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Kit: INDEMSNUV.V' is issuf.u , v.; ... - , , . - '.7--', Katurdity Mnrnf fuv.,-." - .'.. BY- ! : I'.HLLY 4 WELLS, PuM . . I mr ...... M p . . .Y.itjalb J V ,vl OUtletl , i' mi III.- ' r liw ' E. P. MULLEN, Watchmaker and; Jeweler, O IKXAXD, OREGON Office iB Pr. Page'i Drag 8tp. CanyoiiVsIle Hotel, ft. A. L,EVIX, - PROPRIETOR HAVING I5C0KXTLY PURCHASED THE C'aoyonvi la Hotel, I an now prepared to nrnish travelers with Iw-bist of accommodations. Feed and stabling for sUck. J). A. LEVIK.S. V. D. WOODCOCK. H.jW. CHUBCHILL. Hoodunk Churchill, MYRTLE CREEK, OREGON rflEAMSTK US FROM JACKSONVILLE - and the nsuU-nts in Myrtle Creek will find the beet hom-dmi-re at this establishment. In tbis line we claim to do work eaual to anv in the State. New wi-rk manufactured, and reiairs uja m. tU -I -. . . ; . 1 : . i i ti we cannot smt vm none rniu - WOODtWK iGHVRCHILL. JAS. THOBNTON. ACOB. WAQNEK. W. H. ATKINSON. E.jl. ANDERSON Ashland Woolen Manufacturia Company Manufacturers and Dealers in White & Colored Elakets Plain aad Fancy Cashmeres, Doeskins, Plaunrla, Ete-also, OVER AND UNDERWEAR CLOTHING Made to Order! XV. II. ATKINSON. Seo'y ASHLAND. Jackson County, Oregon. H. C STANTON, - Dealer in Staple Dry oods I . ' 1 Keeps constantly on hand a general assort tnent of EXTRA FINE GROCERIES, WOOD, WILLOW ASD GLASSWARE! ALSO Crockery and Cordage Afullstockof J SCHOOL B O O It H , . . - 1 - - Bach as reqaired by the Public; County Schools All; kinds of STATIONERY, TOYS and FAXCT ARTICLES To rait both Young and Old. TJUYS AND SELLS LEGAL TENDERS furnishes Checks on Portland, and procures israns os nan r rant-two. i Llelropolitan Hotel, - ROsEBDUU, ... ORRQOa. Perkins & Headrlck, Prop'rs. Tka Only Flrt-Clas Jtatel io the City . ,. . AND I Depot of the C O. Stag Co. WELL FURNISHED SLEEPING APART- " manta, the best of beds, at:d the most atten tive hooaekeepers, and a taole supplied with the baatof arerytbing. . STAGES FOR RIDDING feara (ha house every day on tbi arriral of the fan from Portland-. ! The traveling public, and all who fa Tor us with Ihair patronage, ean rest assured that they will ba antetained in the best possible manner. HEADRICK A PERKINS , : i MAHOMEY'8 OALOOfi. Nearest to the Railroad Depot, Oakland. Ta. Mahouey, Prop'r. Tht finest of wines, liquors and cigars in Dong lu county, and the best BXXX.IJlRX TJLllIVEJ la ths EtaU kept in proper repair: 1 Parties traveling on the railroad will find this place vary handy to visit daring the stop ping of the train at the Oak land, Depot, Giva me aoalL J A3. MA HONEY. Foundry and Machine Shop B. F. DRAKE, Proprietor. OREGON. Mtesira EnBlneai. Saw SCllls. Grlat Mlllsi, Reapers, Pump d all IrAnds n4 Styles ot Maohlneiymadeto Ordar. aCttelilnery repaired on ; Shore iwotloe. FatUra making done in all its various forma, and all kinds of brass and iron eastings fur nished on short notice. Also manuiac torer of Enterprise Plainer and Matcher, and Suckers and Sharpers. i PATTERSON'S ourr : mis!. Taau II. Xipton. Prop'r. ALL KINDS OF LUMBER, Including gngar Pine, . Oedar.Flr, Pine fund Oak i IfUmber, Always on handj ' And Orders promptly filled on - tb Hhorteot Hotloe AH kindA of dressed lnmber constantly on band. Lnmber furnished at any point in Roeebnrg withoot extra charge, and by application to mo it will be found that JJy Lnmber ia not only the best bat tbe cheapest in tbe mnrket. Try nte andsee. Address all letters to jAB. h. TIPTOH. FatUraoa'a Wllla. Or. CUCllSLllTliinG, AVADKINS BROS. WmiH ialorm tbe public that they hare leased Uw tnrrs filaeksniilhing shop lately occupied bv George Mickle, and that they are prepared to do j ' All Klnda of Blackamithing la Crst-claas slle, And at prires lower than the lowe. They have many yeaia "j " I Horse Shoeing! ABdal,m tuluPoiBt ", the lrad, they are eompeteos io uo wa ' au.-faction of patrons. All kinds of Machinery repaired. Plow Work, Etc. i Civaibem a ealL Shop opposite $- Mark & Co .asianao. Ka.. - " Utf. VOL. 4. JOHN FRASER, Hoi HiV .'Pi?iti:i OREUON. Upholstery, Spring Mattrasses, Etc., Constantly on hand. FUR! TITQK 1 bc' ,ortc i via i tsjHD. furniture south ot Portland And all of my own manufacture. No two Prices to Customers Residents of Donglas county are requee'ed to give me a call before purchasing elsewhere. ALL WORK WAKRANTED.-a Furniture Store ! JOHN GILDEUSLEVE HAVING PURCHASED THE FURNI tore Etabliiduuent of John Lehnherr, is now pn pared to do any work in tbe UPHOLSTERING LINE. He is also prepared to furnish In all style?, of the beet manufacture, and cheaper than the cheapest. His Tttlle, -.- liurciiuN, .-. Ilelatcadin, "V MllKtlt lltlH, ETC., ETC., ETC. Are of surerior make, and for l.iw t cannot be equalled in the Male, ine Finest of Spring Beds v-' And the '. Most Complete of as Always on band. Everything in .he liue fur- nished,oi the best quality, on tnestiortesi notice and at the lowest rates. COFFINS MADE AND TRIMMED. And orders filled cheaper and better than can any other establishment. tyrsif nig uiai. vt iuwiii. jmiivii., uv ... dersiened nromises to oiler extra inducements to r . f n.,u:. tin.M l1i.nn. all patrons. Give me a trial. - ' : J. JA8KULEK, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER AKD JEWELER, Roseburg;, Oregron. NO MORE USE TO SESD YOUR FINE Watches to Portland for repairs. A fine assortment of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Spec tacles and Eye-glasses always on hand. The only reliable Optometer in Roseburg for the proper adjustment of Spectacles and Eye glasses, which will preserve and strengthen the eyesight. AU work warranted. DEPOT HOTEL- OAKLLASD, . ORSOOII. Richard Thomas, Prop'r. rpHIS HOTEL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED for a number ot years, and has become very popularwith the traveling public First-class SLEtPINQ ACCOMMODATIONS. And the table supplied with the best the market allonts. Hotel at the depot ol me nanroaq. T. C. SMITH C) , UB.UG-G-ISTS Chemists and Pharmacists ! Patton's Block, State Street, SALEM, OHEGOX. Particular attention given to prescriptions, and ail orders by mail or express nuea promptly and accurately. Physicians and country dealers will save money by examining our sioca, or prucunug our prices, before purchasing else where. 40 . . ' Oregon nl OaurornUa STAGE I-ITVE: ! TKZ0U6H TO SAN FRANCISCO FOUR DATS. THE QUICKEST, SAFEST AND EASIEST ROUTE. STAGES LEAVE R08EBURC Every Day at T-30 P. M., Makinr quick connection at Reading with the WIU uta w. m v. For fall particulars and passage apply to PERKINS A HEADR1CK. IgenL MAMMOTH LIVERY AMD FEED STABLE. - . This establishment is the Best in the State I and connected with it ia a large Wagon Yard and Shed Room I Capable of accommodating any number of corses anu wagons. Best oF Hoy nnd Grain always in full supply ami atlivin price, and no one is allowed t K" away Ji-uMtiafiod. Don't tail In give hs a i-ai!. f-r wo am ; detenninnJ to suit yon hi ij'iti tity.qiwli'.y Mii'l pnw. vr no VOTICB IS IIEI'KBV 0:V . ' ' may omwr:, 'h-'l ihe i' " awanled'the dwi fr k j i 'i i' County paucr ( ri.l - i ' . . -person in need of m- , must Brst procures eert.iii-Ht ' I :: if any member nf (He Comity I: .!.! .n i J to one ol the following tiaim' l p- ' anthorised to anil will nn- far Ui. tach eertificates: Button A P.a-kiii. !i "ir ;. L. Kellogg, Oakland; Mrs. Bi.w.i !xUit' Glass. Dr. WooilrulT is auiiior'nil Ih ik BMdieal aid to all persons in twiM .rftli who have been declared "( ''r' Caenty. W ''! A - KRIBS & M'MILLEK, DEALER? IN Cook, arlor and Box Stoves, COOKING RANGES AND KEATING , - FURNACES. Manufacturers of all kind of TIN, COPPER AND SHEET-IRON WARE. Kooflag; and All kinds of Job Work Promptly attended to Mm. IB! lirat Street. rrtl Cr TELEGRAPHIC. EASTERN. Tke Panie Babsided atoeka lmpreviaa;. New York, Nov. 22. The stock market is strong and speculation very firm in tone, the flurry or panic of yesterday hav ing entirely disappeared. Prices having advanced steadily from opening till noon, when an improvement of J to 7" per cent has been established, the latter in Dele ware and Hudson. Aver thing tatet at Wnltc River. Rawlins, Wy., Nov.23. Paymaster Stanton arrived from the White River agency to-day, aud reports everything quiet and no signx of Indians iu the neighborhood of the agency. General Merritt left White River yesterday for this place with 30 cavalry and Company D or the 5th cavalry, and three compan ies of infantry. Four companies of cav alry, under command of Lieut. Gilbert, remain at White river this winter. A FlendiaB Outrage. J" Boihk City, Nov. 21. On Wednesday at about 11 o'clock A. M., while George liol brook's daughter, a girl sixteen years old, who lives forty miles below here on the Boise river, was out not more than forty yards from the house, a stout built, middle aged mau came up behind her out of some brush, unobserved, caaght her and choked her so that she could not speak, and rav ished her. The girl made a desperate straggle and had her clothes nearly torn off her. She soon after got to the house, where there was no ono but her mother and little children. Her father was sent for a mile, off and the neighborhood turned out fifty strong and bunted all day W dnexday and are still hunting for the man. He appears to be a stranger in tbe neighborhood, and is supposed to belong to a gang of cuttle drivers. The excite ment is great, and if the right man is caught he will be hung without ceremony. Aa Effort to Remove Mayor Cooper. Nkw York, Nov. 18.-A rnmor pub lished of the intended removal of Mayor Cooper rests upon the plans discussed among high Tammany and republican officials aiming to procure his removal on cbarges or omcial dereliction.- "Society" at Leadvtlle. -' Lsadville, Nov. 25. Matters are Quiet ing down, but guards patrol the city still, and the conflict between 'viglantes and plug ngties may be resumed on slight provocation. Twelve masked men hist night entered a ball room, singled out a man ond examined Ms face, but released him, Baying: "This is not our man." None of the parties warned to leave have gone. - Jay Goal4 laterviewed by St. Loula Mer- cnsaii, St. Lorna, Nov. 25. Leading merchants and capitalists of St. Louis called upon Jay Gould at his rooms at the Lindell Hotel tbis morning, and had a conversa tion with him regarding bis recent acqui sition ot ranroaa property in tne west, the effect upon this section of tbe country, tbe policy he would pursue towards St. Louis, etc., which, acsoriing to report (tne meeting Deinsr private), was quite satisfactory to those present. Air.- Gould has made a preity thorough examination of the Missouri Pacific droperty here, and expresses himself highly pleased witn it. He and his party will leave for Kansas City to-morrow morning on a tour of in spection over the Missouri Pacific road, thence to Omaha and then to Ogden. Evacuation Day. ".."; New York. Nov. 2a. Evaenation day was observed by a parade of the Oid Guard, display and bunting iii the City Hall, the raising of the natioual colors over Old Fort Clinton in Central Park, and on tbe liberty pole at the Battery. The veterans of 1812 were entertained at dinner in the afternoon. Execntloa ny Mob. Pkrkv, Ga., Nov. 23. A nezro who con- ressea to several burglaries was taken from jail by a mob. Mother and Child Poisoned Rkading, Pa , Nov. 25. Mrs. Huber and her siv months old child werr poi soned by arsenic. A step daugpter of Mrs- Huber is suspected ot pouomng them. The baby died but Mrs. Huber will survive. . The Hostile VJtes. Dexver, Col. Nov. 25. Dispatches from Los Pinos state that up to Monday no hostile Indians had returned to they point, though it was reported that they were preparing to come in. Ouray said that the hostl les were arming, evidently fearing trouble. Tbe dispatches do not indicate that the commission expect to accomplish much more, and it is reported that the plans of the campaign have al ready been arranged ono column to march from Milk river, one from ltah, and two from the south. The commission is still barricaded and prepared to resent any attack. A Htnpeadeas Work. Desvek, Nov. 25. The South Park and Pacific R. It. Co. let a contract to-day for the excavation of a tunnel through the main range of the Rocky mountains at Alpine pass, one-third of a mile long and 11,000 feet above the sea level. The en tire work on the road to the Anthnacite coal fields in the Elk mountains and the waters of the Gunnison is to be com- fileted by tee 1st of September next- The etting of the grading, bridging and tie ing is to be made in 30 days. The Qernuut Tutor Aerala. New York, Nov. 25. George Linck, the German tutor to Mrs. Sprague's chil dren, at the time of the Canonchet troub les, nas sued Mrs. Sprague in the marine court here for 5240 salary for three months. Mrs. Sprague pleads that she was a married woman, and therefore is not liable. The "Authority" of the Church. Boston, Nov. 25. Announcement is made of the policy of the Roman Catholic Church in New England toward Ihe pub lic schools. The Archbishop, following the advice of the Pope to a European Bishop, has directed all priests, in the ; archdiocese of New Fngland to at once estab.ish parochial schools, and threat- ens parents who refuse to patronize them with the terrors of the church. In local ities where the influence of the public schools is thought to be particularity in jurious to Catholic youth, priests are in structed to withdraw children at once, even if ihere be no parochial schools in the vicinity. , Banking aad Railroad Combinations. New York, Nov. 26. It was officially announded "this afternoon that negotia tions pending for some time past between foreign and domestic bankers represented V... Tl..nl .fnwn Jt, TV. r.t Void Vnrlr and J. L. Morgan & Co., of London, and Wm. II. Vanderbilt for the purchase of $25,000,000 of New York Central stock were successfully concluded to-day. It is understood -that tbe bankers take $15, 000,000 now, with an option on$10,000,000 additioualat 1 50. Mr. Vanderbilt re tains bis control of the New Central. Mr. Field control the Wabash with which road close close connections will be had, and Mr. Pierrepont will represent the English interest. A rumor is that a com bination similar to the Pennsylvania railway combination will be formed ta king in the New York Ceniral, Lake Shore, Canada Southern, Vabasb, : and Kansas City and Northern. , Marine IMsaaters. Nkw Yokk, Nov. 26. It is reported lieJe that tbe mail steamship Jkllona, Captain Potlener, from Montreal and Quebec, was dnveh ashore during a ter rible gale at Lake St. Peter. No further particulars could be obtained owing to a tremendous heavy sea running. . Tbe mail steamer Albert, from Pictou, Nova Scotia, is reported wrecken on one of the Magdalen Islands. Reports say that tbe passengers and crew were all saved. ; . . The Uaca-Spraaue Caae. " Nsw YoK, Nov. 26. The court room was filled with people to-day when the suit of George Linck against Mrs. Kate Snramid was called. Dinck was tutor for Mrs. Sprague's