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KELLY .&. WELLS, Publishers. Om Tear- i so ... . so 1 Mix Monlki,. Threw Mentha.. Tbeee are tbe terms for those p ylns in ad vanei. Tbe IHDiPEjmKirr off-n- -ne Ji. -iice-ments to advertisers. Terma rea- nablc I . P. MULLE I, Watchmaker and Jeweler, OAKLASD, . . ORKOON 08ic ia Pr. Page's Drug Store. Canvonville Hotel, D. A. LEVI'S'', PBOPKIETOH HAVlXti KK MOSTLY PUKOHASED THE Canyoitvi Ij Hotel, 1 am new prepured to urnish trareli-nt with the beat of accommodations. Feed and stabling f.-ratwlt. D. A. LEV 1X8. JAB. THOBNTON. w. k. atki;:bon. JACOI! WAOSER. E. K. ANDEKSON Ashland Woolen Manufacturing Company, Mmi'i.Wturrra and Dealer in ; White & Colored Blankets Plata tnJ Fucr Caihmem, Doc..kJ.ts, Kiaxinrlet, Ktc lof OVER AND UNDERWEAR CLOTHING M.ide to Order. W. II. TKINSON. Scoy ASHL S D. Jackson Comity Orejon. 'H. STANTON,.-' Pealer in Staple Dry Goods I Keeps constantly on hand a general assort ment of ' - EXTRA FINE GROCERIES, WOOD, WILLOW AND GLASSWARE ALSO Crockery and Cordage A full stock of HCH O O JL. B O O I fa 8uch as required by the Public Counly Schools All kind or STATIONERY, TOTS and FAISCY ARTICLES To suit both Young and 0 d. BUYS AJTD SELLS LEGAL TENDERS furnishes Checks on Portland, anil procures Drafts on San Francisco. f.lAHONEY'8 SALOON Nearest to the Railroad Depot, Oakland Ja. Mahoney, jProp'r. The finest of wines, liqnon and cigars in Dcf las county, and the beat BILLIARD X'A.BrjSl la the State kept ia proper repair: ; Parties trareling on the railroad will find toil flaee very handy to Tiaitdaring the stop ping of the train at the Oak land, Depot. Give me acall. Ja8. jaAHOIvc.!. PATTERSON'S i Tipton Bros. Prop's. ' ' ALL KINDS OP LUMBER, Inclading SuftRZ Pine, Oedar, Fir, Pine and Oak Lnmber, Always on hand, . And Orders promptly filled on the esnortewt jNotloe All kinds of dressed lumber constantly on hand. Lumber furnished at any point in Eoseburg without extra charge, and by application to ; mo it will be found that My Lumber ia not only the best but the cheapest in the market. Try me and see. Address all letters to T1PTOJI BROS., Patterson's Mill,' or JOHN FRASER, .; Home Made Furniture, WILBUR, OREGOX. Upholstery, Spring Mattrasses, Etc., Constantly on hand. iTn ITIT O V I have the best stock o lift IliiUlVi lurnitnre soutb or Portland And all of my own manufacture. No two Prices to Customers Residents of Douglas county are requested to give me acall before purchasing elsewhere. . t&- AT.T. WOKK WABRANTED.- DEPOT HOTEL- AAKXAJTD, ORKUOBf. Richard Thomas, Prop'r. rpHIS HOTEL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED for a number oi yean, and has become very populerjritb. the traveling public FirsUclaae SLEfcPINO ACCOMMODATIONS. And the table supplied with the best the market affords. Hotel at the depot of the Railroad. Furniture Store! .TOIIX GILDEB8LEVE AVISO PURCHASED THE FCRNI ture Establishment of John Lehnherr, is now prepared to do any work in the UPHOLSTERING LINE. He is also prepared to furnish FURNITURE ! In all stylefjf the best manufacture, and cheaper than the cheapest. His Chair, Table, DurettuN, Bedsteadst, WuttliMtumlM, ETC, etc., etc. Are of superior make, and for low cost cannot be equalled in the SUte. Tbe Finest of Spring Beds . And the ; Most Complete Sofas Always on hand. Everything In sne line fur nished, of the bestquality, on the shortest ; notice and at the lowest rate. 1 MADE AND TRIMMED. led cheaper and better, than cm other establishment. y ronaee, the un- icements to VOL.4. English Castle Distinctions. The distinction between persons who are "in trade" and those who are not is insisted upon with constant vigilance. This discrimination is perpetuated and deepened by the etiquette of the court. If there are any American ladies who value their privilege of going to court (and at the United States legation it is believed that some such remain) it would be well for them to remember this abso lute law when they accept the marriage proposals of british subjects. I know of a case in which one of them was married to a wealthy British merchant, and, going to England.lived very luxuriously; but as the wife of a British subject in trade Bhe could not go to court; while her unmarried sister, being what Pepys wonld have called a she-citizen of the United States,- was solemnly and triumphantly presented. This distinction is carried to absnrd extremes by some persons, generally women, who. although within the court circle, are of snobbish natures, and generally of new-born gentility. It hus been