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THE HAWKINSVILLE DISPATCH.
VOL. 4.
| Hawkinsville Dispatch.
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Situated five miles from Hawkinsville.
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1870.
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HAWKINSVILLE, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1870.
'lJodual.
TIIE MARSEILLAISE HYMN.
[As some of our readers may, probably,
never have seen this hymn, whieli is*now
so popular in France, we publish it below.
—Ed. Dispatch.]
Ye sons of free lent, wake to glory!
' Ilark! hark ! what myriads bid you rise.
Your children, wives, and grandslres hoary,
Behold tl.eir tears,and hear their cries!
Shall hateful tyruuts, mischief breeding,
Willi hireling hosts, n ruffian baud,
Affright and desolnte the land,
While peace and liberty lie hi oding?
To arms, to arms, ye brave!
March oil! march on!
All hearts resolved on victory or death!
Now, now, the dangerous storm is rolling,
Which Ireach’rous kings confcderati
raise;
The dogs of war, let loose, are howling,
And lo! our walls and cities blaze!
And shall we basely view the ruin,
While lawless force, with guilty stride,
Spreads desolation far and wide,
With crimes and blood ills baud embruing?
To arms, to arms, vc brave I
The avenging sword unsheathe!
Marcli on! march on I
All hearts resolved on victory or death !
W (li luxury and pride surrounded,
The vile, insatiate despots dare,
Their thirst of gold ami power unbounded,
To mete and vend the light and air!
Like beasts of burden would they load us;
Like gods would bid their slaves adore;
But man is mail, and who is more?
Tuen, shall they longer lash und goad us?
To arms, to arms, ye brave!
Tlie avenaing sword unsheathe!
March on! march on!
All hear s resolved on victory or death!
Oil, Liberty ! can tuan resign tlicc,
Once having fell thy generous 11-imc ?
Can dungeons, holts or bars confine thee,
Or whips thy noble spirit lame?
Too long Ihc world Ims wept, bewailing,
That falsehood's dagger tyrants wield;
But Freedom is our sword and shield,
And all their arts are unavailing! *
To arms, lo arms, vc brave!
The avenging sword unsheathe I
March on ! march on !
All hearts resolved on victory or deatli!
• - - - m■ - *>“
THE DRUNKARDS DREAM.
The drunkard dreamed ol Ids old retreat,
Os Ids easy place in the tap-room seal;
And the liquor gleamed iu his gloating eye,
Till Ids li]ts the sparkling glass drew nigh.
As he lifted it np with an eager glance.
And laughed as he saw the bubbles dance,
“ All! I am myself again!
Here’s a truce to care, an adieu to pnin,
Welcome the cup with its creamy foam!
Farewell to work anil a inopy homo!
With u jolly crew and a flowing bowl,
In bar-room pleasures I love to roll!"
Like a flash there entne to the drunkard's
side
His'angel rif;ld who that night had died !
With a look so gentle, and sweet aud fond,
She touched the glass with her little wand;
And oft as lie raised it up to drink,
She silently lapped on its silent brink,
Till the drunkard shook from head to
crown,
And set the untusted goblet down.
“ Hey, man!” cried the host, “ what mcan
eth tills?”
Is the covey sick? or the draui amiss?
Cheer up! my lad, and quick the bumper
quail'.”
And lie glared arouud with a fieudisli
laugh.
The drunkard raised his glass once more,
And looked at its depths as oft before;
But started, to see, on its pictured foam,
The face of his dead little child at home!
Then again the landlord nt him sneered.
And the swaggering crowd of drunkards
Jeered;
But still, as he tried the glass to drink,
The wand of his dead one touched the
brink.
The landlord gasped,” I swear, my man,
Thou slialt take every drop of this flow ing
can.”
The drunkard bowed to the quivering brim.
Though ills heart heat fast, and his eyes
grew dim.
But the wand struck harder than ever be
fore;
The glass was flung on the bar-room floor;
All uround Uie ring the fragments lay,
But the poisonous current rolled away.
