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ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23, 1333.
TWO GOOD STORIES.
PICTURES
OF LIFE IN THE
WEST.
Wives a, Kaon. Widows a'. Giinoet—A Siaml Ac.iir.st
tbe Attaches at McGilpin'*—A Wommi'. Fizlit
With the Apaches—tier Husband and
baby Killed— Wl.at Bccaiuo of Ucr.
From tl'<: .Vow York Sun.
J*>ror<? sv Jtriio day in Arizona. A* Kobei-ls’s
idRivi the Oiila, there was a feeling of per
fect j-i . ■ nml security and tho sun climbed
lrigh it til the heavens. Huberts was plan tin;
' stout log e.ibin,
1 itb household cates,
title in an enclosure a
to bouse, and a pony,
rumble at will, crop-
in a tie hi half a mile fr
While Ms wife was bus;
There w ere horses anti
quarter of a rnilo from
Which was permitted t«
ped the grass around the cabin.
tSueb was the situation when the wife heard
two three rifle shots and the war whoops of
India ..s. .She sprang to the door to see that
3lCx h' 1 -sd as making for the house at his
best spiett, wt.ilo three Indians followed him
up anti iired as they ran.
tierouimo’s Apaelie devils had broken loose
and taken the war path.
The ranchman's wife understood at a glance
What was oeeurring. Her heart gave one great
throb, a teriiblo weakness overcame her for an
instant, and then she seized the Winchester
riflo firm its hooks, grabbed the long-barrelled
“Navy." from its holster, ami ran with all
Speed to meet her husband. He fell before'
they me:, shot it the back; bis left arm bad
been previously broken by a bullet.
“Mollir. the red devils are loose,'' be said a
Site came up and kneeled beside him,
“If there are only three we can beat them
tiff,'' she replied as she made ready to open
lire.
The Indians bad baited within rifle shot to
counsel. Her first shot bored one of them
through and through, and the other two re
treated to broken ground half a mile away.
“I'll cany you to the bouse and then watch
foijtlicra,” she said, as they disappeared. Wood
was pouring from bis wounds and oozing from-
bis mouth, and It was plain that bo bad been
mortally hit.
“It’s t.o use.” be groaned. “I've ■ *01>K
His
limlu
—sb
right here. In half an hour there’ll
r ont. and they are sure to capture yon.”
“I’ll stay with yon.”
“Nulanothermoment! Hun to tlio.,
?v'i.Uie earttldges. ar..l then uni/
I .my and ride to Gilpin's. The uppe
Clear.”
“Ob, George, I can't leave you.”
The revolver was muler his hand,
Huge, i Unclu.il over the butt, and lnt whiipci-
<xl: ”*!'”'•> bi-sinr.” •
bin Pelt over £!& MS a sob in her throat,
ami ui hand worked tl.oxcvolveraround until
the muzzle touched his side. There was a
1 report, and she sprang up to sec his
Ten in death. Kite did not scream out
not totter and faint. She impriul*>l
a kiss on the dead face, mul as she rose up her
teeth v.' re ret hard and her eyes had the glare
of a in umlcil wolfs. She ran to the house,
taking tide and revolver with her, and in five
IniiiUti was galloping toward McGilpin'*,
having neither a saddle nor bridle, and hopi
ng fat t to weapons and cartridges. As she left
the rat t it bullets whistled about Iter head, and
shouts < f vengeance come to her care.
It was just such a Juno day at McGil pin's,
five rallies above. The sun beat down with a
warmth which crlled the crickets from their
nests in the grass, and kept the wild liccs hum
ming their satisfaction. The ranchman was
fashioning a new helve for his ax in the shade,
ami, iti- wife had the noon-day meal ready for
the table. Suddenly the old man looked up,
and next instant he was on his feet and shad
ing his eyes with his hand.
• Jchoraphat! Quick, mother—fasten the
bar k door, down with the -windows, and pull
the shutters to. Kobcris’s wife is coating up
the trail with a dozen Injuns after her. llell
lias broke loose again.”
He seized his Winchester and ran down the
brail to cover the approach of the woman. Her
jitny seemed to understand that it was life or
death, and was straining every nerve. Toe
observation and defence. Scarcely a word had
I cen exchanged since tho arrival of Mrs.
Heberts. Each one reasoned out forhimsolfor
herself; “A gang of Apaches have broken
loose from their reservation and are on the
warpath. They will bum and slay until a
force cut be raised to overpower them. Sur-
i order means to l»o burned at the stake. A
desperate resistance may drive them oil'.”
There was Huberts, the husband of a year,
lyng dead and scalped, and horribly mutilated
onbis freshly-planted field. His stock had
been shot down or driven off, and the red
fames bad licked up his cabin, but there were
no tears in the blue oyes of the wife as sue
peered from oneoflhc loopholes. Tears would
j.ave dimmed Iicr vision, and watohlul eye3
were needed there.
For an hour or more the Indians maintained
an unceasing lire, hut without inflicting the
least damage. They were then joined by a
party of seven, coming from the east, and it
•soon became evident that some decisive stopt
was to he taken.
”1 know wliat they will do," said the ranch
man, as tlio reports of rilles died away. “They
win divide into three or four parties and assail
the house from as many sides. If they can’t
hatter the doors down they will try to set the
house on fire. Each or yon take a revolver
ami I will u«c the rifles. lie cool—we can
drive them hack.”
