Huntingdon Journal

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VOL. 47.
HUNTINGDON, PA., JUNE 26, 1872.
NO. 26.
The Huntingdon Journal.
J. R. DURBORROW,       -       -       J. A. NASH,
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BF. GEHRETT, M. D., ECLEO- • TIC PH YCIUIA N A ND S URG EON, hav¬ ing returned from Clearfield county nnd perma¬ nently located in Shirleysburg, offers his profes¬ sional services lo tho people of that placo andsur- rounding country. apr.3-1872.
DR. F. O. ALLEMAN  can   be eoii- snlled 111 bis office, nt all   hours,   Mnplelon. Pa^ [inorehfi,72.
DC.VLDWELL, Attorney -at-Law, • N'o. Ill, 3d street. Office forsicrly occupied by .Messrs. Woods i. Williamson. [»pl||^"l-
DU. A. 15. BRU3IBAUGH, offors hi.s professional services to the cimmunity. Office, No. 523 Washington street, onc door oast of the Catholic Parsonage. [jan.1,'71.
EJ. GREENE, Dentist.    Office re- •    moved to Leister's new bnilding, HiUstreet I'rutingdon. |jnn.t,'71.
GL. ROBB, Dentist, office in S. T. •    Brtwn's new building, No. 520,  Hill St., Huntingdon, Pa. [apI2,'71.
H   GLAZIER, Notary Pnblic,  corner •    of Washington and Smith streets, Hun¬ tingdon, Pa. [jan.12'71.
HC.   MADDEN,   Attorney-at-Law      Office,  No. —, Hill screct, Huntingdon, ra.~  \ CfP:!?!!'!!-
J    SYLVANUS BLAIR, Attorney-at- •    Law, Huntingdon, Pa.   Office, Hill street, hree doors west of Smith. |jan.4'71.
JR. PATTON, Druggist and Apoth- • ecary, opposite tho Exchange Hotel, Hun- ingdoD, Pa. Prescriptions accurately compounded. Puro Liquors for Medicinal purposes.    [nov.2.'l,'70.
HALL MUSSBR, Attorney-at-Law,
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JR. DURBORROW, Attomey-at- • Law, Iluntingdon, Pa., will practice in the several Courts of Iluntingdon county. Particular attention given to the settlement of estates of dece¬ dents.
Office in he Jocjrn.il Building. [feb.l,'71.
JW.   MATTERN,   Attorney-at-Law *    and General Claim Agent, Iluntingdon, Pa., Soldiers' claims against the Government for back pajr bounty, widows' and invalid pensions attend¬ ed to with great care and promptnew. Office on Hill street. [jan.4,71.
K ALLEN LOVELL, Attoruey-at- • Law, Iluntingdon, Pa. Special attention given to Collectioss of all kinds; to the settle¬ ment of Estates, kc.; and all other Legal Business prosecuted with fidelity aud dispatch.
^^S* Offiee in room lately occupied by R. Milton Speer, Eaq. [jan.4,71.
MILES ZENTMYER, Attorney-at- Law, Huntingdon, Pa., willattendpromptly to all legal business. Office in Cunningham's now building. [jan.4/71.
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Office on the south sido of Hill street, fourth door west of Smith. [jan.4,'71.
RA.   ORBISON,   Attorney-at-Law, •    Office, 321 HiU street, Huntingdon, Pa. -,     tmayiiVn.
JOHN  9C0TT.
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SCOTT, BROWN  &  BAILEY,   At- tomeys-at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa.   Pensions, and all claims of soldiers and soldiers' heirs against the Government will bo promptly prosecuted. OEce on Hill street. [jan.4,'71.
TW. MYTON, Attorney-at-Law, Hun- •    tingdon. Pa.    Offioo with J. Sewell Stewart, Esq. [jan.4,'71.
WILLIAM A. FLEMING, Attorney- at-Law, Hantingdon, Pa. Special attention given to collections, and all otber l^gal business attendee) to with oaro and promptness. Office, No. ?29, ntn Btreet. [apl9,'71.
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OPPOSITE   PENNSYLVANIA   E.  U. DKPOT
HUNTINGDON,   PA.
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WASHINGTON HOTEL, S. S. BowDos. Prop'r. Comerof Pitt A Juliana Sts., Bedford, Pa.   mayl.
