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1 1 ... i VJ VOL. VI A PARISIENNE. A dainty girl of Bunny skies, Nature's fond imape,'fuU of grace; With locks that frizzle In her eyes. And eyes that wake np all her face. A nose most pert and fit to turn The sorriest vein to mirthful bliss; A pair of roguish eyes that burn Ever to glye back kiss for kiss. Tie hand U wtlte, the footstep light. And the arm rounded like a frond ; The waist, most slender to the sight, Is supple as a willow wand. Vhence comes her lcTcltnesa and whee Does It all go 1 None koo weth It ; It Is most dulcet and most rare. And full of charm and full of wit A fruit It Is most luscious, and One we love m?re than words can tell ; ' Not any lady In the lacd .v Can drees so cheap and look so well. It blossoms forth whan comes the spring And scents the air like a sweet flower At twenty It Is a gracious thing, And grows In beauty hour by hour. She has a form divinely made To thrall the son! at passion's call ; Her love throws all loves la the shade, And Is less lasting than them all. Her sole divinity Is chance; Her breast a rose without a thorn, She thinks of nothing else but dance Each night until the morrow morn. She never frets her life away ; But If ehs suffer leve's alarms, She kills herself yea, once a day, . And dies In some one's arms. She values neither praise nor blame ; Is deaf to reason, has no care ; The world on flame, she's e'er the same ; A frail, fond creature light as air, t Paul Bilhaud. AN EARLY DAT IN DEAD WOOD The Alarming1 Features of Life In a i Weatorn Mining Gamp. A party of old-tirrcrs werejsitting in a well-known resort last evening, says the Denver Tribune-Republican, dis cussing past ovonts and celebrated characters of those days. The con versation drifted oa various affairs from the days of '49 in California to the exciting events which occurred in Nevada, Montana, Dakota, Wyoming and Colorado. The camps which had sprung from a small collection of tents and cabins to prosperous cities, only perhaps to be deserted at the end of tho season, where spoken of in turn, and tho personal reminiscences were many. When tho Black Hills excite ment was reached one of tho gentle men spoke up as though that part of the conversation was of particular in terest to him, and he knew whereof he was talking. "I tell you, boys, tho early days of Dead wood wero hard to beat. I've followed mining excitements for about thirtv vears: been in all of 'em. in fact. andJn all my experience I never run across nothing like it." The speaker was interrupted by gen eral words of assent. "The day that Wild Bill was killed there was tho day of days. What an excitement! On tho night before there had been a killing at Gayvillo, near by, and there was great excitement about the lynching that was suro to follow. The news being brought to Deadwod wa3 the first excite ment o! tho day. During the forenoon a man was cruelly j butch ered in the street, and this event was followed, a few hoursj later, by Mc Caull assassinating Wild Bill in a sa loon. The population of the town was wild when the news spread, and there is no telling 'what would nave been the result of tho day had not matters been strangely turned. Citizens were assembled in the street discussing the Wild Bill affair, anl an old fellow, standing on a carpenter's bench, was harranguing .the crowd, when a man on horseback came dashing down tho street swinging something in his hands. When tho mad horseman drew up, the 'something' wa3 found to be an In-, dian's head, and it was bosng swung ibout by tho heavy top-knot of hair. Thcbaranguor stopped talking and the crovrdsurroundod tho man on horse back, head was reeking with blood, andtho horseman's hands gory looking. Ti??vfiHpw explained that in a light just hawith tho Indians the whites had been victorious, and this was a trophy of 'ho battle. Well, a victory over tho Indians was good news for the people of Doadwood, and for a time ho Wild Bill aud other excite ments of tho day were lost sight of. A crowd of men were soen going from saloon to saloon, bearing the Indian's head with them, celebrating the vic tory, although it was a poor victory, for more whites were killed than In dians. ThG head was set upon tho bar and tha men drank their liquor to toasts to tho men who had slain tho 'ndians. Had this little incident not occurred it is pretty safe to say that tho man that shot Wild Bill would