child, Willie, at the time of the recent troubles at Canonchet in "Independent ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER G, 1879. which Senator Conkling figured, and sues for $250 salary ond expenses in carrying out his engagement as tntor. The answer of the defendant to tbe complaint sets forth that the agreement with Linck was made in her capacity of a married woman; thar therefore her husband is responsible for the debt, and that Gov. Sprague had full knowledge of the engagement with Linck. The case came up to-day on notice of motion by counsel for Mrs. Sprague for the counsel of Linck to show by what means he expects to evade the bar of the marrsed woman act. In the course of the orgument a letter was read from Mrs. Sprague to Linck to show that she considered him in her employ, and counsel adeed that the professor made his exit from the Sprague mansion at the end of a shotgun. Tbe judge took the papers and reserved decision. Fire la a St. Louis School Hoase. St.' Louis, Nov. 26. Between 10 and 11 o'clock this morning firo was discovered in the ground floor of the Webster school at the.cornea cf 118th and Jefferson streets tha largest primary scnool building in the city. The school fire alarm was imme diately struck and the teachers and schol ars throughout the building were ap prised of the danger. The children on the ground floor got out safely and in good order, but those on the vpper floors were seized with a panic and rushed wildly nndshrieking with terror fo the stairways down which they hurled them selves in the greatest confusion. The pressure was so great on the stairs be tween the second and ground floor that the brnnister gave way and several child ren were precipitated to the floor below. One child hnd an arm broken, one was badly hurt about the and another bally hurt. Mrs. Ballasegar, a teacher, in her heroic efforts to stay the rushing tide at the head of tbe stairs was hurled from her feet, trampled upon and borne to the bottom, where she was dragged out very much bruised but nit seriously hurt. The tire was only a trifling affair and soon mastered. The Steamer "Alabama" Rescues the Crew of the Ship '8vca." rotate of Alabama resiued the crew of the Srea, from Boston fojr Antwep with palm oil. The crew was much exhausted from exposure and wanij of water and food. One was washed overboard a few hours before the Alabama hove in sight. While in the lifeboat off the steamer the sea sea smashed it into pieces, throwing the third officer and two seaman into the water. Ropes and life buoys were in stantly throwu to them and they hauled themselves on board. The steamship al so passed a large ooanlity of wreck stuff and a great number ot petroleum barrels. Explosion of Benzlae. An explosion of benzine in the balh room of the New York Electrotype Foundry recurred to-day, doing consider able damage to to the building; and prob ably fatally burning Edward O'Keafe and Wm. Gray. Tbe children in Ihe school house near by were saved from panic by the prompt action of the teachers. Mrs. Hayes at Philadelphia. Pmi.ADEt.rniA, Nov. 25.AMrs. President Hayes "and her son AVebb came from Washington yesterday and attended the Methodist Fair for the benefit of the Methodist erpbrnage. Mrs. Hayes Receiving Presents. Philadelphia, rNov. 26. Mrs. Hayes visited the Methodist Fair this morning and was formally presented with a hand somely embroidered satin screen. Bishop Simpson made the presentation speach. Subsequently another screen was present ed to Mis. Hayes by the congregation of St John's Church. PACIFIC COAST. Assessment Levied. San Francisco, Nov. 22. North Bo nanza levies an assessment of 25 cents. Killed by a Pall. Patrick O'Laughlen, a resident of Sac ramento, was killed about half past 2 this morning by falling from the window of his room on the first floor of the Russ House. He came down from Sacramento yesterday, took his room early in the evening nnd went out, returning some what in liquor. His age was 43. He was a member of the Sacramento Lodge A. O. U. W. Comments on Coll Deane'a Lecture. Stock naners to-dav comment on Coll Deane's lecture, the general tenor being that so far as his location of the new bo nanzas is concerned, heteld nothing that had not been talked of on the streets for months. As to his attack on Flood they rent that as a matter of personal ill will The Bonanaa Knits. The argument in defendant's demurrer to the complaint of John H. Burke against Jas. C. Flood and Jas. V. Coleman, execu tor of the estate of W. S. O.Brien, de ceased, to recover $26,000,000, the value of the tailings and excessive charges for milling ores and the value of several lot in Virginia City, was concluded to-day in the 23d district court, and submitted for decision The arguments for the defend' ants was mainly devoted to the statue of limitations and the delay in bringing the action after the discovery of the frauds cnarged. Denis Must Pay a fine. In the police court this morning, Kear ney was convicted of carrying a concealed weapon ; sentence Monday. The Bonanza Suits. San Francisco Nov. 28. Judge Thorn ton, of the 23d ui"trict court, toilay over ruled the demurrer of defendants in the case of John H. Burke against Flood, and the executors of the estate of O'Brien to recover $26,000,000, and decided that de fendants must answer a motion to com mst Flood for contempt in refusing to an swer questions put by plaintiff's counsel, the court eeciding that air questions put wera proper and that witness (Flood) must answer. Hail McAllister, counsel for Mr. Flood, assuring the court that witness would not answer, no furthea or der was made. - In the suits of Burke against the Neva da Bank to recover $15,000,000, and Burke against the Pacific Reftueay and Bullion Exchange to recover $1,000,000, all odjec tions of pefeneants were overruled, except that the complaints did not sufficiently allege the nature of the contracts com plained of. On this ground defendants' demurrers were sustained in these suits, and the plaintiff allowed ten days to amend his complaints. " , ..Drunk and Robbed.. . J. A. Forrester, who arrived In this city yesterday morning on the steamer iStote of Oalifotnia from Portland, incautiously took too much water front whisky at an estab lishment not far from the steamer's wharf So long and deep were his draughts of firewater that he was taken to the city prison on a charge of drunkenness. After having cooled off his heated brain For rester remembeted that he had left in an. old stocking under his inattres-s on the steamer $140, and upon retaining release from custody went to the steamer, and failing to Ond it there, concluded that he must have taken it with him, and had been fobbed after getting ashore s 8s. Julie "Indisposed." . , St. Julien was to'have trotted against his time of 2:12 on December Oth, but he has caught a severe cold this week and the trial has been indefinitely postponed. FOREIGN The Cholera la Japan. Yokohama, Nov. 21. The latest cholera reports show onwards, of 90,000 deaths. The epidemic is expected to cease entire ly by the end of the year. Extraordinary precautionary measures for the.future are to be applied to the minutest, districts. It is now to be believed that the Japanese eanrary system is unsurpassed tn tne world. Fraudulent Issue of STtnuaeat Motes. The question of illegal issue of govern- aieiis paprr luuuvy ia auu uuuer investi gation. Wild reports continue to circa late, bat are now understood to be greatly 1 xlfCT" in all Things ; Neutral