The three had been waiting at their stations
ten minntes when tho rush was made. Tho
sixteen Indians divided into hands of four,and
one In every band carried a lighted torch. The
ranchman broke or.c hand by killing the buck
with the torch and wounding one of the others.
From the loopholes the women wonnded two
more, but presently tho two doors were vigor
ously attacked, while the torchmen ran from
point to point with their blazing brands. In
itedies of four or five tlio redskins thro w them
selves against the doors, hut it was a vain
effort. Each had two bars across tho inside,
Tiie attack did not last three minutes As tho
Indians retreated the ranchman flung open a
floor and rnshed out and seized the only torch
which threateneel damage, and he iVas under
cover again before a shot was fired at him. In
that attack the Apaches lost two killed and
thn c badly wounded.
After a rest of half an hour a number ofred
skins crept near and began to the blazing ar
rows at the roof. A few struck, lint no damage
resulted. Then the rlllo firing recommenced,
and it was while peeling through a loophole,
that McGilpin received a ball in tlio eye and
fell hack dead ltcfore he reached the floor. A
j. : Ml's shriek—a woman -that was all.
l-’o: en secondsthe widow, . : women again.
Then came ashout which 4.1 Acfl them that
they must he heroines while a red devil linger
ed. There was a gtcond rush at tlio house.
1 The revolvers cracktjd . before—tho whole
Indians had not followed her from the ranch,
but had c
for them,
sultation.
made the
water, a
onto in on her from the Santa Cruz
river trail, and had kept her under firo for the
last two miles. As soon as the ranchman ap
peared, the Indians. eleven in number, drew
Join.
“What's George?” asked McGilpin. as the
rtonv halted beside me.
“Dead 1”
“And the bucks are in war paint. Go inside,
woman It's no time for grid'.”*
Owing to the river on one side and the wire
fem e on the oilier, the Indians could not scat
ter at ec.ee. .They must approach the ranch
under the ranchman’s fire, if at all. lie waited
int they hesitated ami held a con-
Dnriug this respite the women
house secure, filled a barrel with
1 turned a number of horses loose
and fin t cd them to cross the river. While tncy
were nect m pushing these objects a part of tho
Indian - wc t o cutting the fences and the rest
were in consultation. The ranchman stood
like a t. ck, his eyes noting the slightest move
ment, his breath coming faster, and a feeling
in his heart that this was his last day on earth.
A pillar of black smoke told him that Roberts's
ranch was being destroyed to the west, aud
another to the east betrayed the fate of another
neighbor
\Vhen tho Indians had cut the fences to give
them fair approach to the house, a warrior
started up the trail with a white handkerchief
in his hand as a Hag of truce. 1 Approaching
Within levolvcr shot, iichalted and called oat;
“Indians no hurt! Indians want dinner!”
The quick eye of the ranchman detected two
dismounted redskins dodging from cover to
cover to gain the rear of the house. The idea
Was to {mi lev until they were in position.
“Indians go way after dinner—no hnrt any
body—no take horses!” shouted the flag-
beuier.
With u movement so quick that the other
bad nut time to prepare for it, the ranchman
brought his riflo to an aim. Taore was a loud
report- and the buck fell from his horse. As
he tembicil from his saddle the pony unde a
jump or two, but there was another report, and
zhe bir t rolled over. Next instant there wa
it shot I lorn the cabin, nml one of the pair of
skalkers uttered his death yell. When the
ffioktt rose the ranchman was no longer to be
Been. He had retreated to ihu hou-e. Killed
with chagrin and a desire for vengeance* the
Indians now dismounted and crept nearer, pud
in'a few minutes the cabin was being assaili 1
Irani every point of the compass.
Within there were two pale-faced women
and a grim, dcterminel man. The structure
was roughly built of planks and logs, undivid
ed by partitions. There were only four win
dows, and these were protected by stout shut•
ten, ■which were pierced with loopholes. The
weapons were two Winchesters and two revol
vers. The ranchman’s first move after getting
Inside was to divide bis force so as to cover the
Windows. He then pulled out the chinking at
the corners of the cabin to make other loop-
bolea, and nek one of the trio took a post of
house shook as DX— . ived shock after
shock. Yells, v. boons, . -creams, and tho
reports of firearms loaded tho air for three
Minutes, attd then deep silence fell upon tho
ranch. J'he Apaches had been repulsed again.
Ef . ■ sprang the empty cartridge* I' ’
her svo.fci nud replaced them andcontifrutd
Otr natch, Ily and by they looked out, to sec
the band at full gallop two or three miles
away.
Gcroiuino was there in person. His bucks
wne the red devils ofthe west. Two women
had beaten them off. Five of his men ha 1
been killed and five others so l-adly wounded
that they were forced to return to the reserva
tion anil lie hidden, while he continued the
ntfd, w hich was brought to a close only a few
daysago.
At sundown an officer ami escort with de
spatches drew rein at the ranch. There was
no one to answer the hail. Tho men dism-junt-
fii and looked in. It ilic center of the room
lay the ranchman, cold in death, l’csidc him
— each with her face hidden in her hands,
caeh rocking her body to and fro—were two
vr Mows, poor, weak women, through whose
powder-stained lingers the tears found their
v.ay. tVivea at morn—heroines at noon-
widow sat sunset.