have been visited by the vigilantes." There was a good deal that has never been told about tho killing of Wild BilP," continued the speaker, after a pause. "It was a cold-blooded murder.and McCaull deserved a' lesson from the vigilantes. Ho didn't even know Bill, and killed him like "a ruf fian. Bill bad ft passion for playing seven-up' with pilgrims for the drinks and lying to them about his exploits. He could lie about as fast as a horse could trot about some things. Well, he was playing his favorite game one afternoon in August Bill was killed August 18, 1876, you know when Mc Caull entered and shot him in tho back of the head, the same ball also wound' ing Captain Masscy, who was playing with Bill, in the arm. Masscy, you know, claimed a great reputation as a fighter, but when the shot was fired he took to his heels, and I guess never did tosp running. Bill fell on his face, dead on the instant. Tom Mulquecn, now of Denver, was the first man to go into the saloon af tor the shooting, hav ing been on the sidewalk in front at the time. He turned Bill over on his back, but, finding him dead, ho turned his attention to the murderer, who drew his revolver down on Tom and ordered him to keep away. Tom was not armed at the time, but he wont and got a rifle, and ho and another ' man started out after tho murderer. They expected McCaull would resist and they went preparedt for a fizht. McCaull was found on the street, and Tom got tho drop on him with a rifle. Tho fellow squealod like a pig under a gate and asked that his life be spared. He was taken in custody without trouble. He was given a trial before a miners' jury in Jack Langrisho's theater. He got off by lying to tho miners, tolling them that Bill had kiiled his brother in Texas two yoars ago, and he had beon hounding him over sinco. This excuse seemed to satisfy tho miners and they let him go. That was before there was any government in Dead wood. "After his release McCaull swore vengeance on Tom Mulquecn, threat ening to kill him on sight. This was not pleasant to TonT, nd as a conso quonco, when legar proceeding? were begun against McCaull, Tom took the lead in hunting down the murderer, who had then left the country. Tom followed his man on a hot trail for weeks, and would have got him had the officers not got him in Laramie Cit ' just before Tom got there. Tom had ooen deputized a deputy Unitod States marshal, and his traveling com panion in Wj'onrng when following the murderer's trail was Deputy Sher iff Foster. "McCaull was taken to Yankton, found guilty and hanged. A lawyer who was in Dead wood at the time of tho murder, and who made a vow that he would live to prosecute and bring the murderer to j-istico. conducted the prosecution and made his word good. DeaJ wood never experienced such a. day as August 18, 1876."' Pon Picture of Senator Beck. Washington Lc-tter in Cleveland Leader: Senator Beck is as well post ed on horses and their racing records as any man in Kentucky. Ho knows tho pedigreoof all tho noted bosses of tho country better than he does his genealogical tree. There is nothing he likes so much as a good horse race, and this is tho only thing that will take him away from the Senate during a session. lie always attonds the meet ings of the Jockey club here, and is generally one of the judges of the races. Ho does not bet nor gamble to to any extent, and his ventures a the rases extend no further than a five-dollar ticket in tho French mutual pool9 upon his favoriio. He is not a card player, and though he can toll a num ber of good poker stories, ho is by no means addicted to tho ga$o. He dresses very plainly, wears business elotbes, a Derby hat, and is as Demo cratic a9 any man in his party. He lives here on Rhode Island avenuo and spends moro time in hard work than ho docs in going to dinners or social entertainments. Senator Beck is juite wealthy. He ha made his money in law and in speculation in western land.