exaggerated for speculative purposes. No positive facta are known,' except that a certain number of government notes Lave been fraudulently issued. The extent and method of the transactions are unre veaied." k ,., Foreign Relations. : The Duke of Genoa is cruising in Japa nese waters in the ship Vilior Iltani. General Kawaji, chief of police, recent ly returned from a European journey, died suddenly October 13th. 4 NordenskjoldJ journeying . homeward, received complementary demonstrations atKeobe and Najaskl, the central and southwestern pojrts of Japan. . The Corean port, called Gedsen, is about to open to Japanese trade. Com mercial retujns jof Japan and Corea for the year ended June 13th, 1879, show the exporta froni Corea to be f the value of $460,000, and importsinto Corea $400,000, mostly shirtings. One of Loudon's Fogs. London. Nov. 22. A dense fog prevails over London, j Weather throughout the Kingdom for the past three days has been cold, wet and snowy. Severe Weather ia Germany. Burun, Nov. 22. Winter has set in with severity here and all over the north orn part of the continent. Snow is deep in Berlin. Wolves la French Forests. Paris, Nov. 22. Early frosts has driven wolves from forests in the department of the Marne, and peasants are organizing midnight hunting parties to protect their flocks. Government Relief in Ireland. London, Nov. 22. A dispatch from Dublin says that the government has de termined to abandon all preliminary dif ficulties which might obstruct tbe obtain ing of loans from the board of public works and from improvement of estate, and in order to. expedite expending ef money strictly for employment of .un skilled labor, they will immediately give loans to land owners and sanitary boards. They will add to the principal tbe cost of the preliminary interest on the sums bor rowed, allowing two years' grace. Repay ment, inererore, win negin at tne begin ning of the third year. This concession will only take effect in districts which the government will declare to come ntjder the designation of distressed districts Another Method for Relief. Dcblin, Nov. 22. Tbe Irish 7tnM states that it to possible the government m.iv be induced on the memorial of boards guar dians to grant money to assist emigration irora localities where other arrangement is unable to cope with any threatened cal amity. - - Another AntUBeut Meeting. London. Nov. 22. A great meeting was held to-day at Soonamore, two miles from Balla, Ireland. The chair was occupied by John Louden, president of the National Land League of Mayo. Charles S. Parnell, Edmund Dwyer Gray and several other prominent gentlemen were present. Res olutions were passed protesting against the recent attempt of the government to stifle the voice of constitutional agitation and drive the people into acts of violence. Also calling upon the people of Ireland to maintain tbe attitude of self! .control has hitherto characterized the movement, and to carefully abstain from giving the government any excuse for inaugurating a policy of coercion which the meetin feels convinced they have in contemplag tion. Death of Charles Dleheas Wife. London, Nov. 22. The widow of Charles Dickens died at her residence, Gloucester Crescent, Regent's Park, this morning, after an illness of 18 months. Eugenie Passes throagh Parle. - The ex-Empress ' Eugenie arrived in Paris on Thursday night by the authori zation of the government on her way to Spain. The authorization was solicited through the medium of the English em bassy in Paris and at once granted. The ex-Empress alighted at the residence of Duke de Mouehy from whence she started Friday morning for Madrid. During her stay the doors of her host were rigorously closed to prevent the slightest manifesta tion, and any misconstruction that might have been put upon her visit. Arrival of the Ex Empreae Madrid Eugenie la Madrid, Nov. 23. When the ex-Empress Eugenie arrived here, her mother, The Countess de Montijo, whose sickness occasioned her visit, was already dead. King Alfonso, who was awaiting Eugenie at the station, communioated the news of her mother's death. Eugenie wished to go to her mother's residence, but was pre vailed upon to go to the Alba Palace, where many thonaand visitors called and inscribed their names. Cuban Hatters lu Cabinet Council. The Corretpondencia states that the pres ident of coDgiess was present at a cabinet council held on Saturday, and that an un derstanding has probably been arrived at between tbe parliamentary majority and Promier Campos, in reference to reforms in Cuba. Disastrous Fire at Farmlngton, Minn. St. Pacl. Nov. 23. A fire at Farminir- ton last night destroyed four-fifths of the town, including the depot, elevator, two hotels, bank, stores and dwelling houses. me toia- loss is probably f 150,000. Insur ance 50W,tlUU. The South Australian Wheat Harvest. London, Nov. 24. The agent general for South Australia has a telecrram from Coby dated the 21st inst., which says that reaping nas commenced in northern dis tricts. It is estimated that there will be 375,000 tons of wheat for export. The English Government and the Irish . - rsor. . Manchester, Nov. 24. The London cor respondence of the Guardian savs that Beaconsfield on Saturday last reouested the attendance at his official residence of a very active and wominent member of the home rule nartv. with whom he con- vemou a lung nine aooui. me petition oi iimu uieiuuersui parliament nraviun inai the government relieve the distress pre vailing in manv nnrta oi jreiann. tne greatest of which results from scarcity of luei. Jjoru uoaconstield ileclared that the government was favorably disposed to the prayer oi tne memorialists, and tney con template senaing large quantities ol coal to porta near the distressed districts, to be distributed by poor law officers and re lief committees at cost prices. The Irish Land Question. London, Nov, 24. Rev. Alexander Mackonochie conducted service at Stal ban's church Holborn, yesterday under the circumstances mentioned la a disatch of the 22d inst. There were gatherings of Irishmen yesterday in various parts of London to consider preparations for a demonstration at Hyde Park Sunday next. Provincial contingents are expected from Manchester, New Castle, Liverpool, Bristol, Cardiff and Glasgow. Tbe meeting at Manchester yesterday was . a great failure. . Hers Is Good Advice. , Dcbun. Nov. 24. The pastoral of Arch bishop McCabe was read in all the Cath olic churches yesterday, declaring that all must take part in bearing the burden of bad harvests in Ireland. But they must take care not to drive God from their side by violation of his law x "Unfortu nately, men who claim to be in sympathy with the people, are disseminating doc trines which,, if pushed to their logical conclusion, strike at tbe root of God. faith and mntual confidence." . - - . i Trial of Irish Agttavtora. - Slioo, Nov.24 Dayitt, Daly and Kil lin, arrested last week and lodged in jail here were charged before , magistrates with sedition. . Monroe, Queen's counsel and Crown Law advistr, conducted tbe prosecution. The inquiry will be very protracted. Farnell and a number of priests were in court. There was no dem onstration. The prisoners were brought into court under heavy escort. There is a great crowd in Sligo, and extra police men have been drafted. A land meeting was held to-day at Aghadonar near Castle Bar, county of" Mayo, 10,000 being pres ent, Monroe, in opening the case for the prosecution, pointed out that eedition a,."'T?