XCHANGE   HOTEL,   Huutingdon,
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January 4, 1871.
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ISAAC TAYLOR & CO., Manufac¬ turers OP Hemlock, Pine, and Oai Rill Tim¬ ber and Shingles, Osceola, Clearfield county. Pa. ^heymake a specialty of furnishing lo order all kinds of
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THE     HUNTINGDON     JOURNAL.
PUBLISHED
EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING
BY
J. R. DURBOKROW c<t .1.  .\.  NASH.
Office corner <i. WasUiiijrtun and Datli .St.s.,
HUNTINfiDON, I'A.
[From the American Working People, July. 1872.]
Ireland Then and Now.
Fruitful our soil where honest men starve.
Empty tho mart and shiplcss tbo bay : Out of onr wants the Oligarchs carve,
Poreigners fatten on our decay.
Down-trodden old Ireland is destined to rise from the subjection af centuries into independence and power. Scholars tell us that i'or ages she was the chief scat of learning in christian Europe, and that the most distinguished scholars who app(>ared in other countries were mostly either Irish by birth or had received their education in Irish schools. It was customary for Englishmen ofall runk.-. iV.i:ii tli/ lii-l;.,-t
When the power of England was estab¬ lished over them a change began. The London merchants complained that Irish manufactures interfered with EnglLsh man¬ ufactures, and petitioned that they be up¬ rooted. This policy was pursued for cen¬ turies. Every legislative device was re¬ sorted to tl repress Irish manufactures.— The island was parcelled out to English landholders who exacted oppressive rents from the real owners. An aruiy of officers were placed over them and every form of tax was imposed. The manufactures de¬ clined, and thc people, unable to buy, were reduced to great poverty that England and
I around thc decorated May pole to celebrate I in song and dance the return of the spring I I time. They were happy days then, and j 1 the music of fiddle and flute filled every j I Irish heart with joy. The memory ofj 1 their fathers was still green. No lyranni- I j cal legislation, no foreign imperious ma.ster, i : no odious tax gatherer, no enforced teach-: ers dictated to them—they wero froe to live in all the happiness their industry and frugality could bring them.
Iiappy homes and smiling farms covered the Isle, busy ships filicd her ports, and prosperous merchants filled her cities.
Such scenes as this wero comuion one hundred yt\ns :ij; > ; Imt t'ii' lliviftv race of
idle, their mills arc closed, their met chants arc ruined, commerce is prostrated.
Here are the frnits of it: a family, re¬ duced to poverty, unable to pay the taxes imposed upon them by English land own¬ ers, stand and see their only meagre sup¬ port driven away from their door. How many times this has been a reality ! What can the idle and starving family do with¬ out these animals. What can willing hands do under such a cursed system of oppres¬ sion.
America opens her arms to all. But she asks one thing. She asks that every Irishman be true to the country that gives him a luaiic and tu llio principles by which
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ed and assisted him in his murderons deeds suddenly deserted him.
He was destined never to commit an¬ other murder, but was himself shot dead in Sacramento within but three weeks af¬ ter the events narrated.
I do not know what became of Kaynes, or whether he is still alive; but I know that Darrell, the brave boy whose coolness and courage saved them both, is to-day a gentleman of position, residing in a flour¬ ishing city of Nevada.
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IRELAND to the lowest, to retire for study and devo¬ tion to Ireland, where they wero all hos¬ pitably received and supplied gratuitouslj' with food, with books aud with instruction. Another writer tells us that the Hiberni¬ ans, who were called Scots, v,ere in the eighth century lovers of learning, and were cultured in the sciences beyond all other European nations, traveling through the most distant lands both with a view to im¬ prove and communicate their knowledge.
They filled the highest positions in the Universities of France, Germany and Italy.
Centuries ago Irish wool and woolen gootls found ready sale in .every port of Europe.