told recently of an English lady, whose married name is of the most ""base and mechanical" origin, that, having had one interview with a governess whom she thought of engaging, and having been much pleased with her, she on the second interview informed her that she was sorry that she could not engage her, as she had dis covered that she had lived in a family the head of which was "in trade," Sir Bashe Cunard. The governess was the gainer by this manifestation of vulgar pretense and fastidiousness, for her ser vices were soon afterwards engaged by a duchess. But in aristocratic society, no less than in a barber's shop, a line must be drawn somewhere; and the England of to-day draws it at a trade. Nor does the consciousness of the consequent distinction, ever present with those who are either above or below the liae, imply arrogance on the one part or subservance on the other; It is recognized and in sisted, on by no persons more than by domestic servants, who, as I have re marked before, are great sticklers upon rank and precedence. A lady who was of rank both by birth and by marriage, and who was the mistress of a great house, told me, as she was kindly ex plaining to me some of the details of such on establishment, that she had once seen a very nice-looking young woman who offered herself for service.and being much pleased with her appearance had expressed, a wish to he housekeeper that she should be engaged. But after a quasi-dompetitive examination of the candidate, the housekeeper reported and said, "That girl is a nice girl, but she would not suit me at all, my lady. . She has only lived at rich merchants' houses in town, and at their little trumpery villas; and she knows nothing of the ways ojf great houses." The lady yielded; for in Such matters a person of her rank submits entirely to housekeeper and to butler who are held responsible, and to whom jail orders are generally given. Atlantic Monthly. A Marriage Procession In Naz.ireeh. While we were r3Sting under some olive trees to-day a marriage procession passed as. It waslod by about fifty men, in their best clothe., mounted and armed, who were escorting a bride home. Some of these men played upon curious musical instruments. In their midst sat the bride, astride upon a white caparisoned horse, led ty a man in flowing robes. Her wonderful garments were Btfff with embroidery, and she was laden with magnificent jewels. She wore the usual jacket, shirt, tunic, fall, and loose trousers, and was attended by four very ugly old hags of bridesmaids, who were nearly as smart as herself. But these an tique damsels( or dames) were distinguish ed by extraordinary head-dresses, com posed of rolls of silver coins about the size of a florin, piled up like the money on a money changer's counter, and arranged around the front of a sort of cap, something of the shape of a great sausage. The prroesslon included a host of women and children, and the rear was brought up by a solitary camel, bearing a huge scarlet and freen box aloft, which box contained the ride.s trousseau. The journey was a long one and to beguile the tedism they sang songs and played upon their queer uium cal instruments, and every time they came tojever so small a plateau beside the rocky path, the men broke out of the order of march and held a sort of miniature tournaments, performing all sorts of intricate evolutions. They would tilt at one another with their long lances, and fire off their lonr guns. Now and then one of them would detach himself from the rest, and really seem to fly up the steep mountain side, his horse clambering over thej rocks, and all the others rushing after him in hot pursuit, shouting and shrieking at the top of their voices. Fraztr, 'Migazine. Yonng man, watch ynre opportunity, and. when' vu see it, lay violent hands on it; it iz sure to cum once, and may not cum the seckund time. Squire Quiverful (who had a large family, to his eldest son ) . "These are uncommonly good cigars of yours, Fred. Wha do they cost you? Fred." "Twelve dollars a hundred." Squire Quiverful. "Good heavens! what ex travagance! Do you know, sir, that I never give more that five cents for a cigar?" Fred. "And a very good price, too. Bv George, governor, if I had as many children to provide for as you nave, I woman i sniose at an. SEEDS 8EEDS ! ! ILL KIDS OF BkfcT QUALITY. AIjJL. ok debs Promptly attended to and Goods shipped with care. Address, Hacheney & Ben Portland, ' gon j Oregon and CaUfornla .' i ' . ' in TKSOUSH TO SAN FRANCISCO FOUB DAYS. THE QUICKEST, SAFEST AND EASIEST EOTJTE. STAGES LEAVE ROSEBURO Kvery Day at T-30 P. M., taking quick connection at Reading with the cart of the 0. A 0. &. - For full particulars and passage apply to U. STKIUKLAAU, Agt. NOTICE. Nmc ICE IS HEREBY GIVES TO WHOM IT mar concern that the norlcrarimn ha iwa awarded the contract fir keeping tho lfcnilas County paupers for period of two years. All persons in seed of assistance from utd county anut first procarea eertiliesto to that effitct from any member of the County Board ami prr.