-. Ho came to Lexington, ivy., a boy of eighteen, from Scotland, while Henry Clay was yet a!ive. . Ho knew Clay quite well and delights in talking about him. Ho practised law at Lexington in partnership with John C. Breckonridcro, and ho was, before he entered politics, one of tho most noted and high-priced lawyers of the state. Ho ha practicallv dropped the law since ho came to Washington; at least you will not seo him addressing tho Supremo Court whijo the Senate is in session, as some of his brother Senators are wont to do. Scotch-like, Btck saved money during his practice, and after tho manner of ihis people ho invested it. Ho bought lands near Puluth. which greatly ircreased in value, axd when he married ho took unto himself a woman rich in an old family name and in property as woll. Mrs. Beck 13 the great-grandniece or Gen. Washington, and I think she is the nearest Jiving descendant oi the President. Senator Back s son, Ueorge, is the only male direct descendant of Washington now alive. A portion or the property which Mfs.. Beck brought into tho family was sofao coal lauds near Pittsburg, which, Ijnm told, were surveyed by Washington, and had been kept in tho Washington family up to this tim. i;ck sold these sonio ago for $60,000 or 73,000, and he used this money and his own earnings so wisely that, a leading Kentuckian tells ni3 to night, ho is a millionaire. The memorial setting forth tLe claims of Dakota to admiS3;on jnto tho Union is published, and win De urged upon Congress during the q.sont session. ST, HELENS, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY LEGENDS OP THE SEA, Stories .Told by Superstitious Sailors About Ghostly Ships and . Crewe, From the Rehoboth Herald: There is nothing a genuine sailor more firm ly believes in than haunted ships. Every sailor who has been long at sea has a story to tell of ships that ho has been in when ghostly and unnatural things took place. An English bark recently came into Pernambuco and was immediately deserted by her en tire crow. They declared that on tho previous voyago, while a portion - of the crew wero on tho upper foretop sail yard one night handling the sril, the halyards wore let go by tho mate and overy man on the yard shaken off into tho sea. They said that every time they went on that yard at night to lake in sail on tho voyago oat to Pernambuco ghostly sailors worked alongside of them. No threats or promises of extra pay could make tho crew stay by the ship, and the story spreading abroad it was a long time before the vessel got another crew. There is a story told by sailors of a haunted ship which used to eail out o Liverpool. Tho last voyago. she rr.cde as an ordinary ship with no ghostly accompaniment she had a snporcargb who was a violinist. He used to take his violin and go up into the main cross-trees, where he would sit and play, his favorite tuno being "Tho Girl I Left Behind Me." Oa tho voy age tho supercargo became insane and jumped overboard. Ever after that oc currence on stormy nights, when wind and waves wero high and tho ship groaned and creaked as she strugpled through the waves, the sailors, floun dering about on tho dark slippery decks, heard above tho howling of the tempest the sound of a violin plaving The Girl I Left Behind Me" in the main cross-trees. Not many years ago there died in a little Capo Cod town a retired sea cap tain. Onco when ho followed the sea he came across a sinking bark off Cape San Roque. A gale was blowing at the time and a heavy sea was running. Added to this night was coming on. and though tho poor wretches begged frantically to bo taken off the captain sailed away and left them to their f ato. The memory of the doomed crew of tho sinking b-ik, strctchmg their hands out appealingly and:, watching his ship sail away with . despairing eyes and ghastly faces, lingered with tno heartless captain all the rest of his life, and in his declining days he fre quently complained that the crew of the bark were haunting him, and said that some day tho vessel itself would sail into harbor and take him away. One stormy winter afternoon' the old man lay on his bed dying. Just as the ebb tale began to run ho sprang uo and shouted: "Don't! don't! I'll stand by till morning. I'll take vou all off!" and foil back dead. The watchers by his bedside said aftorward that through tho window which over looked tho bay they saw a bark come sailing into the harbor at that moment and then vanished before their eyes. Tho Doom, of Human Hair. Now York World: A startling pre diction comes from tho Ninteenth Cen tury club. Dr. William A. Hammond advances tho opinion that in about 1,000 yoar3, which will carry us to the year of our Lord 2835-86, all mankind will bo bald. Unless tho generation living in that age should choose to counterfeit their ancestors of the pres ont day by wearing wigs, only smooth ly polished heads, destitute of capil lary