This work occupied them for about an hour,
after which they turned their attention to the
woman. A dead child in the darkness with
her—a dead busliand in the sunlight under her
eyes—the savages reasoned that she must be
overcome by here motions. They attempted
to appTeaeli her under cover of a flag of true.’
hnl a shot proved that she saw through theif
villainous designs. There were only throo to
take an active part, andsho had no feartlia.
tboy could force an entrance by tho front.
Tho Apaches were alert for a time, taking
good care not to expose themselves to her firca
Alter a quarter of an hour she heard then,
digging in the earth above her head. Thee
was a depth of four feet ofcartli abovelicr a'
the weakest point and they wero entirely shcV.
tered while they worked. They dug for'
a whilo and then abandoned the attempt, hav
ing, as wrs afterwards ascertained, broken!
the spado and encountered many rocks.
The nest move was one which promised toi
prove fatal to tho bravo woman. Tho straw
Horn tho beds was brought aud llung down in
front of tho cellar and net fire to. The planks
wetc still green, and the wet earth had pre
vented any drying out. While tho straw made
agreat blaze and the flames roared and crackled,
as if eating everything before them, the planks
refit-cd to bum and tho firo soon died out.
Dm'. - e next half hour everything ivas SO;
quiet that the woman began to believe the'
Apaches had made oil'. It was just what they ;
had planned for her to believe. The trio stoo l
on top of the cellar, hoping she would open
the door. As the sun got further to the west,
it east their shadows on the ground, and she
saw them from the loopholes and knew the
stratagem they were resorting to.
It appeared that the Indians were anxious
to get away before night, hut were doubly anx
ious to dispatch the woman so that nobody
should ho left to identify them; All violent
STORIES OF ANIMALS.
STILL HUNTING IN THE ADIRON-
DACKS.
Capturing a Scacow tn Florida Waters-A California
Lizard’s Tricks—SiRhta With two Bonrs-Tho
Wild Bogs or Wyoming Attack a Mon
and Team—Other stories.
From the New York Times.
“lam glad tho question of deer-hounding
ran he brought up for discussion in the shapo
It has come up in tlio New York state legisla
ture this winter,” said an observant old hunter
of the Delaware valley. “The matter of pro
hibiting the use of dogs in hunting deer has
had a year’s trial in tho state in regions where
the deer are still plenty enough to Mote its
workings and tho result is now known. No
better proof is wanted of the fallacy of tiiebc-
- lief that more deer can bo killed with dogs
. than without them than the well known fact
that the jndinns who once dwell in these re
gions never permitted a dog to be loose iu the
woods when they were deer hunting. They
| followed the chase to provido for their nceasi-
tics. They knew that a dog following the
trail of a deer decreased tho chances of getting
tho game. So they adopted the still huntiug
method—in fact, tho Indians were tho first
still hunters. Where deer avo as abundant as
they arc. in the Adirondacks it is no uncom
mon thing for expert still hunters to steal with-
• in gunshot of three or four deer that may be
feeding or standing in a group.
“I have known four deer to be killed iu
measures having failed, they now began to their tracks while feeding, the -tc.,lth and skill
•ceax and promise. She was a much brave ! of the hunters being so great that tho poor ani-
Wctrian. She had whipped tbemina fair tight. | luals liad not received tho slightest warning of
They wanted to shake bands with her before j the presence of danger. If dogs hail been on
going away. They had carried the body of tho
dead warrior off and buried it, and tho wound
ed man had long ago set off ibr tho reservation,
The three warriors having given up all hope
of getting at the woman started for the spot
where their plunder was piled, when tho cellar
door opened and a demon leaned forth. She
had tho heavy Winchester in her hands, and
it was but a straw in her grasp. Tho crack of
the rifle was the first intimation that tlio war
the track of those deer they would have scat
l red at once and soon have been miles apart,
’ and miles ahead of the hunter. If any of the
latter obtained a shot at one of them by wait
ing on runaways he would have been fortu
nate. It is child’s play to lio hidden behind a
tree or a laurel hush and put a hole in the vi
tals of a deer as il stands a few yards away,
feeding quietly, UDSUBpieions of danger: but
. _■ , . , tile man who sends a ball into a doer as it
i.orsjhid that she was out. The shot broke Mhounds past him through the trash, clearing
an aim for one of them. The others wheeled | thirty cards at a imnn. and minlviMv. hnnl
and opened fire; Imt slio advanced steadily,
firing as fast as she could throw out the cmpt>
shells, and a second shot inflicted a wound
from which the warrior died two weeks later.
The. three could face her no longer. With
yells of di.-may they rushed away to the thicket
where their ponies were concealed, and no
time was lost leaving tho neighborhood.
thirty yards at a jump, and probably a hun-
drop yards or more away, has got to have his
wits his eye, and his hand all with him and in
the test of trim.
“It has heentlic law in Pennsylvania for
gtcvcial years that deer shall not he hunted
with dogs. The law has not had attention
paid to it. The result has been that wo
A Woman'- FIglit Willi the Apaches.
There will never be any other feeling than
that of murder in the heart of a Chiricahus
Apache, lie hates every other Indian of the
west and is ready to make war upon him.
No white man has ever fallen into his clutches
and esiaped the torture. * irdinary tortures
are tame to tlic Apache. He invents new ones.
On his own agency and in times of profound
peace, the Apache is a devil lying in wait for
white victims.