-nt it to one ol the following named persmis, who ere nthorised to and will care for those presntiu MSB certificates: Button A Perkins, Koiebure; L jU KaUoo, Oakland; Mrs. Brown, Wkiot Oless Dr. Woodruff is enthorixed to furnisi. Mediae! aid to all persons in need of the same ,mi wa hare beea declared pau ipers of D ila! xrty. W. B. CLA.11K. TELEGRAPHIC. EASTERN. The Wetru Vnlon Wins. St. Joseph, March 13. The Western Union Telegraph Company this morning secured restoration and full possession of its lines on the St. Joseph and Western railroad. These lines were included in the common seizure made by Gould upon the roads he controls, and which have since been operated by the railroad com pany in connection with the American Union Co. This restoration was peacea bly effected under order of the courts of Missouri and Kansas by dtscou tecting lines from the American Union, and run ning them to tbe main battery of i he old company. It is a matter of rejoicing to the business men of Kansas that full tele graphic facilities are again offered. Frozen to Dratit. Cheyenne, March 13. The body of an old man named L. Tenant, was found to day on' the plains, two miles from Hat creek, 150 miles north of here, frozen to death during the recent storm which pre vailed th oughout Wyoming. The mer cury lias indicated from zero to 18 be low for three days past. Flood Feared In Virginia. Richmond, March 16. A serious flood is feared in James river. Heavy rains have swollen all the tribu taries of the James above here, and a ser ious flood is feared. The merchants of the lower part of the city are removing goods. The river at Lynchburg has risen about six feet and is still rising. Revanna river at Charlottsville is also rapidly rising. Disaster. , Pestwater, Michigan March 18. Two little tugs, the Gem of Pentwater, and the Lamont, started from here on a 25 mile race yesterday. The former arrived at Luddington, the destination, but after twice going out in search of the Lamont she was finally discovered capsized, with her crew missing and doubtless drowned. Charles Lamont, his son George, and Pal mer Hill, all of this place, were on the Lamont. Prohibition Programme. Des Moines, Iowa March 16. The house has adopted by a vote of 6t to 20' senate substitute for bouse prohibitory bill. It provides against the manufacture, sale or keeping as a beverage of any in toxicating liquor, inclu ling ale. wine and beer. The general assembly shall fix suit able penalties for the violation of this law. The next legislature will ratify the amend ment of the senate. fehertnain Recommends Merry for Rene. Chicago, March 16. The following N General Sherman's endorsement on the recommendation for mercy preferred by tho court which tried Major Reno: Headquarters of Army, January, 1880. In vie of the recommendation of the members of the general court martial in the case of Major Reno, and of the con curring recommendation of the depart ment commander, it is respectfully recom mended that the sentence of the court be modified to suspension from command for the space of one year with the loss of pay, and that during such suspension Major Reno be confined to the limits of the post where the headquarters of his regiment may be. and that he be reduced five riles on the list of majors of cavalry. ('oavl Mlae Disaster. Pottsville. March 16. At tbe Ham mond colliery this morning, just after the men had gone into the shaft to work, word came up that the gangways had caved in and imprisoned about twenty miners. The men in the adjacent breast came up as quick as -they could possibly' be hoisted, while others descended to res cue their companions. All escaped ex cept Arthur McDonald, who was mortally injured. The wildest excitement pre vailed. Pism ger Traffic I'll I no e doing East. Copncil Bluffs, March 16 The Union Pacific emigrant train from San Francisco brought to Council Bluffs this evening about 600 passengers. The train to-morrow will bring 500 more. There were about 50 Chinese on to-day's train. Num bers of these people are going to rew York. Boston and elsewhere, on a