AS IT WAS AND IRELAND
The blood of every truo Irishman is | people wore turned out of their mills and stirred at tho remembrance of thc dcgra-: shops, the .spindle and the loom were stop- dation to which his native home has been ' pod by the officers of the law. reduced. Littic by little the blooming Men began to ask what they would do. gardens and rich fields of Ireland were i Women began to weep and children to cry blighted. Year by year tbe wealth ofthe for bre.id. Hovels now arose where bofore people decreased, and the volume of taxes \ were conitortable homes, upon their sparse earnings increased. The May Polo Inn was deserted. When
Ireland was oppressed by legislation that  spring time came the people's hearts were England  might  grow.    Her peoplo were I too  heavy  to  congregate as aforetime to
i starved that England might have plenty. I They were not permitted to mjke anything which might or could be made in England.
sing the songs of former days and record thc memories of sweet olden times. The memory  of stern landlords, of rapacious
Wc presont a true picture of Ireland as i tax collectors, of tyrannical laws, stood be- she was and is. Her comfortably housed | fore them. The very l.ind their fathers and   clothed  -pCTjpU  once  met annually J onco ownca is not tUelrs.    Their ships are
AS  IT IS.
I he earn-   a   livelihood.    That   system is
; Protection
Every Irishman who votes for free : trade or for men who favor it is an enemy ! to his native land, and is undeserving of ! the benefits of a freo country. Every ! Irishman who aids free traders only aids I England to tighten her rivets of oppre.ss- I ion upon his native land. i Irishmen, labor is what you have to sell, j If the people who live in England and I Scotland and W-afes sell their labor to the i people of this country you cannot sell j yours. Protection is the lash which will j yet make  the British lion  roar.    Learn
to use it for your own power.
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A Beautiful Hymn.
There i.s a spot to mc most dear
Than native v&le or mountain ; A spot for wbicb aflection's tear
Springs grateful from its fountain. 'Tis not where kindred souls abound,
Though that is almost heaven— But where I first my Saviour found.
.And felt my fins forgiven.
Hard was my toil to reach thc shore.
Long toss'd upon the ocean— Above mc was the thunder's roar—
Beneath, tho waves' commotion. Darkly the pall of night was thrown
Around me faint with terror; In that dark hour around vay grave.
Asccn.l for years of error!
Sinking and panting os for breath;
I new not help was ncor mc. And cried, "0, save me. Lord, from dc
Immortal Jesus, hear me.'" Then quick as thought I felt Him mint
Jly Saviour stood before me— I saw Uis brightness round me shine.
And shotted "Olory, Glory !"
0, s.icred hour, 0 hallowed spot,
Wbere joy Divine first found mc— M'bercvcr falls my distant lot,
3Iy heart shall linger round thcc— And when from earth I rise to soar
Up to my home in heaven, Down will I cast my eyes onco more
Where I was first forgiven.
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Taming a Huffian.
AN EDITOR'S EXPERIENCE.
The scene was in Sacramento street, in front of a well known hotel. It w;is twen¬ ty-two years ago, and San Francisco was in her infancy.
Quite a crowd had gathered on the street, and the centre of attraction was a big fellow, who stood with a newspaper ia bis hand, raving and cursing.
''What's the matter. Wolf V asked a new-comer, who was evidently familiar with tbe irate man.
"Matter ?" returned Wolf, for that was his name, "matter enough, an' rough enough it'll be for some folks. Them young whelps that prints this paper has gone and published something about me. 0, I'll fix 'em ! They'd better never ha' been born ! They'd better go and kill themselves after ten minutes ; it'll be an easier deatli fur 'cm."
Wolf was a noted desperado, who, it was said, had killed more than twenty men, and but few knew him who did not fear him. He was at that time chief of a gang of loafers and gamblerj that were nearly always to bo found lounging in tbe vicini¬ ty alluded to, and disturbing the peace of the whole neighborhood daily, with riotous conduct. If there was any law in those days it was seldom executed against such characters, and in the full consciousness that they were feared they did pretty much as they i>leased.
Thc newspaper which had given deadly offense to Wolf was a little weekly journal and its office was in tbe second story of a bnilding on the same street with the hotel I have mentioned, and only a few rods dis¬ tant. It was published by two young men —or, I might say, boys, for they were only eighteen and twenty years old, respectively —named Darrell and Kaynes. The paper and its youthful proprietors were already well known in tho city of San Francisco.