Two weeks lie fore it was known that Geron-
Uno had left the Fan Carlo- reservation, a set
tler en the I'ppcr Gila named Hcllair, whose
former home w as in Wisconsin, sat smoking
ids pipe after dinner. On his knee lie had his
daughter, a child live years old. aud the wife
was busy clearing the table. Five Indians
tiiddtnly entered tho house by the back door.
Hedtsen had often visited the cabin and been
luspitablc entertained, but the moment the
five stopped ill Hcllair realized that they were
tent ou mischief. As lie started to his feet
an Indian sprang forward and struck at him
with a rifle. The blow fell upon the child's
head and crushed it like paper.
Hcllair seized the gun, wrested it away, aud
si t upon tho five to drive them out. Two of
them bad seized the wife and were trying to
ptljl her out doors. The husband laid about
him with such desperation that tho Indians
ui re seized with a momentary panic aud re
treated. He turned the gnn and shot one of
thorn dead at the door, and the othor four ran
about eighty rods to cover. It was plain
enough that it was a raiding party from the
refi t ration after scalps aud plunder,
About fifteen rods from tlio house on the op
posite side from which the Indians had taken
cover, the ranchman had constructed an out
de.or collar. This had bcou accomplished by
digging into a bill for several feet and enclos
ing the front with a double row of planks.
There, was a stout door, and two or three places
hod lx en left for ventilation. Hcllair instantly
decided to occupy thn cellar and make the
be st defense possible. While the wife was oollcct
ii g a few articles, he carried the dead body of
his child to tlic place, Beturniog ho got his
i ilie, revolver, and ammunition, and sho fork
a jug of water and all the ready ccokcd food in
the house.
Thus far the Indians could have hail no sus
picions that the house was being dozer ted, but
as Hcllair made another trip, to secure a sum
of money ho had in the house, lie was soon and
i lircil upon. Ho ran about half the distance to
i the cellar, and then received a bullet in the
j bead and fell dead. The four Indians dashed
; for os id to snip him. but the wife stood in the
! doorway and wounded erne in the side with a
i shot from the revolver, and tho gang sought
; cover. Ilad the husband lying there before her
1 eyes • xbihited the faintest r.ign of life the wife
j would nave chanced all to bring him in, but as
i she fully realized that be was dead she with
drew to the cellar to await the next movement
I of tho Indians. Fortunately for her the door
! swung inward. Tho cellar had not been put
! to use vet, and she had plenty of room to move
about. One of the planks left inside furnished
a prop fertile door, and she was in asituatiou
to stand a siege from half tho band.
As soon as the woman had escaped them tem
porarily the redskins turned their attention to
tho house. They did not dare set it on fire for
fear the smoke might bring help, hut every
article which they coveted was earriod out,
and they then took axes mid demolished every
article of furniture aud chopped up the floor.
... 5 too neighborhood. 1 have a good many deer left. The dogs have
At sunrise next morning asranchmon Missed the deer scattered and on the move du-
t]'«t way, they found the bodies ot the dca u, .. tu e minting season,
side by side on the Seated beside :'- 0 county in the fall at
cla-r.iugtM/ir dead hands wytr sdgtetor „ i;\- e-x^et la taw
ivmtiau. trhonr. rvrs lookrt! 1 rift f:ir Rtra' . ) v* 1
aud tile visitor to
aiid early winter pay
hair. They move with considerable rapidity
through tho water. They possess,perhaps, the
most acuto hearing. The sound of an oar will
alarm them at a distance of half a mile.
"W hen caught they never attempt to bite.
A hunter named Kelly, with companions
recently started out on a manatee hunt. They
had a large marlin net and a wooden tank for
tlic purpose of keeping the animal alive shonld
one be canglit. The spot selected was a cove
fountd by a bond in tho river, where the
water was twelve feet deep. The net was ex
tended between stakes set firmly in tho bot
tom, aud the hunters retired to their huts in
tho adjacent woods and patiently awaited re
sults. Two or tbreo times a day thoy went
down and inspected tlio net, but nothing was
to be seen except an occasional alligator.
After two weeks of waiting they were reward
ed by seeing the floats bobbing about iua lively
fashion. Excitedly,but with sure movements,
tlio men took a bundle of inch-rope and
set out for the captured prize, who was
creating quite a commotion in tho water
and tangling himself up beautifully in the re
lentless meshes of the marlin-net, Tho mon
ster Was soon tugged into shallow water. A
combination of ropes and pulleys was arranged,
aud ho ivas dragged ashore. With his 1,200
pounds lie was by no means easily managed.
He was then placed in the tank, which was six
by ten feet, and kept until a sloop arrived,
which conveyed the freight to Key West.
This was a male, and not long ago a female
was caught. The animal was kept for fully a
week before the sloop arrived, and I formed
an intimate acquaintance with tho strange
creature. For the first day or two ho was
shy, but 1 commenced patting him oil the
head, and when he saw that my intentions
were good onr acquaintance ripened into
something like friendship. He opened his
mouth and devoured bananas, cabbage leaves,
and delicate hits of vegetables which I offered
him. Duritig the week the water in the tank
was changed twice—once with tresh and once
with salt water: ono is as good as tho other for
the manatee. In days long gone by the Semi
nole Indians, living on Witewatcr bay, near
Gape Sable, killed tlio manatee, jerked the
flesh, and sold it to tho Spaniards at a good
price. Ten years ago the meat could he bought
j at fifty cents a ponnd. The manatee is rapidly
becoming an extinct animal. Hike the dodo
laid, which flourished in the cast iu tlio mid
dle ages but is now extinct, tho sea cow will
lass out of existence aud will bo looked upon
a lew cenlurities he nee as a monstrosity,
FIGHTS WITH TWO RUCKS.