The drunkard awoke: bia dream was gone;
His bed wns bathed in the light of morn ;
But he saw, as he shook with a pale, cold
fear,
A beautiful angel boverjpg near.
He arose, and that seraph was nigh him
still; «
It cheeked bis passion, swayed Ids will;
It dasiied from his Bps the mad’ning bowl,
And victory gave to his ransomed soul I
! Since that midnight hour be dreamed, i
! Our hero lias been a man redeemed;
And this is the prayer he prays alway,
And this is the prayer let us help him pray -
That angels may come, in every Und,
To dash the cap from the drunkard s hand.
! WEARING~TUE~BREECHEB.
To prove his wisdom,sacred histojy teaches,
j Os old time, Adam took to wearing breeches,
Ami a range, hut true, it is, that Eve, to-day,
I Would prove her folly in the seif-same way. <
IHisccllann.
Drum lieistl ttvrinou*.
BY J. CESAR POMPEY SQUASH.
[Fonygrnfically and fotografleally reported
by Jupe Liglitnln’ expressly for “ Harry
liazd's Yankee Blade."]
lft deah shepe an\ lams ;
De sulijic witch ajetates your lubin
pasture’s branes dis mornin am ob dc
greatest qninsequonce to cltery one
who hairs do souu ob bis woice. I
find it Btimwhnr atwix dc leds ob de
Possel Grealys uil-tnysime, forty-fuss
chapiter, tirty-tooth varse, an dose
am dc didcntic wuds—
“United wo start, divided wo fall.”
dal one cant stan
togeder widout toder no ftno’ dan a
tree-logd jnkass can stun on two legs.
Darfor i shal consider it as a hole, al
togedder, indiwisible, undiwidible an
inseprablc.
United we stan, diwided we fall, as
a giucral rule, am all bery well, but
dtu am sum ceptions, an dose i shall
discuss fuss.
Fussly, de norf an de sous didn’t
quite full aud go to smash when dey
w ur diwided, an now dey am united i
dont tink dey stan bery well togeder.
Dar am a nateral born uglyuiss atwix
de wito trash oh de sous au de wite
trash ob de uorf. We usetcr to tink
dat twur all on account ob de slabery
kwestion, but felosefey tiab taut us
dat it am all on count ob de wedder.
I)e Yanks, in de winter time, am or
ful jelus ob dc Ilchs, because de
fernemetcr rises to 60 degrees abuv
dc ekwiuoxsliul line at de sous, wile
at de norf it runs down to forty
degrees below de norf pole. Oa de
oder ban, iu de summer time, dc
Rebs am jelus ob dc Yanks becasc
de fernometer am tirty degrees below
biltn heat at de norf, wile nt de sous
it ranges any whnr atwix pttrgytory
heat an de borid zone. Den dc
norveuers duznt like it because in de
sous dey can feass on green peas,
strorberrys an oder wcjitbles in win
ter ; and dc sndeners dont like itrbe
case do norreners, in smuntcr, can
luxsuriate on ice, mint julips, sherry
cobblers, lobsters, clam bakes an
clam chowders. So you see, my
liredin au sistrin, dey am as nateraly
antygonlstye to each oder as Arc an
ice, or excussion caps an gunpowder.
Dey *iicber did agree an neber will,
unless saint Sumnir iufbrduces a bill
au kerrys it fru kongriss rank in it a
plentytcntiary offence for de Hobs
to cat great! peez, groan corn an
stroll erries nfo dey atn ripe cnufl'to
eat at de norf; an also to penvent
de norveuers from Itabin an any mo
ice, mint julips, cobblers, and detn '
deliteful tings, den de suddeuers hah
down sous. It mite be titled A Rill
for de ckwilizashum ob de wedder,
an for dc propergatin ob mint, green
peez, ami oder green tings, iu tie
same tnunf und week ob de yecr all
ober de kuntry. Dis am a smart
cliarnce for dc saiut to do sumfiii dat
his posteriority may lie proud ob, an
mortleize his name among do free
peeple at bof ccnds ob dis glorius
ripublic.