visit, taking advantage of the $35 through rate. Many expect to locate in the eastern states. Large trains are also going west. a Rubb.r Pnatebed. Salt Lake, March 16. James F. Gra ham, who robbed the Central Pacific of $40,000 while in the employ of the com pany at Ogden, has been convicted and sentenced to three years in the Utah pen itentiary. N. L S H. F. K. II. '. Rlectton. Newark, March 16. At a meeting of the 1st. Loot ? & San rranctsco li. R. Com pany, General E. F. Winslow, was elected president; James D. Fish, vice president; Oliver Littletield, secretary and treasurer, and C. W. Rogers, general manager and superintendent. Indian Massacre. Denver, March 10. The Republican's Al amoza special says: Reliable information of late Indian depredations have just been received. A private letter, dated Silver ton, Colorado, March 9, cotitains the fol lowing: We have news of a terrible In dian massacre near tbe Blue mountains. Joe Lacome, Joe Chanes, Pat Kane, Bill Trinbrone, lave Stockhamer and ses'eral others were killed. Several bodies have been found and buried. There is great excitement in Ames valley. Tbe above named parties were in the locality of the massacre, having gone recently on a pros pecting tour, therefore the names of those killed are prouubiy correct. The Matter of Pensions. Washington, March 16. On motion of Representative Atkins the appropriation committee ngreed to report an amendment to the special deficiency bill pending in the house, providing for an appropriation of $065,000 to complete the payment of pensions for the present nscal year. An aonroDriation of S62.765.000 is required te pay the pension roll during 1SS0 and tho pension roll lor issi. Already tne law appropriates 8324.000,000. Judging from the large additions to the rolls contin ually being made the next congress will be called upon to pass a still larger do- nctency Dili. Colonel Chapman hefore the Railroad Committee. The senate committee on railroads transacted no business to-day except to hear ah argument in favor of amending the Northern Pacific R. R. bill so as to prevent any monopoly of the use of the Columbia river pass through the Cascade mountains The liou Plnos l ie.. The secretary of the interior to-day read a telegram from Los Pinos agency, dated March 14th, stating that a number of pai ties had already started placer claims and taken up ranciies on me ute reserva tion, and that others were preparing to follow. The telegram says that the next two weeks will see the reservation swarm ing with tr pabscrs, aad a conflict is in evitable. The agent concludes with a re quest that troops be ordered to the reser vation for the purpose of protecting the Utes. This matter was a subject ol con sideration at a meeting of the cabinet, and later Secretary sschurz had a conference oa the subject with Ouray and the Ute chiefs now here awaiting tbe action of Congress on their agreemeut with the fovernment for ceding their reservation, t was decided at this conference that in order to influence their natidn against hostilities the Ute chiefs should leave at once tor Colorado. This afternoon the following order was issued: Departmknt or the Interior, K WasniXGTOS, March 16. It having been brought to the attention of the interior department that persons are now entering the Ute reservation In the state of Colorado for the purpose of locating ranches and mineral claims, no tice is hereby given that such locations and such claims will not be recognized by the interior department, as the lands em bodied witbia said reservation are not now 'public lands of the United States, and no location made thereon can or will be rec (C ROSEBURO, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1880. ognized as legal except those made after the lamJs shall have been regularly re stored to the public domain. C. Schruz, Secretary. The secretary has also addressed a co m munication to the Indian commissioners of the senate and house of representa tives, informing them of the threatened difficulty and urging prompt action upon the pending agreement. It is said at the war department that troops are now sta tioned at convenient points near the res ervation and if it is deemed necessary can readily be called Into service to keep off invaders and preserve peace. It is under stood that a proclamation will be issued if the invasion continues. Flie at Braacnvllle, S. f. Branch ville, March 17. This town was set on fire at two place simultaneously at 4 o'clock this morning. Among many other valuable buildings dentroyed, was the post office. Most of tbe