From an lildrcd, I’a., letter.
Whilo.Tosiah Kendall was crossing a piece of
swamp ground, a mile from his cabin, ho dis
covered in the snow the footprints of a bear.
Following np the trail, ho soon found Bruin’s
home iua rave in a rocky ledge a few hundred
feet away, aud cu a bed of leaves were lying
two little cubs, no bigger than kittens. He
had captured his prizes and was retreating
when lie encountered an immense sho bear,
the mother of the cubs, who had -edited tho
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
“ BUNDLING ” DISCUSSED.
THE STRANGE OLD DUTCH CUSTOM
OU PENNSYLVANIA..
How Sleepy Lovers May Recline Upon Each
Othcr’a Shoulders Without Sqapicion. and
Thus Appear Together at tho Breakfast
„ Table—Other Quali Customs.
Lewiston, Pa., February 10.—[Special.j—A.
great region hereabouts iu central Pennsylva
nia is the source of the most exaggerated and
hurtful accounts because many ot' the young
people maintain the ancient custom of bund
ling; or, rather becanse tho practice is misun
derstood by those who do not know anything
about it, and imagine it to be s«>metbiug ex
tremely vicious. Several clergymen, anxious to
relieve their people of a stigma, have invited
and facilitated an investigation of tho facts,
aud tho result is given herewith. The hotel
keepers and railroad men say that there is sel
dom a day oa which some stranger, usually a
commercial traveller, docs not ask them in a
mysterious whisper bow or whore or with
whom they can bundle, as if addresses of tho
Dutch girls who perretuatc this practice wore
scut to the hotels or depots or printed in direc
tories for the sake of the public convenience.
1 hind ling in one encyclopedia is desc ribed as
vicious custom that formerly attained iu
Kdinburgh. but among the Pennsylvania
Du ten it is :i vastly different thing, has been
banded down from one generation to another
in this region, and is thought by the people
who practice it to be an old custom in tho
fatherland. Lilt it is a curious*practice, and
ouc quite startling to a person who finds him
self suddenly made acquainted with it. . Tho'
art of bund ling consists simply and solely of
the girl reclining on a lounge witlrTier com
panion beside her. All there is to know or to
be told concerning it can be quickly told.
Only engaged couples arc supposed to indulge
in this singular practice, and they are sup
posed to resort to it when conversation fails,
tho hour has become late and a de
sire for sleep impels both to adjourn to the
couch. It is said by the clergy here who wish
to see it die out, that il must have had its ori-
in in some sparsely settled country infested
woman, whose eyes looked into {he far away,
and whose lips none could unseal. She had
better been dead with them. The light of
reason had gone forever.
HOW SOME RICH MEN BATHE.
The llatli Kooins «f the Vanderbilts, .Hr,
Vanjn'Dd, Mr. Garrett and Others.
Fit m the New York Star.
The millioudire’s hath room marks tho age.
Nothing so gives the sign of the mated til pros
perity of ilic country, the growth of luxury, the
indulgence of the tenses. In the past few years
theic have been placed in private residences a
half dozen 1 ntli rooms that are veritably palatial.
In fact, the prevailing style of the bath ro)tn of
the money king l-.as been suggested from those of
one placed by Francis 1 in thechcateau of Chenon
ctftux on the Cher.
The chateau of Chenonbcaitx is now the homo of
M. Daniel Wilson, the son-in-law of President
tJrcvy, and the bath-room still remains one of the
feature* of the interior. The walls are covered with
nirrors, scarcely larger than a span,
paLCl-s runs a slender line of gold,
the: ....
and at the intersections hang metal drops
like tears, and just long enough to be re
fected in the glass. The efteet is most
limpid and brilliant, and the panels are
so small that the purposes of a mirror are skillfully
frustrated. The bath is of solid silver, with the
water issuing from -wans heads, which, with a
mirror behind, produces the illusion of swans on
the surface of the water. All the other appoint
ments are iu keeping with this magnificence, even
to an ante-room, where repose can be found with
cigars after the bath.
The famous bathroom in the palace of Fontalu*
Me an wasmcdcled after theChenonccaux oath by
Louis XVI for his queen, Marie Antoinette. Tire
bath, it will be remembered, is in an alcove of the
ante-room, and is just large enough tor its pur*
pcscs. The walls arc panelled in large mirror-of
leveled glass, and cm these an* painted cupids
with garlands of lace, above, around, about, and
each «s if about to leap from the ulr to earth.
This brings us directly to the present. The
l;0,e Mr. W. II. Vanderbilt's bath-room is paneled
in mirrors, but over those U painted a delicate
lace-like design that isexquidtc In effect, aud
destroys the power of the glass for reflection. Its
magnificence, however, is exceeded by the bath
room of his son, Mr. \Y. K. Vanderbilt. The walls
here arc paneled w ith mirrors, aud on these are
painted apple-bloetoms, but by no means
i-o thickly as to obscure the glass.