Secunly, i tink a mizabel pair jined
in de holey bonus ob padlock wil
neber stan so wel united ns dey will
diwided; dey shually fall if dey tick
togedder much longer. I ad wise
sich to go to Chicnwgo or Injaauer
an git uupndlockcd as quik as pos
sibcl.
Dar am few ocler ceptions to de
rule, but i will not tair your pa
shuticc any longer under dat bed,
but propel to probe to yon dat
United we stan, diwided we fall, am
a safe priusepal to stan pon as a gin- j
ral ting.
If two niggers am gwinc huntin i
arter possum in de dismal swamp, 1
wen dar amt no moon, it am better
for detn to tick togedder, for if one
ob detn gits bemired in a hunney-pot,
de oder ean pull it ini out, an dey bof
stan agin.
If brudders Solsberry an Yates
shud hapun to be gwan home arter
spendin dc ebenin an dar dimes at
Jake .Smiffs grogry, dey hah better
keap united, for as shun as dey di
wide, dey fall, drap, tipsize to de
| eidewark, au who nose wot mite be
de orful qttinsequonses! I)e same
I remark might aply to oder exting
wisht gemmatt, bof brae an wite, who
am soshul uu jolli jes arter natur puts
j on her sabul nitccap.
| United wc stan, diwided we fall,
was de wuds ob dc man who hugd a
tetgraif {toll all nitc to kepe de pole
frurn fallin—or heseff from a fall, i
duznt zacly no wich.
i United we stan, diwided wc fall, as
de Siumcsc twins sed to dc doctor
who tuk out his jacnife lo cut deni in
too.' An data wot de possel Butler
strougli hintid to dc prezidunt when
he defend id de gubment polisy agin
dat fccrful atak ob Dawz.
United we stan, diwided we fall,
dnts wat i de rebrend Squash, say to
dem conserbotib publikins who tink
dey kin kepe de parti an de gnbrnent
undiwided widout awailin darsefs ob
de genus, de talons, de undyin endeb
ors an de wotes ob do enlitend an in
ebitaltcl niggur. It cant be did—dey
cau no mo do it dan tie wite trash kin
cultiwate rice or sugar, or glance de
ole plant ash mi bratkdoun.
|j Now, so fur as we daikccs am con-
sarned, all we hab to do am to hang
togeder, if wc duznt wo shall shually
hang sepritly. In a wild, bredrin an
sistrin, lef us recomember do tex, an
stik like brix one to nnuder, ttphole
do priusipyls ob dis liurishin aeietyr,
an wen de hat am toted roun by rte
kon Coconut be suah not to diwhlc
yurc kwarters an yure haffdoliers.
De scinbligushtin wtl nowUe nuitid
in singiu de poplar socdolagy ob,
” Shoo! fly! don’t bodiicr me f
Three Eastern Tulcs.
Iu olden times, it used to be a very
favorite pastime among learned men,
'iffiinHWw to one
another, or, ns they phrased it, to place
each other “ between the horns of a
dilemma.” One of the most celebra
ted of the Oriental “dilemmas” has
also a remote antiquity. A famous
lawyer taught a pupil the art of plead
ing, on condition that he should be
paid for his services when Lite pupil
had obtained his first victory in the law
courts. The pupil, however, brought
an action against Ills master, in order
to be released from the contract; say
ing to his old instructor, by way of
“propounding a dilemma,” —
“ If 1 win, the authority of the court
will absolve me; if 1 loose my cause,
I am naturally free by the terms of
our contract.”
To this the learned doctor success
fully replied by the following antago
nistic dilemma:
“If you gniu your suit, you must
pay me according to our agreement;
mid if you loose, the court will vindi
cate it* own authority, and compel
yon to fulfil its judgments.”
In this case, the doctor certainly
had the best of the argument; but in
the* following example the principals
concerned were, probably, like the
Council of Trent during eighteen years
or so, “ left sitting.”
A great chief, of just but arbitrary
notions, placed oil the bridge which
led over a river into his territory, a
gallows, and compelled every mail who
passed to declare his business,' and
the place to which he was going, under
penalty, iu the event of attempting to
deceive him, of being brought back
and hanged on the bridge ns a caution
to future travelers.