-'H-. IIDEPEIBEIT. in Nothing." meant not only open violence but any thing calculated to incur disaffection or set one class against another. He then proceeded to call evidence. Areg, solici tor of Belfast, himself at one time a polit ical prisoner, 'defended Killin. Tbe pris oners all looked well and chatted uncon cernedly. A number of police were examined to prove the general character of the Gnerten meeting and in cendiary wordB on which indictments against Uie prisoners are founded. In consequence of the magis trates leaving the bench during a short pause caused by the indisposition of a witness, linden applied for the release of tne prisoners as tne magistrates ten tbe bench without adjourning tbe court or remanding the prisoners. The applica tion was overruled. A Page from the History of Carriages. How few ever think, aa they enjoy their elegant carriages of the day, of the clumsy mode our forefathers had of traveling and of the suffering they most have endured in their rude, uncomforta ble, clumsy wagons without springs, that were then in use! Chariots of a very clumsy make, were in nse by the people of Israel 4000 years ago. ; The earliest record we have of convey ance is the camel. In ancient times it was the only means of carriage to con vey the products from Arabia to Egypt. Even in the present day, throngh Persia, Arabia, Barbary and Egypt, the camel is largely used, as in the days of old, not only to carry merchandise, bnt as a car riage for passengers. The horse, the ass and the mule date equal with the camel. The elephant has been trained for cen turies, and was in nse long before Greece ami Rome were known; but neither the elephant nor the horse were as well adapted to the sands of Arabia and Egypt as the camel, and consequently were not as generally used. In time of war, the ancient Itomans, Carthagenians and Egyptians made great use of elephants to assist in carrying great loads, both of baggage and of archers and spearmen. The first knowledge we have of wheels to carriages is in the Book of Genesis, and makes known that wheels were much used in ancient Egypt 4OU0 years ago. It was not till about the seventeenth cen tury that we had anything like comfort in traveling, and it was almost a century after before mail coaches were intro duced. , Before this date all traveling was done on horseback, although wheeled vehicles of various kinds were in nse by the ancients; it is stated that it is only within the present century that close car riages were introduced. The first coach was supposed to have originated in Hungary, and introduced into England from Germany, in the six teenth century, but so little was it in use, if at all, that we have no trace that Qaeen Elizabeth ever used one. The first coach ever nsed in Ireland was in 1593; the first that was ever seen in Scot land came from Vienna in 1571, although some writers claim in 1577. Coaches were long rare in Scotland, the young looking upon them as effeminate, pre ferring the quick movements of the horse. It was not till the reign of Charles I. that a British King had a state carriage. In Scotland, the only means of 'con veyance for goods was by pack-horses. with sacks thrown across the back; this mode of conveyance continued till alxrat 100, when one horse-carts came in nse. During all these times traveling was very perilous, the roads, if they may be called such, were infested by Highwaymen, which made traveling anything but a pleasure. About the year 1700 springs of a very rnde make were first introduced in Scotland. Up to this time the manner of traveling was of a very rnde and primitive nature, and in consequence of the bad roads the speed was not over four miles an hour for the mail coaches. We might mention that in South America and Mexico the mule is used as a mode of conveyance, their country being al most destitute of good roads; so also in Kapland the reindeer is employed, as also in Kamtscnatka the dog is almost universally used as a beast of draught. from tne time ot the old Greeks and Romans, the way back to the ancient Egyptians, following up a period of 4000 years to the present age, the greatest ad vancement and improvement of vehicles of all kinds have been made during the past fifty years. There are many who can readily recall to mind the cumbrous and clumsy family coach, as uncomfort able to ride in as it was heavy and un sightly to look at. Our grocers and butchers' wagons of to-day are more sightly and comfortable than was the state carriage of King Charles I. of Eng land. Surely we are living in a wonder ful and luxurious age; what progress has been made in all things that tend to make life desirable; how perfectly decant and comfortable is the family coach of to-day; what beauties of taste and comfort, how easy, noiseless in all their movements, as they roll over our fine avenues. As we have been astonished at the discoveries nnd improvements during the past cen tury, wnat may we expect m tbe next? nottnatwe wouia suggest or recom mend and backward steps, any plan which wonld render our farm work any slower of performance, or be attended with any more expense. Nor would we recommend a complete substitution of oxen for horse labor; bnt this much is sure, steers and oxen are never out of place on a New England farm; there are many kinds of work they can do better than horses, and they are always a source of advantage and profit. At all our fairs, the well-matched, large. well-disciDlined oxen and steors are always an object of admiration and pride, and we have ael- dom Known a Mew England farmer who had a "likely" yoke of oxen or steers for sale for which lie could not get a good price, and always find a purchaser. They may not again assume their former im portance as a farm team, but on the farm, aa animals lor work a part of tbe time, for sale as workers or for beef, they are of a coming high rank. Crosses of Here fords with our better class of grades make a superior working and an excel lent beef animal, while the grade Devons are aiso esteemed as workers or beeves, and the excellence of our Shorthorns is well known. The main question of farm labor aside for the moment, we wonld much like to see a revival of the interest in steers and oxen in New England. If their number were greater we believe our agriculture wonld rank higher, for the more cattle we can keep the higher wiU be the con dition of our agriculture, and the greater crops of grass and the cereals we may be enabled to grow. Besides there is always a quick market at a good price for the well-fattened steer, and where the hay is consumed and animals fed upon the form, there is a profit to sneh husbandry which cannot be argued out of sight. ' A pair of good steers on every farm in New England this fall would not be a bad sight, and every one which the owner wished to part with could find a good market at Watertown, in preference to Western steers. ."Charley, how far is it round the world?" "About twenty four inches, my darling,! replied he, as his arm encircled her waist. ; The boys might add a few Awars and feathers to their fancy colored bat ribbons, and pass themselves off for young ladies. Call a man a "puppy," and hell re sent it. Call him a t'sly dog," and he rather likes it, A man never knows how many friends I he has until he begins to keep a demijohn Te Babies." The fifteenth and last regular toast was ' The Babies. Aa they comfort ns in our sorrows, let ns not forget them in our festivities;" and to this Samuel L. Ulemertg responded. He said: I like that. We have not all had the good fortune to be ladies. We have not all been generals, or poets, or statesmen. but when the toast works down to the babies we stand on common ground, for we have all been babies. It is a shame that, for a thousand years, the world's banquets nave utterly ignored the baby, as if he didn't amount to anything. ' If you will stop and think a minute if you will go back fifty or one hundred years A a I 1 1 ' r V a. ; - hj your eany marneu me iiangnterj and recontemplate your first baby you will remember that he amounted to a good aeai, anu even something over. I on soldiers all know that when that little fellow arrived at family headquarters you had to hand in your resignation. He took entire command. You became his lackey his mere body servant, and you had to stand around, too. He was not a commander who made allowances for time, distance, weather, or anything else, f Convulsive screams. 