The article which had excited the wrath of the ruffian Wolf was a bold donunciation of himself and his crowd for their lawless conduct, and it particularly mentioned him by name, characterizing him as a bluster¬
ing bully." It was the work of young off. I'll take 'em first, clean and smooth; Darrell, a fearless boy hailing from Ohio. | then I'll cut yer throat an' throw yer out Before leaving his home he had acquired | of the winder. D'ye hear that ?" a fair education, so that he could at least, Such was Wolf's reliance upon the ter- edit a newspaper in those early days; and ror his name everywhere inspired that he he possessed, besides, that courage and [ never dreamed of resistance. He simply daring which miiy be natural in the first i intended to butcher the two young men, place, and which are more thoroughly de- and such a thing aa an obstacle to his will vcloped by exposure to dangers and hard- was not to be thought of. Had Darrell ships. Young Kaynes was quite a differ-1 possessed no more nerve than Kaynes there ent kind ol per.son in point of courage, I cau be no doubt they would both havebecn being of an unusually timorous nature. '< murdered then and there, in exact accord- To return to the scene on Sacramento ' anee with Wolf's programme, street. AVorking himself up into his very ; "Time!" he said, grinding his teeth in worst mood—and his best was bad enough, ; an ecstacy of rage, and drawing Kaynes' heaven knows—AVolf tore the papers to j white face closer to his own repulsive coun- atoms and started for the publication office, i tenance. "They're a waitin' to soe yer He was followed by a curious rabble, most I carcass drop down into the street." Here of whom were elated with the prospect of j he flourished his knife and selected his a murder, though there were some present \ mark. "The right car Crst. AA^atch how who would have remonstrated with the j clean and smooth I'll tako it off. I won't evil-hearted man, had they dared. even touch a hair."
"Jest you watch," said AVolf, as hcl' Kaynes bawled for mercy. "0—O reached the door, "if ye want to see their \ don't!" the poor fellow shrieked, trembling bloody carcasses tumble out of the winder! ! with terror. "Oh don't, Mr. AA^olf. I It won't be long. I don't spend much time j didn't write that, upon my soul!" and he on sich fellers." It was the intention of | whined like a school boy. the cruel-hearted man actually to eut the j "None of yer lyin'!" said Wolf, fero- tbroats of the two boyish journalists aud I ciously. "A'c both wrote it, and ye'll both throw their bodies out at tho window, for ' pay for it." Hero he executed decided the gratification of the crowd and the fur- circles with his flashing knife, having ap- ther exaltation of his already fearful name. \ parently prolonged tho torture as much as So, the mob on the street awaited the is- i he desired. "Here goes ; look out when sue with feverish expectation, as AVolf, I count three !" The knife was ready to flourishing his knife and revolver, entered I descend. "One—two—" the rude frame building and rushed up ! He stopped and stared. Ho had not g(2Jfg I observed the movements of Darrei! during Aiiunconsciousoftheir danger, the two! the last few seconds, and just as be was young editors wero busily pursuing their | upon the point of clipping off Kaynes' ear usual work in their primitive office. If '» the polished manner he bad diseanted they had heard the nuise without, they paid i upon, he found the muzzle of a rifle thrust no attention to it, supposing it was merely '• titmost into his face, a street row sueh as they were accustomed It was a loaded rifle which, luckily, a to hearing every day. Darrell was sitting i f"end of Darrell's bad left in hi-i keeping at a rude Uble writing, and Kaynes was at j that very morning, while he went out to the counter arranging some papers for the I make some purchases. It had stood in a ^J^j] "^ ! corner of the room near his tiible, and Dar- Thcy heard the clatter of heavy boots on j rell had seized it, cocked it and leveled it the stairs, but supposed it w:is some rough j with such dexterity that he had Wolf cov- miner coming up fo subscribe for the paper, 	
or, perhaps, to see a ¦lawyer who occupied a couple of room,s on the same floor, for the building was only a two-story one, and ! the second floor was occupied exclusively ! by them and an attorney—their rooms be¬ ing separated from his by a narrow hall that was reached by the flight of stairs alluded to.
"Ah ha! I've got ye, my young imps !" exclaimed the desperado, bursting in.
Kaynes recognized him and turned pale. Beingat the counter, which faced the door and extended across tho room, he was nat¬ urally the first mark for AVolf's vengeance.