government property was saved. Strike at it-Louln. St. Lotus, March 17. The mechanics working in the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company's machine shops, embracing boilermakers, blacksmiths, carpeuter, painters, etc., numbering about 400, struck o-day for 10 per cent, advance on wages. Trouble about the Wires. Wheeling, West Virginia, March 17. This morning a difficulty occurred be tween the B. & O. telegraph authorities and the W. U. line. Itis claimed that the W. V. has cut the wires of the B. & O. on the poles on Market street formerly op erated by the American & Pacific Com pany. The B. & O. Telegraph Company replaced the wires and then cut the wires of the VV. U. Company on the Atlantic & Pacific poles, which they claimed were placed there without their knowledge or consent. To-night men were placed on watch. The matter will probably be thrown into the courts for. settlement. Watchmen are guarding various lines to night Cold Weather In Texa. Galveston, March 17. Reports from various portions of the state show that the fruit and corn crop is materially in jured and in many instances entirely de stroyed. There is snow, ice aud sleet in many places, and rivers and creeks in the eastern part of the state are very much swollen, A Big Suit. New York, March 17. The Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company began suit to-day for the j-ecovery from James W. Henry of $1,307,000 with interest, from July 1879. The cause of debt is not stated definitely. The Kansas Wheat Crop. Leavenworth, March 17. The Timet publishes returns respecting fall wheat, showing the acreage to be 20 per cent, larger and its condition fully 50 per cent, better than last year, and the yield will exceed 30,000,000 bushels. Ship ou Fire. New York. March 17. The ship N. B. Palmer reports that on Febrnary 12th, m latitude o0 , longitude .JO , she spoke the steamer Derwent, from Glasgow for the Island of Trinidad, with the cargo in the after hold on fire for fourdavs. The steamer hoped to be able to reach Trini dad. Railroad Matters.' Atchison, March 17. It is announced that the Central Branch Railroad has been consolidated with the Union Pacific. and will on and after the 1st proy. cease to be a uiviHion or the Union jfacihe Road, and will resume its old name of Central Branch of the Union Pacific, and its main line will be extended at an early day to a connection with the Union Pa cific. The Central Branch now operates 320 miles of road, traversing nearly every organized county of northern Kansas. (execution by Mbb. Winchester, Illinois, March 17. At 1 o'clock this morningone hundred masked men boldly rode up to the county lull. battered down the door, disarmed the guards aud jailer, and with revolvers in band, compelled them to give up the kevs. They then opened the cell of Joseph J. field and dispatched him with a number of pistol shots. Murder and Suicide. Chicago, March 17. Partin Power, 209 West Fulton wtreet, in a fit of insane des pondency, shot his wife Bridgtt, probably fatally, this morning, and then fired two shots into his own head, killing himself instantly. In the Clutehrs. Clarence Davis, the bigamist, who ap pears to have five or six wives in various parts of America having one or two in Can ada, was held to bail this morning by a police justice in $8000 to the criminal court. M urder. Aurora, Illinois, March 17. Early this morning, Mrs. W. Baldwin, was lound dead in bed with her jugular vein severed, and beside her lay ber unconscious hus band, with several gashes in the throat, arms and abdomen. His wouuds are not serious. Baldwin came from Vermont, and they were married three weeks ago. Cause unknown. Ontrageons Villainy. Boston, March 17. Homer Wel'ington, lately withdrawn from the firm of Utely & Boyntou, commission merchants, has been arrested at the instance of his father-in-law ou a charge of being a de faulter and forger. Wellington's family have been seriously sick at times, the dis ease being called gastric fever. Ilia in fant son and wife recently became ill. The wife secured some porridge which the husband had prepared for her, and an analysis showed arsenic sufficient to kill ten persons. Arseuic was found in his possession wheu arrested. He is said to have made a confession. "J he police say that his infatuation for another woman was the cause for the crime. Execution of a Fiend. Pontiac, Illinois, March 17. Johannes De Boer was hanged here to-day. His crime was peculiarly atrocious the mur der or Miss t,na Martin, a girl of seven teen, whom he first attempted to