1 You had sto execute his order whether it was pos sible or not. Roars.' And there was only one form of inarching in his manual of tactics, and that was the double-quick. Shouts. He treated you with every sort of insolence and disresDect flaneh- i ter, and the bravest of you didn't dare j to say a word. Great laughter. You could face the, death storm of Donelson and Vicksburg, and give back blow for blow, bnt when he clawed your whiskers. ' and pulled your hair, and twisted your ! nose, you naa to taKe it. jiioars.J When the thunders of war were sound- i ing in yonr cars, yon set yonr faces to- j ward the batteries, and advanced with ! steady tread, bnt when he turned on the terrors of his war-whoop laughter J, you advanced in the other direction, and mightv glad of the chance, too. When he called for soothing syrnp, did yon venture to throw out any side remarks about certain services being unbecoming an officer and a gentleman? Boisterous laughter. No. You got up and got. When he ordered bis pap bottle, and it was not warm, did you talk back? Not yOn. Renewed laughter. You went to work and warmed it. You even de scended so far in your menial office as to take a suck at that warm, insipid stuff, just to see if it was right three parts water to one of milk tumultuous laughter a touch of sugar to modify the colic, and a drop of peppermint to kill those immortal hiccoughs. Koars.l a can taste that stun. - And bow many things you learned as you went along! Sentimental young folks will take stock in that beautiful old saying, that when the baby smiles it is because the angels are whispering to him. Very pretty, but too thin simply wind on the stomach, my friends. If the baby pro posed to take a walk at his usual hour, two o'clock in the morning, didn't yon rise up promptly and remark, with a mental addition which would not im prove a Sunday ' school book much laughter, that that was the very thing von were about to propose yourself? I Great roars. Oh! you were under good discipline, and, as you went faltering up uuu uuu iuo room in your undress uniform laughter, you not only prat tled undignified babj; talk, but even! tuned yonr martial voices and tried to sing, "Rock-a-by baby, in the tree top," for instance. Great langhter. What a spectacle for an Army of the Tennessee. And what an affliction for the neighbors, too, for it is not everybody within a mile around that likes military music at three in the morning. Laughter. And when you have been keeping this sort of thing up for two or three hours, and your little veiveiueaa mamatea that nothing suited him like exercise and noise, what did you do ? You simply went on until you mucuuj uie just, ui&cu. ixjaugnter.j The idea that a baby doesn't amount to anything! Why, one baby is just a house and a front yard full by itself. One hahv can furnish more business than you and your whole Interior Department can at tend to. Laughter. I He is enternria- ing, irrepressible, brimfnl of lawless activities. Do what you please, yon can't make him stay on the reservation. Great shouts. I Sufficient unto the day is one baby. As long as von .ire in vonr right mind, don't you ever pray for twins. Mr. Clemens is the father of a pair. Twins amount to a irmanent riot; and there isn't any real difference between triplets and an insurrection. Uproarious shouts. , Yes, it was high time for a toast to the masses to recognize the importance of the babies. 'Ihink what is in store for the present crop I Fifty years from now we shall all be dead, I trust langhter, and then this flag, if it still anrvirn faTirt let ns hope it may), will be floating over a republic numbering 200,000,000 souls, according to settled laws of our increase. Our present schooner of state will have grown into a political leviathan a Great Eastern. The cradled babies of to-day will -be on deck. Let them be well trained, for we are going to have a big contract on our hands. Among the three or four million cradles now rocking in uie iani are some which this nation wonld preserve for aces as sacred thinira. if we could only know which ones they are. In one of these cradles the uncon scious Farragut is now teething; think of u, ana putting m a word of dead earnest, inarticulated, but perfectly justifiable profanity over it, too. In another the future renowned astronomer is blinking at the shining milky way with but a liquid interest, poor ' little chap! and wondering what has become of that other one they call the wet-nurse, .Tn another Ihe future great historian is iying, and .1 t-AT lit . ' . 1 ll i . 1 uuuuuon win continue vo lie laugnter , until his earthly mission is ended. In another the future President ia busying himself with no profounder problem of state than what the mischief has become of his hair s early langhter, and in a mighty array of other cradles there are now some CO ,000 future office-seekers getting ready to furnish him occasion to grapple with that same old problem a second time. And in Btill ono more cra dle, somewhere under the flag, the future illustrious Commander-in-CLief of the American armies is so little burdened with ma approaching grandeur and re sponsibilities as to be giving his whole strategic mind at this moment to trying us uuu wub some way to gel U1S Dig toe into his month, aa achievement which. meaning no disrespect, the illustrious guestof this evening turned his atten tion to some 50 yesra ago: and if the child is bnt a prophecy of the man, there are mignty lew who win doubt that he succeeded. ' i Tke Fibsk of Animals A French ser vant having been called upon to give his views regarding the eating of horseflesh, says: '"It is like third rate beef, it can not be said to have a disagreeable taste, for it has no taste stall. Donkey, on the other hand, is delicious, and ifinitely better eating than beef or mutton. This the rencn soon discovered during the Biege of Paris for a 'portion' of donkey cost about six times as much as a "por tion' of horse.r Cats taste exactly like rabbits; it is impossible to distinguish between them. The objection to rata is that- when cooked 4&eir flesh is gritty. ThU objection, however, -is somewhat epicurean, lor, except for this grittinesa. they are a wholeome . and . excellent article of food. I am surpriaad that there is no society for the promotion of rat. Why should not felons beil with these nourishing little animals?' .... Punctuality is the chief virtne of a cheek which lacks its face at its back. NO. 34. Owens Baby. . The following letter from the cele brated comedian, who ia the central fig ure of the