"Y^e young devils!" he hissed, scowling like a madman, "ye'll never write nor print nothing more about me!" Here he flourished his knil'e and revolver about his head. "I've got a sure thing on both of ye '." Saying this ho looked about him, with a careful scrutiny, to see that there was no means of escape for the quiet youth at the table, who, of course, would not dare to jump over the counter and try to pass him, but would cower down in a cor¬ ner and take his turn at being killed; then he reached across the counter and seized Kaynes by thc hair, which was unfortu¬ nately very lon
ered before he had observed his move ments; and he stood motionless as a stat¬ ute—his cool eyes glancingover the sights and a steady finger on the trigger.
"Y^ou great bully," he said, "drop that knifo instantly. Mind, I come from a country where they shoot squirrels only through the 03-0. I can hit any hair of your big head that you will mention, at a hundred yards.    Drop that knile !"
The ruffian was fairly paralyzed. He released his grip on Pcor Kaynes, who sank fainting upou tho floor, and his mur¬ derous knife fell on the counter. So un¬ expected was the bold attitude of Darrell thtit AVolf Wiis more startled than he would have been ifa dozen of the roughest men in California had assailed him.
There stood the boyish editor, motionless as the wall, and the muzzle ofthe rifle did not move the breadth of a hair. Darrell held the desperado's life in his hands.
"A'ou cowardly bully!" he repeated con¬ temptuously, "don't you daro to move ; I can send a bullet through your eye-ball without touching the white. Don't move an eighth of an inch or I'll do it, and throw your filthy carcass out ofthe window." ! AVolf glanced at his revolver, lying upon the counter within two feet of his eyes, but
Coiling  the terrified young man's locks | he did not venture to reach for it
around the great coarse fingers of the left hand, AA'olf laid his revolver upon the coun¬ ter without the slightest apprehension that his youthful adversary would snatch it up and uso it on him, as he might have done had he possessed the nerve ; then flourish¬ ed his big gleaming knife, deliberately, with pure devilishness. prolonging Kaynes' terror and pain.
•'Now say yer prayers, d—n yer," he hissed, "you've got a couple of seconds or so  left—just whilo  I'm clippin' yer ears
Dare to touch that revolver, or so much as look at it again," said Darrell, "aud I'll make a red picture upon the wall there be¬ hind you. You came up here to murder two boys, because you thought it an easy task, and now you are pale and trembling wilh fear. I would kill you in your tracks, but that I don't want your dirty blood on my hands. Go now. Turn instantly.— Leave your knife and revolver where they are. I'll keep them. Go down to your friends on tho street and tell them that a
boy whipped you—disarmed you, and then kicked you down stairs. Do as I tell you. If you hesitate you will never see the set."
Wolf, trembling from head to foot, glan¬ ced once more at his revolver, bnt did not dare raise his hand. His face was pale and his lips were dry.
"Do you hear mo ?" demanded Darrell, sternly.
"Yes, yes, don't shoot," said Wolf, turn¬ ing about, as commanded. He was thor¬ oughly cowed.
"Do not turu your ugly face this way again," said Darrell, "or you will p.ay for it with your life.    Move !"
Tamer than a whipped cur, the ruffian walked toward the door, and Darrell, springing over the counter, was at his heels in an instant.
"Don't look back, or I'll kill you."
Meekly obeying the imperative orders of the youth, AVolf moved slowly out of thc room into the corridor.
"Be careful ; don't—don't let that gun go off," AVolf stammered, as he reached the head of thc stairs.
At this moment the clamors of the im¬ patient crowd below arose with terrible distinctness, and one shrill voice was heard to say:
"Hurry up, AVolf, why don't you throw them fellers out ?"
Exasperated beyond measure, he was on the point of turning back, atthe risk of his life ; for after all his braggadocio how could he face those below, disarmed and chased out of the building by one of the puny boys he had intended so terribly to chastise 't" But Darrell was after him, and with one vigorous kick sent him bounding down the wooden stairs, with a thundering clatter, and rolling over the doorsill, the defeated bully actually tum¬ bled out upou the street before he could recover his equilibrium.
"Hello ! how's this ? AVhat's up ?" ask¬ ed a dozen voices at once, as the dreaded man re appeared in this indignified shape, witho'it having sent any corpses down from the window.
"AVhy, I simply kicked him down stairs. :—that's what's the matter," responded the boyish voice of Darrell at the top ; "aud if he comes up here again I won't let him off so easy. Do not be afraid of him; I took all his weapons from him."