covering, will bo visible from the family circles of tho theatres or tho galleries of churches. Dr.. Hammond does not undertake to predict to what men and women of that distant era will resort to supply this deficiency of hair, or whether they will regard it a3 a deficiency at all. Ho only makes a proposition based on his observation of tho steady increase of baldness, without oven expressing an opinion whether tho decline of hair will be.a blemish or an ornamentation. Perhaps tho esteemed doctoris inclined to regard it as the latter, sinco his own head emulatos the days of 2885, ex cept as to a light filamentous fiingo which borders the base of the skull. It is difficult to conjecture to what this universal baldness may lead. If tho present fashion should prevail in those days, it is not improbable that the ladies may employ distinguished artist to paint "Mikado" figures, birds of bright plumage or indoacribablo animals on thoir heads, and enterpris ing men of business may use tho smooth space for advertising par poses. If ladies decide upon wearing wigs tho business of tho hair-dresser and tho ladies maid will bo consider ably lightened. If Dr. Hammond is correct in his prediction, it is certain that tho terma- gent wife of 2885 will not bo ablo to take as firm a hold upon her husband as tho wife of tho prosent time. It may also bo questioned whether tho politicians of that date will bo any moro barefaced than thoso of 1885, even if thoy should be mors bare headed. Thn nnnnlar7 verdict la trpnnrallv flirt rlal.f cne; and concernlojj Dr. Bull'a (ibu;h Syrup the people bava long sluce dec Med that it la the best cougn reincuy ever introduced. A company to build a f loo,ooo crematory has been formed In Chfcio. If all so-called remedies have failed Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy curee. VISION3 OF YOUNG GIRLS. Remarkable Outbreak of Rellffioiis Enthusiasm in the Bahamas. Rev. P. B. Mathews writes from San Salvador, Bahamas, to the London Times that a remarkable outbreak of religious enthusiasm or halucination occurrod.on tho island a few months ago. it was reported that a young girl had seen visions and was under some influence not belonging to this world. Her excitement soon com municated Itself to others, and in the course of a fow weeks some twenty young girls wore affected. They then organized religious meetings, and much excitement was caused. I went onco to see what took place at thoso meetings. About fifty people sat round In a room singing, clapping hands and stamping the feet, keeping timotoa kind of monotonic chant. The girls who saw visions were stand ing in tho center, sometimes walking up and down. They had a vacant kind of staro. Gradually the singing quickened, until at last it camo fast and furious. Then the girls would danco, shout and bark like dogs. After twonty minutes of this they would fall down with a shriek. Thoir struggles, cries and foaming at the mouth were dreadful to seo, and in many cases it took four or five men to hold them still. After the fit was over they would lie exhausted for about an hour; then, when they came to, they gave very detailed accounts of the visions they had seen. A great deal of these visions was, of course, nonsense, but ono thing was remarkable thoy spoko of people doing thirers many miles away from the place. Upon in quiry it was found that in some cases that what they had seen corresponded exactly with tho events. One most remarkable feature in this outbreak was that it was not confined to ono spot. Almost simultaneously iu every settlement on the island (the island is forty-five miles long and twelve broad in places) similar out breaks occurred. Girls living at dis tances of five or ton miles from the scene of the "shouting meetings," as they were called, would bo seized. Being seized with a kind of fronzy, thoy would run, as if by inspiration, to tho spot where the rest were assembled, no matter how far. Most of those attacked with the fits were people who bo longed to the Baptist society. Consequently their visions were not of tho Madonna, but of the uist'nctivo predestination doctrine of their sect. Very glowing accounts wero given of the various puuishments and tortures reserved for tho wicked in hell, and they wero most liberal in dispensing those punishments among their friends. Up and down the island about 400 or 500 poople were seized, and it was at first thought it was a