interesting incident subjoined is self-explanatory: ; Pa&acb HoTEia, Not. 19, 1879. Mt Dear Sir: Thank you for the ad vance proof of your article, which is cor rect in almost every particular, except that you have overdrawn the scene in the theater slightly, and made, X think, too much fun of a matter which to me is one oi the most serious events of mv life. Little David f for I have resolved to call him after yon) is sleeping quietly in the new crib I bought for him this morning, and I have an alcohol lamp to warm his mint tne moment be wakes up. I have already learned how to dress, undress. wash and powder him, from a kind mat ron residing on the floor below, and can perform every office that his infant help lessness demands of me. - I had to dis card the 'Maws Feeding Bottle" for an other kind with a rubber attachment that works better. If you know any friends who have children and could spare me a few bibs and one or two pinning blan kets, send them along. I have all the diadems I want. . D. is Hat waking up, and the little rascal has kicked off one of his woolen shoes. Excuse my closing this abruptly, as I have to take him. He has commenced to cry. Your Binoere friend, ; v , Johh E. Owxxs. - THE FACTS OF THE CASS, ' Which will be eagerly read by all who know Mr. Owens, are as follows: He had retired to his room on Monday about half -past three in the afternoon, and after taking off his coat and shoes, lain down down to take a short siesta as a prepara tion for bis evening labors. He was just beginning to doze off when he heard a loud knock at the door, which he an swered by requesting tbe caller to wait. About a minute and a half elapsed while be was putting on his boots and coat, during which he heard the rustling of dress of some person evidently hurrying down the corridor and tne cry of an in fant. When he opened the door there was no one in sight, while on the mat outside lay a beautiful baby boy about three months old, with large bine eyes, and crowing lustily. : When his first burst of astonishment had passed away he naturally . lifted the little one and noticed a page of note paper pinned to its dress. On this was written; ; Mt Dear Srn : I haw een yonr per formance of Higgina in Clyde,' and consider it one of the finest impersona tions! I ever witnessed. The onlv wav in which I can evince my gratitude to you is my offering you one of the loveliest infants I could select from the Orphan Asylum. Take it and cherish it, and may God bless yor. and prosper you. "Ah Unknown Adheres. He was on the point of taking the lit tle, helpless cherub, and in a moment of : AKQKB AXIS TO INSANITY, Dashing it to the floor, but the baby was smiling at him, and his heart melted in a moment, while great tears welled up from the princely breast of the old comme dian. as he folded it to his bosom and carried it into bis suite of rooms. There he laid it tenderly on the bed, covered it with a red handkerchief and a green coat, wrapped its little feet in an old scratch wig, . looked at it, chucked it under the chin, and well kissed it till his prickly beard made it cry. Then he A . - , sooinea it, ana puuiug us arm cnair close to the bed, contemplated the situa tion. : : - - - ;. "I'll keep it," he cried, "in spite of what anv one may say. I'm eightv-fonr years old, and a member of the Baptist Church, and only six weeks in the city; 111 defy tmblio ouinion: I'll be if I don't. , Next he rang the bell and sent for Mr. Sharon, told his story and his resolve. The latter secured the services of a kind lady guest, .who, amply pro vided by Mr. Owens with the necessary funds, secured a lavish outfit for the foundling within an hour. . When the time came to go to the theatre, he for the first tune felt anxious about his treasure. He could not leave it. Like the Spartan heroes of old he faced the music the gibes of the company and the incredu lous disgust of tbe leading lady and the soubrette, and with the child sleeping in his arms and a feeding bottle sticking out of his pocket, entered the dressing room, where he he pro vised a crib. He wonld allow . : - - - ; SO ONB TO NURSE IT, Except his friend, Mr. Kennedy, nor to touch it or handle it. The noise of the orchestra woke it up, and its screams drove the leader nearly wild, and an noyed the audience, but he persevered, and merely set his teeth and sent for some paregoric. How he set np all night with it, and sent for Dr.- Bishop to allay its colic, and how .devotedly he nurses it day and night, are matters which will be told by-and-by. His act was that of a good, brave and generous soul, and, as such, deserves to be given to the world. San Francitco Post. A Fascinating Swindles, An extra ordinary swindler has just made his ap pearance before the Correctional Tribu nal of Nantes. . He called himself the- "Comte de Naux," but his real name was DorsainviUe. He was born at Port an Prince in 1829. At the age of thirty he left his native town for reasons of a deli cate nature; the police had been ordered to arrest him for embezzlement. On his arrival in the Old World he took np his residence in Paris, where his good looks and a flnent tongue soon succeeded in leading astray the daughter of a rich bourgeois, wnom he married iu 1859. Having run through his wife's fortune in a twelve-month, and while she was yet alive, he looked out for another partner. Tbis time he captivated a jeweler's daugh ter; but ihe father-in-law, discovering shortly after the wedding that the "Comte" was fonder of the diamonds in his shop than of his daughter, sent him abdut his business. The adventurous Creole then crossed the channel and got married to an English girl of a well-to-do family. It is necessary to here state that these marriages alternated with cer tain difficulties from the police, which will explain the ruptures of his conjugal life. For instance, in 1860 he was sent to prison in Paris for embezzlement; in 1862 he was sentenced by default to five years' imprisonment for swindling; in 1864, at Geneva, to five years' imprison ment for forgery; in 18C9, at Brussels, to two years for theft; and again, in Paris, in 1872, to three years for embezzlement. The charge on which be was tried on the present occasion was a swindle cf aa in genious combination. ; It appears that the manager of the Fantasies Lyriques Theater at Nantes was on the point of bankruptcy, when he received a letter from London signed "General De la Miranda," in which the writer offered to put 350,000 francs at his disposal to save him. . The manager, jumping at tbe offer, repaired to London with a notary. The "General, who was no other than DorsainviUe, explained that tbe money was partly at Florence and partly at Madrid, bnt that it would be necessary to advance 60,000 francs in order to get possession of it. The manager obtained the assistance of two Englishmen, and Florence and then for Madrid,' but it ia hardly necessary to add that the prom ised golden fleece could no be discov ered, and the poor theatrical manager returned . home J5,(ifX francs out cf pockety The prisoner was sentenced to three years' imprisonment and ten yea s supervision of the Police. Curr. Londn Standard. - , Wound no one's feelings unneces sarily; there r thorns enongh in the path of busts) Lfo. the iM)i:i:; . hasth:: Fir.'LGT jdd c r:-c:: IN DOUGUS rt.LW . CARDS, BILL-HEAPS, r.t.U i CCiL ...Bi.Afcss,'' And oil.er prmiiiyr. c :i.t .. i Large aad lleavjr Powi, o.-.rf s,-,r..i . , Uaau-BI'l.. ' : Neatly and expelitiu-1,- Kr.