Wolf struggled to his feet, and present¬ ing such a ludicrous appearance that he was greeted with loud jeers and bursts of laughter. So completely had he tumbled from his lofty eminence in the eyes of those who either admired or feared a bold murderer, that they who an hour ago would have dreaded to offend him by word or look, now regarded him only with con¬ tempt—laughed at and derided him.
Never before had the rough crowd seen a man with an established reputation like Mr. AVolf thus suddenly fall to such a depth of degradation. All his name, fame and prestige, melted away like a mist, and he was no longer feared—no longer res¬ pected by the low thieves and cut-throats around hini—only despised. Yes, despis¬ ed by the meanest of creatures, whom he had oftentimes bullied as though they had been hounds.
The dread which had surrounded his namo seemed to vanish like a mist. "Lick¬ ed by a boy!" ''Kicked down stairs!" ''Got his barkers took from him I" were the murmurs of the crowd. At length a voice boldly taunted him with "Where's jour knife';"' and another proposed "Three cheers for the boy that licked him."
Looking very little and pusillanimous, he slunk away toward Montgomery street.
Such was AVolf's mortification, when he came fully to realize what a pitiable figure he had cnt, that he left San Francisco and was seen in her streets no more. The fatal¬ ity whieh had apparently thus far shield-
The Elephant Romeo.
Tiiiincling a Live Elephant  leith Red Hot Crotrl/nrs—The Old Warrior Sitccumhs.
[From the Chicago Times, June 7.]
The must colossal surgical operation ever performed upon a living creature was wit- nosse.i by a select lew in this eity on yes¬ terday morning. Kvcrything about the affair was on a most stupendous scale, as the subject hini.self is the largest bit 0 flesh aud bones now in this country. 0: course, this means the elephant Romeo, now per.'onniii!; in this city,
Romeo is getting olii; his fle.sh i.s slow to heal; and a lack of knowledge how to treat elephantine sore.s, coupled with many misapplied reniedie.«, soon pliioed the old hero in ;i s;id plight. The wounds fester¬ ed, bal became worse, nntil now his legs resemble the catacombs of Rome, being meie receptacles of corruption. AVhen the monagerie reached thc city, it became painhilly evident that Romeo could not well go any further unless some relief was afforded, and ; s Chicago is famous for the quality just now. it was determined to take advantage of the respite afforded from travel during a nearly two weeks' stay, aud place the great hulk on the stocks.
AN   AP.RAY   OF   JIEDICAL   TALE.NT.
AA'ith this purpose in view, Mr. Fore- p:ingh calied upon Dr. H. W. IJoyd, pro¬ fessor of surgery and anatomy, of the Chi¬ cago Mudiciil College, who has had con¬ siderable experieuce in elephantine sur¬ gery. Uuder the direction of Prof. Boyd, Dr. AVithcrs cnt, gouged, tunneled and chiseled into the poor beast, each time cutting away or digging out a pound or two of putrid flesh, and each time the knife or other tool was withdrawn the blood flowed copiously after it. Like a practiced miner, the doctor only prospec¬ ted for a while, feeling his way to the crevices. Soon he laid bare a member, and then entered upon a task that sicken¬ ed the stoutest saw-bones present.
Tunneling his way along by means of scrapers and chisels, his arm would enter the animal's leg to the elbow until the sound flesh was reached. It was not long before the explorer discovered that what sound bone or flesh there was in Romeo's forelegs wasn't worth speaking about, and the only wonder was that the animal was alive and able to stand on his legs.
After a full hour spent in
SLASHING,      GOnaiNO      AND      BCRAPINO,
during which the poor beast was rid of fifteen or twenty pounds of putrified mat¬ ter and flesh and a pound or two of bone, the surgeons concluded that sufficient for a day might be the evil thereof, and de¬ sisted from that part of the operation to enter upon another tenfold more painful and harrowing.
CAUTERIZATION.
AVhile the excavations had been pro¬ gressing, men were busy at the furnace heating huge soldering irons, several inches in diameter, to a white heat. These were now brought into requisition to re¬ move the proud flesh. When Dr. AA'ith- ers approached the animal with the first glowing iron a shiver ran through his frame, and he was disposed to resent any further aggression, but being convinced by the pointed arguments of his keeper that it was all for his good, he issued an¬ other low thunder, which was echoed from overy cage, and straightened his trunk, and braced himself for further martyr¬ dom.