This wen' tin merrily for some time,
and not a few culprits testified to the
rigorous execution of the law. But
one day a man appeared, who had no
intention of confiding his private af
fairs to the imperious chieftain ; mid,
in answer to the usual query, •* Whith
er goest thou ?” replied, “ I mu going
!to be hanged on your gallows;” thereby
placing the just ruler in this dilemma:
“ If,” thought he, “ I hang this man,
lie will have answered Willy, and of
course suffered unjustly; hut if I let
him pass, he will have answered false
ly, and deserve the punishment.”
it is unfortunate that tradition re
cords not the result, but it is proba
ble that affairs remained in statu quo
for a pretty lengthened period.
My third story, although not par
taking of the nature of a dilemma, is
nevertheless rather curious ns afford
ing an ilitts ration of that impulsive
generosity which distinguished the
Bedouin Arab of ancient story.
Three friends were once disputing
in the court of the C'urba (the holy
house of Mecca) as to which of the
Arab chicltains was most distin
guished for his liberality. One of
them declared in favor of Abdallah,
the cousin of the Prophet; another
strenuously upheld Kais Eon Sand ;
another, Arabalt of the tribe Aws.
| To end the matter, it was decided
' that each should goto his friend, feigu
! poverty, despair, and utter misery,
; and ask for aid. Abdallah was found
by the first beggar with his foot in
the stirrup, anrljuststartingforalong
journey.
“ Son of the Uncle of the Prophet,”
| said tbo suppliant. “ I ant traveling
! and in necessity. Give me thy aid.”
Abdullah instantly alighted, and hid
' him take the camel, with all that wns
upou her, but begged him not to dis
pose o f a certain sword which was
i fastened to the saddle, liut restore it
■ to him at some other opportunity, as
, it had belonged to the great Ali. The
supposed pan per took the camel, and
found on her several silk robes and
four thousaud pieces of gold; but the
jewel-liiltcd sword of Ali was the most
precious part of hci 1 burden.
The second friend went to Kais
Ebn Saad, and found a slave at the
, door of his tent, who said that his
| master was asleep and could not be
■ disturbed ; but if he would mention
his busiuess, he would inform the
chief when be awoke.
; When he pleaded poverty, the slave
j said; “ llfther than disturb my mas
i ter, I will myself supply your neces
sity.” lie then gave him seven thou
sand pieces of gold, adding that it was
all the money they had by them. Ho
then sent him away, directing a ser
vant to take a camel aud a proper
slave, and escort the distressed friend
of his master to his home. When
Kais awoke, he approved ol his ser
vant’s conduct, but said
“Why did you not awake me? for
I should have given him more.”
The third experimentalist found
1 Arabab proceeding to tiie mosque,
leaning, as he was bliud and aged, on
the shoulders of two slaves.
On being informed of his friend’s
distress, Arabalt said: “Owing to
sudden and heavy losses, 1 have uo
money at hnnd; but take these two
slaves, sol! them, aud return home in
comfort.” On the friend protesting
agniust depriving him of his only ser
vants, Arabalt said: “If yon refuse
them, I will set them nt liberty; I
cannot take back a gift.”
The friend then left Arnbnh, who
returned groping along the walls to
his own house; but wlten the three
adventurers compared notes together.
the blind and aged chieftaiu, Arabalt
of the tribe Aws.
“Barrett's" unrivaled Hair Restorative.
Wuat it Costs. —“ Conic, Sam, let’s
go in and take a little. Old Bob
Bummer keeps the best liquor in town.
Come, don’t hang back ; let’s go in.”
“Jim, 1 have lieeu thinking ibis
matter over since 1 saw you hist, and
I can’t do it. To be jplaiu with you,
Jim, I have given my heart to the
Lori] Jesus, aud you will never See
me drink again. Besides, I have been
figuring upon this matter some, and
what do you suppose it costs us to
patronize old Bob?”
“ Well, a dollar or two a week, I
suppose," said Jim.