-iitcd at ponriANO PrMO? Vandalism at Teu'ee. The poet Morris writes to the London Daily A'w.- I liave just received information, c. the accuracy of which I can rely, that the restoration of the west front of ;;t. Mark's at Venice, which has long been vaguely threatened,' ia to be tukoh in hand at once. A commission ia called for next month to examine its state and to determine whether it is to be pulled uuwu uameoiaieiy or to be allowed to stand until next year. The fate of snch a building seems to me a subject import ant enough to warrant me in asking von to grant me space to make an appeal to yonr readers to consider what a disaster is threatened hereby to art and culture ' in general. Though this marvel of art and treasure of history has - suffer ed some disgraces, chiefly in the base mosaics that have supplanted the earlier ones, it is in the main in a genuine ami untouched state, snd to the eye of any one sot an expert in building looks safe enongh from anything bnt malice or ig norance; but anyhow, if it be in any way unstable, it is impossible to believe that . a very moderate exercise of engineering skill would not make it as sound as anv building of its age can be. Whatever pretexts may be put forward, therefore, the proposal to rebuild it can only come from those that suppose that they can re new and better (by imitation) tbe work manship of its details, hitherto supposed to be unrivaled; by those that think that there ia nothing distinctive between the thoughts and expression of the thoughts of Uie men of the twelfth and of the nineteenth centuries; by those that pre fer gilding, glitter and Man kn ess to the solemnity of tone and the incident that hundreds of years of wind and weather have given to the marble, always beauti ful, but from the first, meant to grow more beautiful by the lapse of time; in snort, inose onty can think use "restora tion" of St Mark's possible, who neither know nor care that it now has become a work of art, a monument cf history and a piece of nature. Surely I need not en large on the pre-eminence of St. Mark's in all these characters, for no one who even pretends to care about art, history or nature wonld call it in question; but I will assert that, strongly as I may have -seemed to express myself, my words bnt feebly represent the feelings of a large body of cultivated men who will feel real grief at the loss that seems imminent a loss which may, be slurred over, bnt which will not be forgotten, and which will be felt ever deeper as cultivation ' spreads, i nat tne outward aspect of the world should grow uglier day by day ia spite of the aspirations of civilisation. nay, partly because of its triumphs, is a grievous puzzie to some ot as who are .. not lacking in sympathy for those aspi-' -rations and triumphs, artists and crafts men as we are. So grievous it is that sometimes we are tempted "to say: - "Let them make a clean sweep of it all, then; let us forget it all, and muddle on as best ' we may, unencumbered with either his tory or hope! " ' But snch despair is, we well know, a treason to the cause of civ ilization and the arts, and we do oar best to overcome it and to strengthen our selves in the belief that even a small mi nority will at last bo-- listened to and its reasonable opinions be accepted. In this belief I have troubled von with this let ter, and I call on all inose who share it to loin earnestly m any attempt that may t bj made to save from an irreparable ljj-g -f a loss which only neadlong radiness 1 could make possible. Surely it ean never be too late to - pull down Mark s at Venice, the wonder of the civilized world. . x. . - , Bob Morrow's Lack. The atmosphere of good lnc-k that hangs around some men is past under standing. Take the case of Bob Morrow, the Ban Francisco manipulator, who owns St. J nlian, the fastest horse in the world, to illustrate by, for instance. iThe reporter met a forty-niner who used to know him in the days when a "biled Blurt" worn among the mountain miners indicated that the possessor was either a blackleg or a gospel expounder, the cliances being ninety-nine to one that he was the former, for parsons were then ss scarce as copper pennies, almost. , He arrived in Nevada City when the camp was a mere infant, so to speak. The first . thing he did after getting here was to skirmish around and hunt up a shovel, pick and rocker. With these he began scratching along Deer creek for gold. By dint cf perseverance and hard work : his knowledge of mining did dot exceed his intimacy with Bible passages and an exercise of cheek he got enough to alle viate the pangs of hunger to a bearable extent. He stayed around here till 185'J, and by that time his clothes were so tat tered and torn that he had to put his old hit under him to keep his bare body from coming in contact with the chair whenever he sat down and then decided to emigrate. George Hearst, Joe Clark, A. E. Head, and a number of other boys whose lines were too hard for comfort, wanted to go with him. ' Tint the whole caboodle of them were dead broke,' ' and figure as they would no alternate presented whereby they could scare up enongh coin to get out of the camp with. finally, Arthur nagadorn came to the -rewme. He fitted some of them out with a mule apiece, provisions and coin. They made a bee line for the Cornstock. The next time his old townies heard from Morrow, he was on top of a wave of pros perity; that is, hail got into the riuvage . and some other big mines at Virginia City. For several years he reveled in ; wealth. After 'enjoying the rapidly ac quired shekels for a few years, they slip ped away from him, aad Le was busted once more. : His will and energy didn't peter out when his money did, and making a little raise he sprang boldly into the arena of the stock market. Ebnce then be hasn't drawn a blank in the lot- s tery of life, so far aa heard of. As a Director of the Bank of California alone, to say nothing of all the other soft things he dropped into through the influence of tho deceased Balnton, he has glory enongh to satisfy any common man. As to the three individuals- named above who took sail on the mules with Mono w, they are all in San Francisco doing more or less in stocks. One or two of them have become pretty well fixed in respeot to this world's goods. None of them ever have come back here to .live.enula TratucrijH, November ilk. - Does Hkb Ows Wo ex, Docs shr-? Wliat of it? Is it any disgrace? Is she any- less a true woman, less worthy of respect than she who sits in silk and sat Ji, and is vain of fingers than never labar? . We listened to this sneer a few days ago, and tbe tone in which it was uttared betokened ' a narrow, uelSshv ignoble mind .better fitted for a country wh -se institutions do not rest on honor abl labor as one of the - chief corner stones. It evinced a false idea of Uie true basis of society, of true woman hood, of genuine nobility. It showed the detestable spirit of caste, of rank, which a certain class are trying to estab lish s caste whose sole foundation is money, and so the meanest kind of rasis do1 rn to civilization. . Mind, .manners. morals, all that enter into a goo.l c-Ur-'-ter, are of no aeeonnfjwstli these social stu bs; position in their stilted ranks is bought with gold, and each additional do Iat is another dollar in the lackkr by wh b elevation is bought. . Its is only independent who e&n t; tain himself bv his owa cserrkms. -tiow rucoiy . iat vrnr t . yotrg; sriu to -.. "art. ' "i she ijs)Bdfl, v.'s get over I grem." r. 1