THE  RED-HOT  IRO.V
was run into tunnel No. 1 the length of about a foot, and a hissing sound, fol¬ lowed by dense volumes of fumes and an intolerable stench, issued from the-open¬ ing. The poor brute shook like an aspen , made a slight effort or two at resistance, but soon settled into quietness again. Another red hot iron was introduced, agaiu there was a quiver of the whole frame, but this time he only drew up his back and changed his position a trifle.
THE  BLOOD
uow began to flow from the caverns in copious supply, a sight that made all the animals of the cat species desperate, and lions, tigers, leopards, hyenas, panthers, wolves and others of the innumerable horde whoso cages formed a circle about the martyr joined in low growls, which were intensified to roars and shrieks as the fumes of the burning flesh filled their nostrils.
When the din and noise were somewhat quieted, the operation was proceeded with, and during the two following hours about thirty red-hot irons were thrust into the poor brute's carcass. When the surgeons finally desisted, it was not because they believed their task completed, but because tho caverns had assumed snch dimen.sions that the two-inch irons proved too small to be further effective. Besides, Romeo was evidently weakening and getting a little "groggy" from loss of blood.
The openings were then thoroughly washed with lotions and afterward care¬ fully bound up.
The old fellow has always displayed a strong predilection for candy and other sweet things. After the operation a nice, big stick was proffered him, but he de¬ clined it with a solemn shake of the head.
AVhen the animal's naturally vicious temper   is  tiiken   into consideration,  his
NOBLE  BEH.4VI0R
during the painful operations can only be accounted for on the hypothesis that, with an elephant's proverbial sagacity and fine instinct, he was convinced that it would redound to his good. Otherwise he would have strewn his tormenters about like "the leaves ou tho strand," and might, controlled by a pious inspiration, have knelt on one or two.
The gentlemen who operated upon Romeo express strong hopes for his re¬ covery.
[Romeo subsequently died from the effects of his disease anti its treatment.]
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Mrs. Smith observes that scolding is a woman's sphere. Mrs. Robinson retorts that "it is no woman's fear" to scold her husband—proYided he deserves it.
Letter from the West.
Omaha, Neb., Jnne 13,1872.
Dear Joumal: We left Sioux City on June Gth, on the Missouri Valley Rail¬ road for Grand Junction, on the Illinois Central, and from that point to Des Moines City. The Missouri bottoms are sixty miles in length and twenty miles in width; on an average the finest and richest valley I ever traveled through.— The soil is from four to five feet deep, and a large proportion tillable, yet it is very thinly settled. This valley offers great in¬ ducements to those who wish to emigrate. Land can be had from five to six dollars per acre, within five miles of the Missonri A'alley Railroad. Des Moines is the capi¬ tal of Iowa, and is situattd at the junction of the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers; population, 15,000. The city occupies a sort of a,ii amphitheatre shape, the bluffs rising gentle on all sides, the level portion large euough to accommodate the business ofa large city. They are building a new Statu House with white limestone, from Joliet, aud when fiuisbei. frcm its present appeanince, will be amignificent structure. There are here the U. S. Court House, costing $250,000, a Baptist College, and three public school houses, said lo be the handsomest in tho State, and decidedly the finest your correspondent has seen thus far in his travels. We next visited the Apiary of the Italian Beo Company, own¬ ed anil managed by Mrs. Savery and Mrs. Tupper. AVe found this ono of the lovliest and coziest homes in Des Moines. There we found the hillsides covered with colo¬ nies of bees, numbering between four and five hundreti. AVhat a kingdom and busy littic realm—and presided over by two la¬ dies, who have formed a co-partnership to prosecute the business of apiarists, and we saw uo evidence of disagreement, but all was order and peace and concord ruled throughout all their borders. They told us that Ciich colony (or be>.'-hive, aawe call them.) yielded from 200 to 2-50 pounds of honey, making some five or six tons a sea¬ son. They never suffer their colonies to swarm, but always divide them, before tbey are ready to swarm. They raise thc queens for sale, and send them by express to all parts of the United Stivtcs. AVe next visited B. F. Allen's fine residence one mile west of the city. He is reported to be worth between four or five millions, and is the wealthiest man in the State — His residence and location coat between 8300,000 and 8400,000, and is not unlike those owned by the lords and dukes of England. The surroundings are beautiful, composed of parks, with deer roaming, flower gardens, fountains, lakes, vineyards, &c. Ho also has a telegraph to communi¬ cate with his banks in the city, as well as with the outer world. In his dwelling he has a large fan worked by a steam engine, to air and ventilate his rooms. A singu¬ lar and sensible contract was on last Thursday entered into, between a gentle¬ man and lady in this eity, and filed for record, with stipulations, that in case of any troubles arising after the union, com¬ pelling a separation, whether by divorce or otherwise, there should be no allowance granted for alimony. The preamble pro¬ ceeded to state that the reason for making such an agreement, is that experience teaches, that from the fraility of human natnre, there are many unhappy marriages and that if the one now to be consummat- ted should prove so, each party should have their right to the control aud possession of his or her share of the joint estate. The parties have since been united in the holy bonds of matrimony.
