
continue, bale by bale, until the entire
imported stock in bond was disposed of.
Then Simpson would take out his cheap
substitute, ship them to Canada and
sell them at whatever price he could
get. He is positively known to have
been in that kind of business only since
the 18th of July, but the authorities
have traced liz bales of the imported
leaf to him as having gone through his
peculiar manipulation.
The Nevada SiiUer Slate tells of a firm
in New Y ork who made it a business to
write to parties in the West and South
in the following strain: Office of Z. III,
Jones, dealer in diamonds, watches and
jewelry, 66S Broadway, New York
DEAR SIR: In lookingsover the United
States directory your name attracted my
attention because | really believe you
are cousin of mine. My cousin, tC
whom | refer, had precisely the same
name as yours. He was soldier and
was afraid fell in the late war, but now
have hopes, ETC., ETC., etc. By the way
if you are my dear William, who used
to romp with me 50 happily at -
I've no doubt you'll be glad to make 8
little money. / inclose a lottery circu
lar, I being agent for the lottery de.
scribed. | inclose you a ticket that vii
be good for any one of the drawings
with this understanding: If you will
act as agent for the sale of tickets [ will
arrange so that you will draw prize
| am sure that if a large prize was drawn
by you and shown around that thou
sands of tickets could be sold in YOU
county. If you accept of this PROPOSE
ton let me know at once, and | viii
arrange so that you will draw the prize
in the next weeks drawing. Yours re
spectfully, HENRY p. JONES.
The Newtown bee., 1879-09-03

John Slote, an aged man and formerl.
a prosperous lawyer in New York. ans
who claims to have been the first persoI
to raise the American flag in California
was compelled to beg his lodgings at 8
station house. He had been robbed OF
his watch and the money he had b. an
ungrateful rascal who imposed on him
with pitiful tale and whom Slote took
with him to his boarding house.
The Newtown bee., 1879-09-03

Yes, the time hath come;
Though, earth is rich, her children are dumb!
Ye cry: " Beware
OF the dancers floating hair,
And the cynbaPs clash, and the sound of pipe
and drum
But the prophet cries: beware s
ofthe hymn unheard, the unanswered prayer;
For ignorance is past, '-'
And knowledge comes Mt last,
And the burden il brings to you how can ye
.r.. bear?n
The Newtown bee., 1879-09-03

Yes, let the angel blow!
A peal from the parted heaven,
The first OF seven- I'D
The warning, not yet the sign Of woe'
That men arise
And look about them with wakened eyes,
Behold their garments the dust and slime,
Refrain, forbear,
Acccpt the weight OF a nobler care
And take reproach from the fallen time!
-BGyard Taylor, in Scrt6Rer.
The Newtown bee., 1879-09-03

All, shall the angel blow?
Something must have remained,
Something fresh and unstnincd,
Sprung from the common soil where the viz
-... tues grow;
Nay, il is not So
Art succumbs to the coNrser sense;
Greed o'ercometh sweet abstinence;
OF vices your young men talk,
In scarlet your women walk,
And the soul of honor that made you proud,
The Ioitier grace your lives avowed, 81
Are passive corpse and a tattered shroud;
What You forget can your children know?
So, let the angel blow!
The Newtown bee., 1879-09-03

gain let the angel blow!
eseals are loosened that seemed to bind
cultures bliss and woe!
Is sshrinking soul an uncertain mind,
gTo1eyes that see but are growing blind,
Your landmarks fade and change;
tcolors to-day you borrow
fake another hue Tomorrow;
The forms OF your faith are wild and strange!
Walking, you stagger to and fro;
So, let the angel blow
The Newtown bee., 1879-09-03
3 Gabriel.

Once lot the angel bowl
Appeal from the parted heaven, s.sa
The FIRST of seven! NTHs4EEf
For tho time is come that was toretold y
So long ago!
As the avalanche gathers, huge and cold,
From the down OF the harmless snow,
The years and the ages gather and hang
Till the day when the word is spoken:
When they that dwell in the end of time
Are smitten alike for the early crime,
AS the vitals OF wrath are broken.
The sun., 1879-05-04
TROUBLES ALONG SHORE
The Strikers SIN Hold Oat-Dimcuities In
Loading vesseis