kind of epidemic of hysteria. In a few cases girls of highly respectable character wore seized, and, although they did not see visions, yet for weeks thoy would have fits daily, and such was their super human strength that I have seen a young girl of 16 struggle out of tho grasp of four strong men. The out break lasted from January to July.and at ono timo it was feared that it would lead to serious consequences, for all tt6 people who gave credence to tho visions neglected work and abandoned themselves to holding meetings day and night for singing, shouting, bark ing and listening to accounts of the visions soon. In tho daytime, especially on Sun days, they had processions with ban ners., This led to some bad feeling, and in a fow cases tho law had to be appealed to in tho interests of peace. It was a singular thing that, although they organized themselves into a sect, and all who disbalioved in tho visions wero "heretics," yet they showed the utmost courtesy and good will toward the church, but toward thoir own par ticular denomination and the various other sects thoy displayed great ani mosity. Tho excitement has died out now, and they havo ceased to exist as a sect. The Balance of Trade. From a .Now York Dispatch: Tho year just ended has not been as satis factory in the way cf exports as was that which immediately preceded it. Tho exportation of domestic merchan dise durirg the year amounted to a very littlo over $650,000,000 in value, a falling off of nearly $50,000,000, as compared with last year.- Tho coun try seems to have understood the situ ation, however, for it immediately re duced in about tho same proportion its purchases abroad, for tho importations fell off nearly $75,000,000, being in the year only $580,000,000. The importa tions happily continuo a littlo loss than tho exportatiens, a balance of about $75,000,000 being in our favor. ' Y.et of tho $580,000,000 sent abroad duriug the year it would seem as though near ly one-half ought to have been kept at home. It seems unfortunate, for in stanco, that with tho facilities for wool-growing and manufacturing that wo have, that we should have sent $50,000,000 out of tho country for wool manufactured and unmanufactured Oar sugar bill for the year was 85,000,- 000, while thojeountry really ought to bo producing overy pound of sugar that its people need. It ia claimed by all manufacturers that as good a qual ity of iron and steel can bo manufac tured in this country as" any whore, and yet our importations of manufactured iron and stoel for the year were over thirty millions. There aro cotton mills all over the South, just alongside the cotton fields, eo to speak, and many of them scattered through the experienced North, yet in spite of tho fact that we grow the cotton for the worid, so to 9peak, and have tho great mills for its manufactuf 0, rar importa tions of cotton goods during the year were twenty-five millions. It is interesting to noto where our exports wont, in order that wo may know who are our customers abroad. Take wheat and flour for instance. The exportation of these two articles to Great Britain alone were $22,000, 000, while to all tho rest of Europe the total was not $1,000,000. Of tho $35, 000,000 worth of cotton exported, about one-half went to Groat Britain and the remainder was scattered over the world! Of the $20,000,000 worth of hog product sent abroad, about throe-fourths went to Great Britain. The Silver Standard Not Dishonest From tho St. Louis Republican: All debts aro payable in dollars and the first dollar known to tho American people was tho silver coin of that name. It contained 371 grains of pure silver when it was first coined in 1785; and it contains tho samo amount now no more, no less. And there has not been an hour since 1785, one hundred yoars ago, when these silver dollars were not a full legal tender for all obligations. Indeed, it could not have beon otherwise; for from 1785 to 1819, a period of sixty-four years, sil ver dollars wore the only dollars existonce. There is not banker or bondholder in Now York or anywhere else who over saw a gold dollar until 1819, and there are prob ably 30,000,000 of the people of this country who nevor saw one at any timo. And yet the poople are told that they aro dishonest if they insist on paying the "onormous aggregate of debts they owe to the east" in these origi nal standard and lawfulsilver coins. They would violate any moral