Sam, taking n pencil and a piece of
paper from bis jtoeket-book, handed
them to Jim, and said, “ Let us look
at it fully, mid make a fair calculation.
You deposit—
Your money—and lose it.
Your time—and lose it.
Your character—and lose it
Your health—and lose it.
Your strength—nnd lose it.
Your manly independence—and
lose it.
Your self-respect—and lose it.
Your scitso of right and wrong—
nnd lose it.
Your self-control—and lose it.
Your home comfort—and lose it
Your wife’s happiness—and lose it
Your children’s rights—aud lose
them.
Your country’s rights—and lose
them.
Your own soul—and lose it.” .
“ Sam, I’ll take the pledge for life
on that. Come, let’s go up to the
Young Men’s Christian Association
rooms and sign tiie pledge together.”
Is it not just as true of gambling as
of rum? Arc they not twin crimes?
[American Messenger.
“Barrett’s" not a pasty compound.
Tun Difference.—On one occasion
a young and zealous lawyer, not over
punctilious iu his allusions to the
court, nor very formal in his manner,
was arguing a question before a judge,
and iu the course of his argument, by
way of illustration, wished to suppose
a case.
“ We will suppose, j'Otir honor,”
said be, “that your honor were to steal
a horse—”
“No, no, no,” interrupted the judge.
“ Not at all; not at nil. ’Taint a sup
posuble caffe, Mr. S., ’taint a suppose
bie case.”
“ Very well, begging your honor’s
pardon,’’ proceeded the eager lawyer,
with more zeal than prudence, “ very
well; then supposing that I should
steal a horse—”
“ Ait, yes, yes, yes,” said the judge;
“that is a very different thiug. Very
likely, Mr. S., very likely. Proceed,
Mr S.”
A[r. S. proceeded to take a. seat,
amidst the shouts of his brethren, and
had the good seusc to take tiie joke
in good-part, and repeated it often to
his fricuds.
Medal awarded to •‘Barrett’s.”
Tiie Seven Wonders of •ntK World.
—First, the Egyptian Pyramids; tiie larg
est of these is 093 feet square, and 400 feet
high, and its base covers 11* acres of
ground.
Second, the Mausoleum, erected to Mail
solus, a king of Carlo, by his widow,
Artemisia; it was 93 feet long and 35 feel
the Temple of Diana, at Eph
esus ; tins was 525 feet in length ami 220
feet in breadth.
Fourth, the walls and hanging gardens
of Babylon. These walls arc Mated by
Herodotus to have been 88 feet thick, 850
feet high, and 50 miles in length, and the
statement Ls deemed credible by modem
antiquarians.
Fifth, the Colossus, at Rhodes; this was
a brazen statue of Ajmllo, 105 feet in
height, standing at the mouth of the harbor
of Rhodes.
Sixth, the statue of Jupiter Olympus, at
Athens, which was made of Ivory nnduold,
and was wonderful for its beauty, rimer
than size.
Seventh, the Pharos of Ptolemy Phtla
delphus; this was a light-house 800 feet
high, in Egypt—a wood tiro lieing kept
burning on its summit during the night to
guide snips into harbor.
ET There is no truer saying than
that “ sweet are tiie uses of advertise
ments.”
“Barrett" uses vegetable matter.
ear Calomel at a discount. Deflanoc to
Southern levcra. Good digestion secured
by tuiug Simmon*' Liver Regulator.
“Bamrtfs” in constant demand
NO. 34.
From the White Pine News.
A W ild Man In Mern&a.