The ceiling is in Henry II panels
«.r white and gold, with horses in the center. The
\ .at h is a solid]block of ran rtole, and the water issues
fic ni sw ans’ heads, as In that of the chateau or
t henocce&us. ,\t*ove th? bath is a niche with u
marble Venus prepared for the bath. There is a
Pompeii*n table of marble, beautifully carved,
and a toilet adjoining of Kcnillon marble.
Mr. Henry Marquuud has modeled his bath after
the luxurious room in Jerome Honaparte's superb
house in Paris. In this the Path is sank Pompeiian
fashion, in the th»or, and above the ceiling is a
beautiful summer dry. Mr. Marquand has had his
nulls vaiix otcd with ercam-colored tiles. Abov
the e b a painted frieze,representing bowers spring
ing hem a hedge row; the arch of the ceiling
>prir.gs frem this frieze. This b given the ttm*
blM.<-e of the sky, across which birds arc skimming.
Tti uiflibit bith is sank several feet lit the lio or,
•and i> reached by n descent of several steps. It is
miUI that, exclusive of the artist’s work, Mr. Mar-
•quand's bath room cost $4,000.
* Works of art arc considered nowhere more ap
propriate than Iu th«- bath-room when their sub
jects are significant. In that of the late Mr. Charles
,t. Od ome, at Mnmaroneck. there is a large frame
overlooking the bath by 3Ir. George Maynard. The
subject is inevitably \euus w ith Loves at a foun
tain. The figures are life size in Limoges tiles fired
by the Yolkmar process. The walls otherwise are
lined and ceiled with white enamel tiles, with a
s] iotlesj* porcelain-lined bath.
.. . W'«MW';«god XsLtC *huS§B Kcftuc Mr! Kct.1:.!1 coaH jila-c his i
Durinj ihc season port there were some.'uin; Ilia ™■ .asira
like forty fleer killed by genuine snortsmau iii
the comity. 1 have no hesitancy in saying
: iu
that if the law had been enforced duritig the
past five yeais there wouldn’t have' been a
deer nor the sign of onb in the
county last season. lit should
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never have been ’pasted in Nctv York state.
They have tried it a year and the result has
been tlist deer by tlic liuudred have been
killed there—more than were ever known
before in one season—and but fuw of them
were the trophies of pleasure sportsmen.
Three hundred deer were killed in Essex
county alone.
“There is only one way in which there is
any genuine sport in dcer-huutiug, aud that
is driving tho ridges with hounds. Wheu
you hear the music of the dogs off in tho dis
tance, coming nearer and nearer, vour blood
begins to tingle and, no matter how old a
hand you are at the business, your heart be
gins to thump. There is no grander sight iu
the woods than to see a noble buck bounding
over the ridge, with his antlers thrown back
aud his eye Hashing with the consciousness of
danger. As he hounds along, his rapid move
ments givo him a chance for life, and if the
hunter's bullet pierces his heart tho game is
honorably and legitimately won. Still limit
ing is an abomination. Give the dogs a
Chance, and yotmot only give the deer a
chance, too, but you make of deer hunting
what it should he, the most exciting, exhilar
ating, and noblest sport the American forest
affords.”
A CAI.trOr.XIA LIZARD’S THICK.
From tlic Hail Francisco < all.
“There are some curious cases amoug tho
geckos,” said a I.qs Angeles county naturalist.
“Iffirp (Ip'iiI r tlml !q p-iIUiI ibn*
Here is one dead [that is called the; leaf-tail
gecko. You see the tail bulges out soon after
leaving the body and assumes a leaf or arro tv
share: hence the name of the animal. Now
wheu the little creature is chased you will see
it dedge around a limb and hold up tho curi
ous leaf-like tail. That is all you can sec, and
so naturally would think it a part of tho tree
itself. But the lizard lias a more remarkable
way of escape yet. We will imagine that you
ha ve tried to pluck the leaf. The animal
drops clumsily to the ground aud darts
away among the rocks, where it attracts
the attention of sonic of the hawks that arc
forever prowling around. Immediately a
chute ensues; the bird gains and is finally about
to i otfike upon its prey, when all at once two
liiuids. appear,; one making off, while the
ol her dances up and down in the air aud along
1M ground in a very mysterious way, so that
the astonished bird stops aud looks. Iu the
nianiiu.c the original lizard escapes; the
other, that is really tlic tail, soon becomes
quiwrent. You see that tbe gecko lias tho
faculty of throwing oil' its tail when hard
pressed, and while tho pursuer’s attention is
talk'd to the squirming member tho animal
itself escapes.”
“But it loses its tail?” suggested tho report-
The last of the new and notable Latli-rooins is for
Jlr. Robert Garrett'* new Haliimore hou-e. This 1
distinguished hot only by the beauty of its decora
tion but by its process; The celling is by Mr. George
Maynard, and represents a lattice on which morn-
ins glories twine. This design is painted oil
marble by means of an overlaying composition,
aud oil being (lied the medium melts away .and the
cndollthtc process, us it is called; ts
new. and Us result* in the soft radiance ot the
blended color and marble aresaid to be fine. The
design is in radiating sections, w hich make rootu
foreman octagonal panels, w hich arc tobemirrois,
ca: which Cupids arc painted.