When the 'longshoremen struck on Tues
day night. 1t was said that there was but two
hours more work on the cargo OF the City OF
Richmond to enable her to proceed to sea.
With the assistance OF all the new hands that
could he obtained. Steyedore Walsh was unable
10 finish slowing the cargo up to 8 o'clock yes
tcrday when the ship sailed. Bags Of coal.
piled up iive feet high. were ranged about the
bulwarks on either side OF the topgallant fore
castle. and extended twenty feet Abaft the fore
mast. To stow this coal properly will require
the constant attention OF both watches for at
least two days. II the present weather CON
tinues, this coal may be easily handled, but
should It " come on 10 blow" as a 'IonRshore,
man said yesterday 1t would undoubtedly have
to he thrown overheard.
Two small gangs OF men and boys were en-.
gagged Yesterday in breaking out tho cargo Of
the Guion line steamer Wyoming. They
worked slowly, and their lnbors seemed TO
make but slight impresson upon the huge pile
OF merchandise that amost choked up the
hatches. IL requires she united eKertonsl Of
four ot these mrn Ia carry box of tiL weighing
200 pounds. while Il Ii said OF the sk He'd long
shoremnn that zach IL in the habit Of carrying
one OF these boxes over the gAngway unaided.
On Friday while four men were carrying one
OF these boxes 1t fell from their grnsp. struck
one on the leg, and crushed the foot OF another.
The ordinary cnnal boat holds about 5000 bags
OF grain. These bags contain three bushels,
each weighing sixty pounds. Eight Of the old
men could carry the 5000 bags aboard a ship in
lf'Ns tUhn llItN HpuTs. IL ltkcs lOuF OF tue new
men TO handle u bag oi grain,
This week ships will be due at the docks Of
the Anchor, White Star. National, Cunard, In
man. French. and German steamship compa,
nirs. The strikers say that the companies will
find themselves unable to got along without
tneiraid.
Some resolutions printed In m evening paper
yesterday. said to have been presented 10 the
merchants, are Tepudiatad by tho strikers.
They say they Informed the merchants Of their
utmatum on Mny l. and will have nothing fur
thor TO say to them until the Old terms are ac-
Qrdal In.
The sun., 1879-05-04
SATURDAYS SESSION or THE HOUSE
Aa Ohio Maa who would Like TO Overthrow
Our fInAneIAl hysIem.

WASHINGTON, May 8.-Mr Davidson DEM
Fla.l called attention in the House to-day 10 the
speech OF Mr. Russell NAT. n. c.. printed in
the Record though not delivered. and pro-
nouncad some OF its statements as wholly and
absolu lutely untrue. He added that tho ilppant
manner in which members charged frnud on
others WAS altogether unbecoming the station
which they occupied.
To which Mr.. Reed crop. Mo- responded
(sarcasticalyl That is So"
Mr.. stephens tDem Gal. from the Commit
tee on Coinage. Weights aud Measures, report.
ed a till a. enable importers to use the metric
system Of weights and mrAsur1s. He said that
the hill had been prepared by n lusiuvss man
of NJ York tMr. James NJ. M 'kinlcyl AMI had
received tho sanction OF tho commercial men oi
the country.
Mr.. Kelley tRep Pa suggested the proprl0ty
Of having tho bill considered by the Committee
of WAYS aud Means 1t WIS 80 referrrd.
The House resumed the consideration pi the
bill. reported from tho Comm lttce on Coin3uIr,
amending the statutes in relation to coinage aud
coin aud bullion certificates.
MIR. Warner tDem.. Ohio, in submitting an
amendment. mndH "A long spgorh in which he
said that he regarded the success of the t'ur
por cent. loan AS the sadlost commentary That
could be- made on the condition OF the country.
! II proved only one thing--and that IL uTuNod
| United States on productive capital or IN
| dusiry, and that the American nation with Us
| educnted brain. its Skilled hand, and Ms lu,
| dustrini equipment was pNrulnE n prpNi. II
| he had his own way the light ~ another lay
| should not fade from the sky til every one i
| throughono was torn from the statute book.
| lApIlnuSe.l
The sun., 1879-05-04
SELLING a CIRCUS.
Trick Ps.ses. IlveAy hu,~s, WnGous, and
ODDS aRd Ead, under the Hammer.