outrage as she was going home from church, and failing in that, he kicked and beat her so severely, Unit she died the next day. t?utra;e by Strikers. Chicago March 18. For. some weeks there has been trouble among the coal miners at Rapid City, Illinois, on account ol some strikers wishing to return to work Mystic warnings with skull and cross bones and signed Molly Maguire, have been distributed among those who were presumed to be weakening. Tuesday night, layior Williams was shot through the heart," in his house. Two Btispected men have been arrested and held for trial. More trouble is expected. A Madman's Awful Clime. St, Ix)i;is, March 18. A horrible trap-. edy occurred early this moruir.it in the suburbs of thi city. Cotirad Hienan, who was jn-t recovering from delirium tre mens, attacked his wife as she entered bis room, driving a knife into the lungs of their infant which she held in her arms. He then buried it in her heart. He also stabbed a brother who Attempted to disarm mm, wen orone away, ran to wards the river, and has not' been seen since. Later. Hienan was arrested this after noon in Carondelet at the extreme south ern part of the city, a raving, incoherent rnaniac, begging protection from pursuing demons, the infant will die. Coal Miners' Convention. -:: PrrrsBVRG, March 18. The bituminous coal miners' convention to-day heard a report irom tne committee on restrictions favoring the eight hour rule after July 4th all over the United States, and also that each district has its own output. The Famine Fund. New York. March 18. The ifcfoMsava: The receipts of yesterday's entertainment and the money for which will be at hand by the coming msils. are more than enough to raise the Irish relief fund to $300,000. Killed by a Train. Hareisbikg, March , 18. Michael Bu chanan was killed and four men badly in jured by a west-bound express train at Anneville Station, last night, daring the aar&v " - Independent in all Things ; Neutral Th Virginia Cases. : Lysobi'ro, March 18.4-State Attorney Gen. Field has witbdrawh from the cases as counsel for the indicted judges, who failed to have negroes od juries, because he did not wish to antagonize the state to tne federal government. Disastrous Fire. The tobacco factories o ' Wood & Com pany, Flood & Smith and Hancock & Gor man, were bjirned to-day. Loss from $60, 000 to f"0,000; insurance, about one-half. ; Bank IjOSm :a. Grand Rapid, Michigan March IS. Late developements shoi the following banks to be interested in the failure of Rapids banks are secured except the last named. Detroit American National loat, $50,000; Coldwater NdtSotial. $35,000: Has- tings National, $20,000.1 Kalamazoo banks $2000, partly secured. - 'Pontiac banks $15, 000. Chicago banks $0,000, not secured, and i-u,uuo in tne JNew ork City banks secured. The clique still has open grain deals to the amount of seven hundred thousand bnsnets, on which there is scarcely a probability of realizing. a. Reprieve. Washington, March 18. The president to-day granted a reprieve of one week to J. M. M. Stone, sentenced to be hanged March 26th, for the murder of his wife. Bills to be Reported. The house postal committee has di rected the chairman to report a post route hill for new routes in different sections of the country. Shelley offered a resolution which will be considered next week, that it is expedient to establish ocean mail steamship routes to be served by Ameri can built vessels at proper compensation. The house committee of revision of law has instructed Townsend to report the Singleton telegraph bill. A Public Revenue Boom. .There was a Aery large increase of re ceipts at the treasury during the month of February over the corresponding month a year ago. But the increase during the first half of March has been even larger. The custom receipts tor the first 15 days of March were $9,000,000, or S3,500,000 greater than for the corresponding days of last year, while the internal revenue re ceipts were over $800,000 greater than for the same time last year. The entire re ceipts were $13,5000,000, while the expen ditures were oniy $4,250,000, leaving a net surplus of over nine and a quarter mil lions, for the first half of the month. This is a most extraordinary showing, and if the receipts keep up during the month, the secretary will be able to purchase at least ten. millions of 6 per cent bonds for reduction of the public debt duriug this month, after retaining a sufficient amount of these surplus revenues to meet the de mands of the pending deficiency bill aud to pay the $6,000,000 interest