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. . A -. • * ljj§ \ , Agent AllanUi Lon.stituUur. ■BKBi •Edonia, N c "TT f E: * iw-. xvm 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 -- .3; 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. S: y y= 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. i. . jt.