obligation. But the creditors do not like silver. Gold is worth 20 per cent, moro, and, of course, they would rather have it and be- cause the west and south, the debtor regions, claim their lawful option, they are charged with seeking to de fraud the creditor class of one-fifth their honest dues. In point of fact, the case is just the reverse. The silver dollar i3 tho real par, and gold is 20 per cent, premium, because it has become comparatively scarce and when the creditor class demand gold for the $6,000,000,000 aggregate indebtedness of the country, thoy aro simply demanding 20 per cent., or $1,200,000,000 moro than they are justly entitled to. It is true, as the Bulletin asserts, that "the bulk of these obligations were incurred whon tho currency was on a . parity with gold." js.ii the' national debt, ninotcen-twentioths the state, cbijnty and city debts of the west and south, and threo-fourths the railroad debts, were incurred whon the currency (greenbacks and national bank notes) were 10 to 30 per cent, below tho value of gold and sil ver, too. By tho resumption of specie payntents in 1879, and the consequent appreciation of currency to tho par of silver, these dobts were increased 10 to 30 per cent., and as if this wero not enough to satisfy the creditor classes. they now demand -another increase of 20 per cent, by having their claims paid in gold and actually threaton a disruption of the Union if thoir exac tions are not submitted to. THE WAY TO 81KG. The birds must know. Who wlee'y 6lngs Will Blnjf, aa they. The common air has generous wings; 8oDgs make their way. No messenger to run before, Devlfllnc plan; .' No mention of that place, or Lour,' To arty man. No waiting till some sound betrays A llstealnc ear; No different voice no new. delays If steps draw near. "What bird is that? The song Is good." And eaper eyes Go peeping through the dusky wood In glad surprise. Then, late at night, when by Lis Cre The traveler sits, Watching the flimes go t Tighter, higher, The sweet song 11 Its By snatches through his weary brain, To help him rest. When next he goes that road again, An empty nest On leafless boughs will make him sigh: "Ah me ! last spring, Just here I heard, la passing by. That rare bird elng." But while he 6lghs, rememberlrg How sweet the song, The little bird, on tireless wing, Is borne along In other air; a id other men , With weary feet, Oc other roads, the simple strain Are rinding sweet. The birds must know. Who wisely slrgs Will sing as they; The common air has generous wings; Songs make their way. H. H . In New York City within the last twenty years there haye been thirty-nine deaths from hydrophobic. I 4, 1880. Gladstone's Bill. London special: It transpired at a lato hour to-night that Mr. Gladstone's consultatfons with leading colleagues have resulted in an agreement ' on the general features of the Irish measure. Mr. Gladstone's bill as finally drafted will run largely on the lines of tho state Legislatures of America. It gives Ireland a real, not a phantom, National assembly. There will bo a real minis try, with absolute control over public offices, public revenues and public ser vice. Tho legislature will be invested with tho law-making authority. Ire land will have her own elections and elect her own Legislature, which will pass its own laws, run its own revenue and spend its own ruonoy. Ihe im perial functions will be similar to those of tho Federal Congress namely, control over army navy, external re lations, customs and internal revenue. The question of Irish representation in tho imperial Parliament is undecided, bv t Mr. Gladstone is stated to bo in favor of local and federal representa tion, as in America. He does not share Mr. T. P. O'Connor's apprehensions of Iribh difficulties in tho imperial Pari a- ment. He looks with confidence to tho restraining influenco of parties in tho Irish national Assembly to safely guard national and imperial interests. The bill provides for a redistribution of Irish heats. It will bo soan that Mr. Parnell's Grattan parliament scheme and Mr. T. P. O'Connor's colonial plan aro alike rejected in favor of a modifi cation of the American Legislative system adapted to geographical and ethnological conditions. Tho Dublin castle bureaucracy is to be swept away and leave no trace. One part of U - Connor's colonial plan .is likely to be adopted namely, tho appointment of a ieerov. They Make Good