ODD. I'D Ends under the Hammer.
7 II As,,r,o,,,a Oo.o nio C,,.c,s ,ot,,rnad 10
Mo- yort a n,oo,h 400 from tho wes, IndIes
after an unusually rough experience Tho
story of i,s beine, toeaed about ON cen and land
49,. 80, \, ~. e,,,, vos,ard,, ,vha, ,v.s I,r,
wis toid IN rHh BUN iesaerhht WhW wa" ie"
Of the Oceanic Cireus was sold 10y anction IN
Mott Haven. Several pine wagons OF hcavy
build were standing py the ROADSIDE hden WIN
timbers and boards with which the seats In the
,an, oro eons,r,o,aa L,ng.gaarod vragon
Wn. uto eohn""aee' w"S "'-v ~
held the centre-poie and thc sinkes used In
,,,S', ,ra"on Svas a. Tho orann and Tho door
ucNo' "aHon wn' ~ ,uo ~, ",u W" IT,
was open in he end where the ticket-ssller
used to sit over his box Of half dollars and re-
Raru WIN seerh suspiuion 'ne s'u"'i ",s ma
climbed up on spokes oil the rear whee's.
Heavy boxes with padocks on them contained
uappings OF the ring horses hAes oil various
nations etreamers in many colors. puleys.
C.uss onas d u o,Sos oads "nd a,ds s.uoos har'
nesses lay on the ground. and would have been
,nten for n mass NJ old strnns ~ the plnted
rings on the ssddle-pieces bnd not been visible.
In the rear Of the livery snbe. In front OF which
the sale occurred. we're several very small
nnnisa S .,,h nnch r,one ,a, and fore,on. two
ponies win mueh nahe. u'il' anu iore'op Two
animals that ran largely TO cars and their
aurai endovt.snts vvere MI the mora conapicu-
Gus by reason OF the small scale on which the
frame work was constructed. Two Of the four
teen ring horses with which tho circus started
r. iba NJ i,disa wore bitcbnd In Tho stabls
rhair No n,ue.s s. ,varo "so.iS onJ princ y anj
wi,h ,hnrn ,ysre some vort horans thaf ,y"re
tn,,hd ~ H. ",,,ofossio,si d1,,x aftor tbe ctrcns
assi,, " ~ ~ az, IL H. ,.i,h IN hnt ,rc ~ Inc
frain.d harsr. niasinS Tuo or tbree IN niles
ont on thc ro.J ths besvv chnriot with n sur
es,inn ~ - anJ Iii ,,a,dinass s,,ii ciin ~
=, I, 80 a. s,,,cL 1as, I ~ ~ ~, w. =, i ~ ~
"Tbc WI first artcIs snii w,s nne of tho beavv
uaonns IA ,xas lnorL al doyyn for 400 rhc
was,on ,bat hei1 1he centrs1wnia btsbiv sng
,,i, ne,Hin 'u' t tha ,N in,arinr 'ii,htnJ ,ent
tn which tho merrr clown WAS crack
| in,, na,r ~ win ard iii i"tes want
sts sao "o" IN" 'uncL", Vvae,op ',Sbich the
a,c,icSoe.r said conid bc usnd Tor N hird cn,,e
| hronsb, taS T,.o ,,ray trick noni,.a yyere icJ
out ~ tbc staiis Nrhnv tyers said 10 bc veTy
| in,oliiyent srd ,bnv innlsd A. Tho nnctioneo,
| ssafI ,hat ,h,, cn,,tI sit a., ;rn,r ov,r ench
o'bar and AZ tbar ,hinsa' ircy','irring delicsts
U,is',' 81 hodv ,,d r,ird Tbnv sy.r, star,nd at
| t50 tiT, Snd ii tnoccted dmxn Mt soo1 The d"rE Inv
',s, ~ ,iiiSr n II We .t,,,J a. toE a,~ai ~ q,
iyybich indeni,y 1bn ba nretes,ni bv ,'d%ayn
wbinnv lie wna soid Tor sc7 IN Chm
| snoiher trick nonv with hnngeJ hair on his
| rnrnbaad hront,Lt tcS An cxtra vn,,ont s,,ne al,
Nc es,i imntnb C5,,h,s a., ad Ia veora n nd
| lie suc, ionsar nssnrnd ibs crovyd t6at bc was
The sun., 1879-05-04
THE WORLDS FAIR IN 1888.
sun Another site Proposed within the C,ty's
BoundnrIes

A plot OF ground, thought To be n suitable
place for holding tho Worlds Fair In 1888. was
inspected yesterday by a party Of gentlemen
comprising Messrs. Lawson n. Fuller James
Monteith. and others well known In business
circles. The location is Washington Heights.
and tho plot is bounded on the north by l45th
street on the south by l35th street. on the east
by 81. Nicholas avenue. and on the west by
Tenth avenue. II has an area OF nearly 100
acres. The elevation is sufficient to afford
flne Wow of the city and the surrounding coun-
try for many miles. II a larger area should bs
required. the lower lands on tho east OF st.
Nicholas avenue. now unocoupled, could ba
utilized, and there Is more vacant land on the
west Of Tenth avenue. extending to the Hudson
River, This site is historical ground. The old
mansion Of Alexander Hamilton occupies tho
northern part On the plot aro the thirteen
trers, representing tho tn irteon original Stltes
planted by Hamilton. and now grown to majes-
Tie proportions with the exception Of one the
diminutive and bent stem Of which leans un-
lovingly away from the erect trunks Of the
Hamilton, who Is credited with having said that
tho tree, liko its wAywArd namHsake would Al-
ways 20 crooked. In the rear of tho mansion Is
an extensive apple orchard and in front is a
forest OF majestic elms aud oaks. Three rum
ming springs afford an abundance OF pure
water.
Tho means OF access to this spot arc ample
and convenient. On the east are tho MelrOIoli-
tan and New York Elevated roads. Largo steanr
ers can be moored on the Hudson River front.
The railroads entering thu city from the north
run close TO this location. Tho land is owned
by the Emlgrnpt Industrial Savings Bank and
me Union Theological Seminary, and It is said
that II can De rented for nominal sum.