due on the 6 per cent, bonds on the 1st of April. Slater Pushing: the Vaqutna Bay Project. The senate to-day, on motion of Slater, of Oregon, adopted a resolution calling tor data in possession of the engineers' de partment respecting tbe entrance to Ya quina Bay, and particularly a copy of the report of Captain Wood's' examination and survey made last December, by di rection of the Pacific coast board of en gineers, as part of the investigation still in progress to determine where the Pacif ic coast harbor of refuge should ba con structed. Slater's purpoe is to use these data in support of his effort to obtain a large appropriation for the general im provement of Yaquina Bay, for which several moneter petitions have been re ceived recently. 'ause of Decline. New York. March 19. The decline in Pacific railroad stock was due to Wash ington dispatches saying that the senate sub committee ou judiciary have agreed unanimously to report favorably on the bill taking away the lands of cuch roads as have failed to complete their roads within the time specified. - SefrsessaaStrlkt. New Orleans, March 19. Negro la borers are on a strike in St. diaries par ish. The governor, on application of the whites, ordered the Louisiana field artil lery to the parish. The whites report that the negroes threaten to burn sugar bouses if their demands are not complied with. Trouble Over tbe Stewart Estate. White River Junction, Vermont, March 19. Shortly after the death of A. T. Stewart, of New York, Alexander Stew art, of Cavendish, Vermont, went to New York to contest his will. Ho returned home having, he averred, obtained a promise that lie should have one hundred thousand dollars in money, a farm and other property. He new claims that the terms of the contract have not been com plied with and has attached all of A. T. Stewart's property in Woodstock villas, consisting of mills, boarding houses, tene ments and residences. Kxecutlon at Rorlienter. Rochester, March 19. Parson, the Avor murderer, broke down this morn ing, crying and protesting his innocence of the crime of murdering Mr. Withey. He was executed at 12:40, he claiming his innocence on the scaffold. A Plea for Welle, Fargo A. Co. Washington, March 19. All Pacific coast senators, representatives and dele gates in congress, have to-day united on a letter to Postmaster General Key, in which they say; "Learning that the com mission to which you referred tho quest ion of letter carrying to Wells, Fargo & Company's express have reported ad versely to the continuance of such ser vice, we beg leave respectfully and ear nestly to protest against any action by your department prohibitive of such car rying of letters in government stamped envelopes, as being against public inter est and a serious blow to the business fa cilities of our people." , The Exodna Investigation. The exodus committee examined John H. Johnson, secretary of the colored re lief fundt of St. Louis, who testified that negroes informed him that they were charged exorbitant prices fir the neces saries of life, were deprived of political rights, a. nl that for this reason alone they left the south- 1 he I'te Investigation, Washington, March 19. The house commit: te on Indian affairs resumed ex amination of Ouray, but failed to elicit any satisfactory information in regard to the fight with Thornburg, the Meeker m:ssai r , or subsequent ill treatment of thecap'ive women of tne agency by Indi ans. Ho din not deny that they night have been treated as alleged, but asserted that be knew nothing of it. Mrs. Ouray was stiil more non-comratttal, and the committee were unable to exact any in formation upon subjects under; inquiry. Jack was then tried, but with no better success. At first he positively asserted that he did not understand and could not speak English. . Several questions were put to him in English, but be preserved a most stoical appearance of indifference. Tbe questions were then put to him in Spanish through an interpreter with no better result. - Tbe committee were about to abandon the examination, when Jack suddenly surprised them by stating in very good English that he was not present at the fight and knew nothing of tbe cirenm siances attending it; that he met the sol diers three days before the fight and tried to persuade them to turn back, and that, failing in this and fearing trouble, be had gone away; that be had no hand in the Thornburg fight or tbe Meeker massacre. Chairman Scales then addressed Ouray, telling him that it was evident -to the committee that they had determined not to testify, and