Mothers. Paris Letter: Tho queons of tho demi-mondo aro almost invariably good mothers. Their daughters are edu cated in fashionable schools, reared in fashionable convents, and brought up far from every sight or sound of vice. When a handsome dowry is forth coming, thoy often leave tho school room for tho altar. . If a brilliant mar riage is arranged, the mcther usually bids farewell forever to her child. In many cases the poor girl has not an idea of who and what her mother really is till after she leaves school. A pecu- iarly trying case took place in this city some years ago. A woman who had been afamous demi-mondaine 1 A. 1. Z?' M 1- .1 an onormous fortune, married her only child, a daughter, to a Belgian count, bostowing upon hor a dowry of 5800,000. She altered and partly re built her hotel, arranging the upper fioor for tho accomodation of the new ly-married couple. But tho day 'after the wedding, the count exacted from his bride a promise that she'' would never see her mother more. The pair left Paris for Belgium. and from that hour the mother has been wholly ig nored by tho daughter, who does not oven .answer her letters. A terrible retribution yet who can say that it is wholly undeserved? The truo tragedy of the rolations between such a mother and her daughter has still to bo writ ten. The French sentimentalities re garding "ma mere" still clog tho pen ot the dramatist when treating this theme. Whon will tho stern, strong writer arise to toll for us tho story of a girl so situated and to whom tho bo stowal of existence has only proved a curse? It is a terrible theme, and de mands forciblo and pitiless treatment. . m i - Curious Nauaop. Philadelphia News: "What a name that young man has," caid a clergy man yesterday to a News-gatherer as tho person indicated left his presence. "What is it?" K P. Baxter, ho writes it. Nothing remarkablo about that, but what an amount of foolish patriotism is con cealed in thoso initials. Tho young man was born on Jan. 3, 1863, and his parents named him Emancipation Pro clamation Baxter in henor of tho occa sion.'' "That's pretty bed." "Yes. but thero are sme parents with cranky ideas on tho subject of naming children. Oao boy I christen ed Perseverance Jones. I endeavored to dissuado the father, but ho said the child's mother was called Patience, and ho saw no reason why tho boy should not be called Perseverance, be- causo the two always went together. Within a fow paces of tho grave of Benjamin and Deborah Franklin, in tho old comotery at Fifth and Arch streets, thero is a headstone bearing tho inscription. 'Sacred to the memory of S. L. U. Lloyd.' If tho owner of that namo were livmjr now his friends would probably call him 'Ccluloid.' I had a colored man namAl Alexander doiutr somo work around here onco. used to hear tho other workmen call him 4Trib' and 'Hole,' and it struck me one day to ask him what his namo was. " 'Tribulation Wholesome Alexan der, sah.' he replied. 'It may havo been some relative of his who came to mo with twins to have bfintizod." "Wbat name will yon call them?" I asked. "Cherubim' and 'Seraphim,' re plied the mother. "Why?" I asked, in astonishment. Because," she replied, "do pra'r book savs 'do oherubim and seraphim continually dor cry,' and deso ycro chu ea do uunn else. The News-ratherer edged toward the door. and. whon he had got ia the lobby, shouted "chestnut," and skip ped down stairs. . m - William Joyce, the builder of the great St. Patrick' j cathedral in New lork, died last Friday. Ho was au Irishman, and a stonecutter by trade, coming to this aountry in 1833. , NO. 21 - t-Mimif Will I IHW I MllltMygWMKfn BHW ONE OP THE POTJIt A Little ncmlnlsconoo of Senator Spencer. Washington Correspondent Minne apolis Tribune: Standing in the Ebbitt house lobby the other day with an old citizen of Nebraska we noticxl ex Sonator Kollogg, of Louisiana, pass1 by. "There is one of the four," said tho Nebraskan. ""What four?" said the Tribune correspondent. "The four Senators which our regiment gave tho United States," was the reply. "Kel logg was our fpa-rtormaster. John M. Thayer was our colonel. He was after wards Sonator froni Nebraska, and Tipton, who was chaplain of tho regi ment, afterwards represented our state in tho Senate for six years- The othor was Spencer, of Alabama, and ho was the worst-of tho lot of tho carpet-bag element. Spencer went out with us aa sutler of the 1st Nebraska. After