The bath room of Mrs. Seward Webb's bouse is
like a cave of white maible. Walls, ceiling and
bath lire all of marble, and the only variation of
(let Is in the silver fixture*.
The bath rooms in the billiard-house arc con
ceived in n different wav. To each cbambci is at
tached a large, lofiv bath-room with mosaic floors.
lined hath and marble toilet, and instead of
of art ilie distinguishing feature is the exposure of
all the plumbing.
Found Dead in the Morning.
Ashland, l’a., February 2fl.—John Weber,
aged twcnly-ono years, drank a quart of
whisky iu a saloon last niglit, after which lio
crawled into an abandoned tenement house to
sleep, aud was found dead this lnoruiug.
"Only for a time. They can reproduce this
organ, and, curiously enough sometimes two
tails arc pi odneed instead of one.”
THE SEA COW.
fit. Lucie Bay, Fla.. Letter.
The St. Lucie river is only ten miles iu
length. Here atono is found the rare manatee
or American sea cow. The high price for these
rare aniinnia by naturalists and museums in
duces many people iu this region to hunt thorn,
and it was my goed fortune recently to bo
present at the. capture of a large one. It is a
very difficult task, for hero is a creature whoso
like is net to be fonnd anywhere else iu tho
world. There is no inure curious animal. Tho
head is broad, and tho eyes are completely
hidden by heavy folds of skin. Tho mouth
is shaped very much like that of a
cow in every way except the the teeth.
These are long and sharp. The sea
cow is a strict vegetarian, and cats nothing
but aquatic plants. It lias been assorted that
its only food is the manatee, grass, which
grows in Immense quantities In the St. Lucie
river. A full grown manatee should weigh
1.2C0 pounds, although erne monster was cap
tured many years ago which weighed 1,500
pounds. Such a one would ho twelve feet in
length, anil have a girth of four feet. Thoy
aro provided with flippers about ten inches in
length, anil the hotly diminishes into a large,
fan-like tail, similar to the porpoise. The skin
is black and sparsely covered with short, black
and, grasping him in ite paws, gave him
such a terrible squeeze that he
fainted. The beat', thinking him
dead, released its grip. Ho fortunately re
gained his consciousness quickly, and, while
the bear was playing with her cubs, tho plucky
hunter drew his rifle and shot it in the side.
The buiit t did not strike the animal’s heart,
ar,d as it dashed at hiui again Kendall drew
his bunting knife and with one bold stroke
nearly severed tlioSbcar’s^bead from her body.
Congratulating himself upon his escape, tlio
hunter picked up the cubs, and started homo-
ward. He had gone .but a short distance, how
ever. when he met another bear, the mate of
the one he had just killed. His rifle was un
loaded, hut he unsheathed his clasp-knife as
the beast approached him and plunged it into
the hoar’s throat. The bear had, however,
caught him for tho fatal hug, and it was a
struggle for life. During the. struggle the pair
reached the edge of a elifffully a hundred feet
high, and sloping at an angle of forty-five de
grees down to a small creek. They soon slid
over tho edge of the slope and began rolling
down, every foot of the distance traversed a 1-
ding to their, velocity. When they reached tho
loot of the slope they struck against a troc,
k illing the hear at ’• breaking two of Kendall's
ribs and dislocatin' Uislcftarm. Hcwns picked
tip in an inaensibh- ondltion and carried to
his liomo in Kane, where lie newlics in acrit-
ictU condition. The male bear weighed fro
pounds.
THE WILD DOGS OF WYOMING.
From the bait Lake Tribune.
Information has hist been received here of a
vicious attack by wild dogs on a man aud team
near tlio head of Wind river. The team w:is
in motion ou the read and was surrounded, the
ravage animals attacking both horses aud
dliver. The latter was unarmed, and at first
tried to beat the assailants oil' with his heavy
whip, but as the efl'ort only resulted in
frequent and savage bites, he soon
gave up the unequal contest, and
putting tho whip to tho horses
only escaped by their speed. The savage dogs
kept up the pursuit for three or four miles
1-ciore they-gave up the chase. These dogs
were first noticed about two years since in the
vicinity. There were then only a few of them,
aud they seemed to have no particular abiding
place. Since then they have increased largely.
They have taken possession of an almost inac
cessible cliff, rising from the water of the
Wind river, and ■ in it have established
an extensive burrow. Thoy aro
fierce and powerful, and unite the blood
of the common cur,with the savage strains and
characteristics of the bulldog and bloodhound.
They arc predatory to a degree aud mingle
the instincts of the wild blood with the trained
intelligence of the domestic breed. They
catch and devour tho strongest and fattest
calves, and have been known to chase well
matured yearlings. They made an active and
unceasing warfare on the native wolves of the
mountains, attacking anil destroying them ou
all occasions. The wolf proper flies in terror
from the approach of the dog, which has Liken
his nature.
Barbarians Inhumanity.
From tbe Topeka Commonwealth.
A terrible story of inhuman cruelty reaches
this oily, and it is authenticated thorodglily. Dur
ing tbe s'orm a man. Ills wife and child were
driving towards Kinsley, Kun., from the south, In
one of the fearful blizzards which have charac
terized Hie weather for Hie past few days. Reach -
ing a house the man asked for shelter,
but tlio inhuman wretch who owned
it rctased to permit either ids wife or
child to take shelter. The man begged and pleaded,
but all to no avail. Ills wife was then unconscious
and tlic babe was in the same condition, but both
are said to have been alive. The man told them
he would not accommodate them and said three
miles thither ou ihey could probable receive pro
tection. Tlic rxior man resumed his position on
the wagon and started off. The next morning all
three were discovered a halt mile from the house
frozen to death. The mother had tlic babe close tn
her bosom, as if in the act of hugging it. Tho p->or
father still held the lines in liis stiff hands.