Editor Daily News :
Tiie people inhabiting the north
western part of Nevada are at preseqt
intensely excited at the discovery of
the supposed traces and habitation of
a lost or wild white man. It was saiei
to be located on a high and densely
wooded mountain near the Utah lioq,
and after getting nil the information
we could, we armed and equipped
ourselves for a trip there, about fifty
miles from our camp at the Sink, ql
lb-*-p < IVrlv. A t tyr
tigtofvWe Came Tti sight oHhe
mountain and camped there. A!1
were on the lookout now for the
strange inhabitant. We had just pick;
cted our animals, aud sat by the firs
telling strange experiences of ft-ontier
lifc, when we were aroused by a crash
ing sound, caused by the swift ap
proach of some strauge looking body
coming toward our camp. The merw
shone brilliantly, aud we had an ex
cellent view of the object. It is un
doubtedly a white man, about forty
years old, nearly covered by a coat of
fine, long hair, and in appearance oth
erwise, not at all startling. He car*
ripd iu his right hand a huge club,
and in his left u rabbit, or some other
small nuiinaL He caught sight of usf,
and, with a scream like the roar of •*
lion, brandishing his club, he dashed
past tiie camp nnd attacked the horses
in a perfect frenzy of madness. We
could have shot hint but for our sur
prise nt the moment. Tlte horses
stain|>cded, nnd he went after them
like the wind, down tho mountain.
We tried lo send our dogs after him;
but, though fierce, they sat still, mutely
gazing into the darkness, and we
could not move them. Wc threw tffr
a hasty rampart for protection egaiVist
the demon. All through the higld,
wc heard his terrible erics, and ex
pected an attack. Morning dawned
at last, but not oue of us would leave
camp until the rosy sunlight cheered
the lambeape. The horses had ton)
down the mountain at a terrific speed,
for about five miles; here they jumped
down a precipice about twenty-live
feet, disabling my saddlc-hurao. He
was lying near the bottom, raangfea
in a shocking manner. The wild man
had evidently vented his rng» upon
him, as large strips of the skin were
torn off and thrown some distance,
and his lower jaw wns broken. TVs
shot him to end his sufferings. The
wild man had here given up the ptm
suit. About two miles farther dowri
the valley wc found the rest of our
stock duietly grazing. The only
marks they bore were evidently madd
by lieing caught by the tails by thd
wild man in the chase, entirely strip
ping some of them of their hair aud
skiu. We now had some six miles
go to reach our first camp. Arrived
there nt 3 o’clock, when we took lunch.
After examining our arms, we started
iu the direction from which the wild
man first approached, and were fortu
nate enough to strike his trail, with
the well-defined foot-prints of a ffiAlft
who would wear a No. 9 shoe, but
being very broad on tiie bottom. We
followed his trail for ahout three miles,
when the opened in a beautiful
basin, nnd half a mile farther the trait
ended abruptly nt tiie entrance of »
cave. We explored this cove,finding
a set of soldier’s buttons and a dime',
dated 1841, which leads me to the
conclusion that he iB a man lost front
Fremont’s command in 1846, or neat
that time. A.
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Secrets of Masonry. —Old Zach
Wheeler was quite a character in nil
time, being a clever, easy-going, confi
ding man, who managed to let every
body elieat him out of his inherited
estates. Just ns his last farm was
about to slip out of his hands, he suc
ceeded in raising the money to lift
the mortgage. A aron Renter, n promi
nent Mason, accompanied him'to the
town. As they were riding along on
horseback, Zach says to Aaron, in a
confiding tone:
“Now, Aaron, we are here all alonej
and I want you to tell me the secrets
of Masonry.”
“I can’t, Zach, they would kill me.”
“Why, they won’t know; they'll
never find it out."
“ Yes, they will; you'll speak of it.”
“No, I swear I won’t.”
“ Well, if you’ll ride close along side
of me, nnd pul your hand on my Miivh,
and take Hie oath I’ll Fll
tell yon the secrets of Masonry.”
Zach was not slow to comply ; and
a most powerful “iron-clad oath” was
administered and taken.
“Now for the secrete,” exclaimed
tiie impatient and unsuspecting vio
tiro.
“ Well,” said Aaron, with mock so
lemnity and secrecy, “in the first
place, we Masons combine together
to oiieat everybody as much os we
can. This is the first grand secret
Tlte second is like unto it When
we can’t find anybody else to cheat,
we cheat each other, but as little as
we cau.”
“ Well," exclaimed Zach, with evi
dent surprise, “ I swear I'll join. 1
wisli I had done it twenty years ag<£
1 might have l>ecn a rich man afore
now.”— Columbus Sun .
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