tho battle of Sliiloh he took a hotel at Corinth, which had been abandoned by tho rebels, and run it as a sort of ofii caraf1 headquarter?. That is where he made start in his fortune." "What sof ot a sutler did ho makeP' I inquired. "Mo was the very worst scoundrel that ever old bad tobacco." was the reply. "Why, that fellow Spen- oer would go to the jrgeant after each engagement and get a U3t of tho killed, and then the villain ..wouia chargo up against them enough to tako pretty near every cent of the pay earn ing to them. You understand that the sutlers' accounts wero paid by the pay master.and as the poor devils wero dead, and no one could dispute his claim, many of them were robbed of their hard earned wages, which wore s badly needed by thoir widows and children. After he eot through tho hotel business he secured a commission to enlist a regiment of cavalry in Ala bama, which was known 1 as the 1st Alabama cavalrv, and I don't believe . t was in more than ono engagement beforo tho whole crowd were captured. You see. most of the follows wero rebels, and they deserted and ' Joined tho confederate ranks as coon as thoy got a chance. I am surprised," con tinued the speaker, "tnat no one evor got on to tho fact that Spencer was our sutler while ho was in the Senate. Ho was accused of nearly everything else. and I never heard an accusation against him that was an unjust one. Yet somehow or othor his enemies never seemed to find out what the real cause of his journey to the south was. Tho Famous Saddle Story. Gon. John Pope, U. S. A., in. The Century: ' There ere ' other - matters ' which, although not important, seem not out place in this paper. A good deal of cheap wit has been expended upon a fanciful story that I published ' an order, or wrote a latter, or made a remark that my, "headquarters would bo in tho saddle." It is an expression harmless and innocent enough, but it ia oven stated that it furnished Gen. Lee with a basis for the only joke of his if o. It is painful, therefore, to a weu- constituted mind to bo obliged to tako away tho foundation of that solitary joke; but I thiuk it due to army tradi tion and to tho comfort of those who have so often repeated this ancient - mm A " I joke ia tho days long beioro mo civu war, that these later wits should not hit jillciwed with iniounitv to poach on this well-tilled manor. This venerablo joke I first heard whon a cadet at West Point, and it was then told of that gal lant soldier and jrontleman. Gon. V. J. Worth. I presume it could bo easily traced back; to the crusaues ana oe yond; and while it may not bo as old as tho everlasting hius. it is cena niy old enough to havo been excused from active duty long years ago. Certainly I nflvflr usi'd this expression, or wrste. or dictated it, nor does any such ex- pri'ssion occur in any oraer oi mine; and a? it has perhaps served its timo find fiffoated its purpose, it ousht to bo retired. Let us hope that it may bo permitted to sleep nfcpoace ana no longer rack tho brain of thoso whoso intMlInntiial machinery can ill bear th strain, or bo porpetuated among their natural succossors. How the Wars Begin. Chicaero News : "Papa, how do nations get into war with each other?" asked Tommy Sonsonsby. "Sometimes one way, sometimes an other," said tho father. "Now, there aro Germany and Spain thoy came near gottipg'into war because a Spanish mob took down tho German flag." "No, my dear," put In Mrs. bcasons- by, "that wasn t tho reason." But. my darling," saw air. o., don't you suppose 1 know? You are mistaken. That was the reason." "No. dearin. you aro mistaken. It was btfcanso tho Germans " "Mrs. Seasonsby, I say it was be cause "Peleir. vou know better. You are onlv trjing to " ""Madam, I don't understand that your opinion was asked in this matter. anyway." Well. I don't want my boy in structed by an old ignoramus." "See here, you impuaent "Put down your cane, you old brute. Don't you daro briatlo up to me, or I'll send this rolling-pin at your head, you old " "Nevor mind," interrupted Tommy, "I guess I know how wars begin." Tho Latest Request. Tramp Kxcuso mo, madam, but would you please give mo a bite No, I won't. I've nothing to cat for lazy fellows liko you." "But I was not asking for food. I wish you only to give me a bito from your dog, that I may bo Ecnt to Paris for tho wintor." mm m An extensive deposit of Iron ore has been discovered near Irondale, W. T, I