A Girl With n Great Head.
From the Chicago News.
“But, Marie, I thought you despised Mr.
Slinison.”
*‘S6 I do.”
“Then what did yon many him for.'”
“Bo that lie would slay down-town evenings
aud uct hang around me all the time,"
The Baby and tlic Battle.
From the New York Times.
Two stories that General Hancock told mo
on that day 1 recall with d ,-tinctucs- still. One
was of an incident at Gettysburg, just before tils
amous charge. Passing near the outskirts of his
ines he came upon a child, inly a half dozen
vearsorso of age, and hardly yet old enough to
speak plainly. She somehow bad strayed near to
ilie union pickets, bringing an old rifle heavier
than she could well carry without showing that
she was overburdened. When she saw General
HaucoCE she held the load iu her arms aliule
higher and fairly ran into bis arms crying
“Mv papa's dead, but here's my papa's gun.”
There was remething like a tear in General
Hancock's eye as lie recited this -heron',
little incident- "I never recall that bravo
chit of a child's ofl'ering to our cause,”
he said, "without feelings of dee;iest reverence.
Her half-lisped words voiced a sentiment that was
sublime."
ft
with robUtjr?, or wild beasts, through whu li^it
was uot safe for the beaux to pass alone at tho
conclusion of evening visits to their sweethearts.
However that may be, it is the theory that
when two young farmer folk^ are engaged to
marry, the young man may, if lie chooses, re-
mam nil night in the presence of his inamorata
and the fire—the only one in the house »»
most casts—to arise early and either seek
his home or breakf.ist with the family.
Jhtj »i:e ',':;it e grown and
altered so at this time not only the Dutch, hut
many Americans and Protestants \is well as
Duukards. pursue the custom, not universally,
bid c: very t• • u .•/!. only %
chbrt acqmr.nt: i:7c in .tukv-.-' anh Inmse
in the country, away from the Pen.isy! v.r.ii i
i ail road, to be able to command the experi
ence. But it appears that it is no longer tho
c ustom to bundle instead of pitting. The
fashion lias been amended so that the bundling
comes when conversation (lags, ind is in*
dulged in until ono or tho other falls asleep,
when the wakeful out* arouses the other, when
tbe beau takes 2Ya leave and his “team’ 1 aud is
gone.
The present agitation of the subject comes
of a breach of promise case, in which one title
seeks to damage the reputation of the plaintiff
bccauFc she bundled, while on her behalf it is
held that the fact should involve no reflection
on her character. Uf course where gossip
about such a practice is spread far and wide,
the neiys is accompanied by - aran< i;mt tlio
mof.t frightful immorality j.ttains. Tlio phrase
“ot course * is used because it is so and because
it is ouly natural that it should be so. yet the
writer has been unable to obtain any proof
that great evil results from tho custom. The
records of this and neighboring counties do
not prove it, the bearing of the girls who fol
low the custom, nor their reputation nor the
manner in which the youug
men behave toward them do' not
prove it. Fine, plump, rosy-cheeked girls they
are, as a rule, as one sees them here in the
farm and market wagons, hut far from forward
or bolt} in their gaze or their bearing. With
them the strange practice of buudliug seems to
entail no more of a loss of discretion or mod
esty than does the turning d»»wu of lamps in
our own iural parlors elsewhere in the country
with the girls who follow that odd fashion.
There arc exceptions, tho young men admit,
hut as a rule the girls permit no misunder
standing of the fact that they follow the u>agc
in bundling solely because it is the usage and
tceause their mothers did it before them, hut %
they grant no other liberties with it. The pa
rents ?ecm to see no harm in It. and
do not intrude upon the couples or, it is said,
appear very much astonished if deep overtakes
the hurdlers and the young man appears at
breakfast though that is a rare occurrence and
ir is said even now to indicate a depth of at
tachment warranting if not indicating an en
gagement for marriage. The stranger is thus
brought face to face with the power of custom.
For a girl iu one of the other states or even in
a Pennsylvania city or village to he known to
have spent a night with hebsuitor in her par
lor or anywhere eluc would serve as an Indict
ment against her character which no amount
of explanation could quash, but iu this
prosperous, peace Ail countryside tho
Pennsylvania Dutch girl goes on her way
-acreligiously offending the proprieties of far
less moral communities, bat innocent ot tlio
offense: pure in heart aud free from suspicion
among her people. Such is the positive asser
tion of the clergy, whose position, as assumed
in a recent conference, is as follows: They
disapprove of bundling, and seek to put an
end .o it. just as ministers elsewhere may
move against dancing; they are now fulminat
ing a joint manifesto against it, and expert to
abolish it within a few years; but they earnest
ly dc&irc that their action shall not he misoon-
jtrued as having been taken against a great
social evil.
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Mr. Watterson Kecovcring.
Louisville, Ky., February 21.-—Tlid phy
sicians of Mr. Watterson are encouraged to
hope that the worst has been passed, and re**
aud quiet will restore him to health.
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