We left the city of Des Moines, on the 12th inst., for Council Bluffs, on the Rock Island and Pacific Railroad; distance one hundred and twenty miles. The wheat crop promises a larger yield this season, than for many years back, in this State, and the corn crop looks well, and an un¬ usual quantity planted. AVe reached Council Bluffs, on the 13th inst., and slop¬ ed at the Wyoming House, kept by a good old Pennsylvanian. Council Bluffs is sit¬ uated amid the bluffs of the Missouri riv¬ er, and extending along to its banks some three miles, and has a population of 12,- 000. This place is. the location of the State Deaf and Dumb Asylum. A couu¬ cil was held here with the Indians by Lewis and Clark, in 1804,hence the name of the city. It is the county-seat of Pot¬ tawatomie county. Last fall nearly all of the city was submerged by a heavy rain, and the overflowing of Honey creek. The street cars runs from this city across the river, to Omaha, a distance of four miles. AVe took the cars and crossed over to Omaha, and spent a day there. This city is the terminus of the Union Pacific Rail¬ road, and has a population of 15,000, and is connected with Council Bluffs with a new iron railroad bridge, at a cost of one and one-half millions. The city has a much finer location than Council Bluffs, and is situated on thc west bank of thc Missouri river, about fifty feet above high water mark. County seat of Douglass co. There is four times the business done here than in Council Blufis. The United States Barracks are three miles from the city, and several thousand troops are stationed there. They boast of having the finest High School building in the State, and is situated on the bluff overlooking the city, and cost $225,000. It is 175 feet long and 100 feet wide, and can accommodate fifteen hnndred pupils. At thia place we saw the representatives of several tribes of Indians, among them was Little-ka-ha, Chief of tho Pawnee tribe.
This Western country is a great coun¬ try. Dolly Varden has been all through it. The ladies not only dress in Dolly A'^arden style, but they give ns Dolly Var¬ den pudding for dinner, and everything is on tho Dolly Varden style.
We leave in the morning for Leaven¬ worth, Kansas. I*-
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Sewing Maohine Statistics.
AA'e givebelow the number of the vari¬ ous Sewing Machines which have been sold dnring the year 1871. If the num¬ ber sold of any one Machine be a criterion of its merits, the Singer carries off the palm :
THE SINGER MF'G CO Sold 181,260 M«'>
Wheeler A Wilson Mf'g Co    "    128,526   "
Grover 4 Baker S. M. Co    "      50,838    "
Weeds. M. Co    "     39,635   '¦
Howe Machine Co. [Jan.  I, to
July 1,] -   "     34,010   "
Wilcox 4 Gibbs S. M. Co    "     30,127   "
WilsonS. M. Co    "      21,158    '•
Amer. B. H. 0. 4 S. M. Co _   "     20,121   "
Original Howe S. M. Co _   "      20-,051    "
Florence S. M. Co _   "      15,947    "
Gold Medal S. M. Co    "     13,562   "
DavisS. M. Co    "     11,568   "
Domestic S. M. Co    "     10,397   "
Finkle t Lyon Mf'g Co _.   "       7,639   "
^tnaS. M. Co    '•       4,720   "
BleesS. M. Co    "       4,567   "
Elliptic S. M. Co    "       4,555   "
Empires. M. Co    "       2,965   "
ParhamS. M.Co    "       2,056    "
 Vew York Daily Standard.
An Illinois childTled to death from biting his tongue.