such a course would mly delay the matter and needlessly prolong their stay here: that the object .f sum moning them to appear before tbe com mittee was to obtain their version of the difficulties in Colorado; that the commit tee wag friendly to them and only anx ious to have justice done them and pro tect them in their rights. Ouary listened attentively, bujfmad no reply. : -v Pestructive Fire at Troy, H. tV : Taov. March 20. The - building of in Nothing." Adolph Hermann, occupied by George P. Cluett, Brother & Company, shirt and col lar manufacturers; J. Stettheimer & Com pany, collar manufacturers, and Hermann, Annron a company, ieit skirt manutac turer, burned to day. Cluett Brothers, loss, $150,000; insurance $100,000. Loss on building $60,000; insurance $50,000. J. Steltheiiner & Company's loss was $20,- wu; insurance $u,0OO. Hermann, An kron Sc Company's loss, $75,000; insurance $72,000. Loss on dwellings, $5000; insur ance $4650. All firms are making efforts to immediately resume, - Tbe girls em ployed saved all tbe machines. Rtrlkea and Compromises). St. Louis, March 20. Workmen at the Missouri Pacific macbino shops at Sedalia, and miners in the coal mines of the road in that vicinity, quit work to day. Gen eral Superintendent Talmage will reply to the demands of the employees to morrow, but the nature of the reply is not Known, ah tue yard men ou both sides of the river stopped work this noon. The Union Transit or bridge company, having acceded to tbe demands of employees no interruptions occurred in the bridge traf fic All trains left on time. The short road between East St. Louis and Caron delet, met the demands of the employees, and stated that the Chicago and Alton Company would do the same. Strikers places are being rapidly filled. The Iron Mountain road increased the wages of its employees recently, and there is no trouble there. The meeting held by the strikers on the East St. Louis railway to night, resulted in nothing but an expres sion of a determination by the strikers to hold out. The Piano Makers' Strike. New York, March 20. The locked out piano makers in one factory resumed work on Monday. The men locked out from the other factories were told to-day that they could return to work on Monday by abundoning the union. Outrage in Louisiana by Striking Negroes. New Orleans, March 20. Striking lead ers had stripped 18 plantations, when 9 ringleaders were arrested by the state ar tillery. Iglit Hour Labor Movement in St. Louis. St. Louts, Marcb 21. The trades as sembly held a mass meeting this after noon, and unanimously adopted resolu tions urgingHhe adoption of the eight hour movement, and calling on congress to es tablish an eight hour law, declaring that they would do their utmost to destroy the congressman of any political party who speaks against it, the meeting was very earnest but -orderly. i St. Anthony's Falls. Minneapolis, March 20. Manager Kill, of the Manitoba road, has bought of But terfield, of New York, the entire water power of St. Anthony's Falls for $415,000. These cover 7000 feet of shore and 40 awes of land, and a water power of 70 feet head. There is a stipulation that other roads may come in on equal terms. Indian Hostilities. ' Galveston, March bl.Xetu' specials from Fort I)avis says the Indians attacked a ranch twelve miles from a mining camp in Chinatis mountains and killed one man and carried off a boy. Lieutenant Bullis and troops are pursuing. Another Discovery of Masanle Emblem. New York, March 20. The New York HeraliFt special from Paris, March 20th, says: Our correspondent communicates by telegraph to-day facta which will re vive in a still higher degree the interest excited among students of Egyptian mys teries some two or three months ago, by Lieutenant Gorringe's discovery of Ma sonic emblems underneath the pedesta of the obelisk at Alexandria, destined for transportation to New York. Interesting and important as were the discoveries of Commander Gorringe and Dr. Fentor, they were not exhaustive, and the prac ticed eye of another distinguished Masonic dignitary, has just detected an additional series of emblems of a value and signifi cance far greater and more unquestionable than those previously reported. Mr. S. A. Zola, grand commander and president of the Scotch Ancient and' Accepted Masonic rights for Egypt and Egyptian ex-grand master of symbolic Masonry, has exam ined the foundations of the Alexandria obelisk and has discovered another series of stones which not only bear all the existing Masonic emblems, but furnish tho key which has heretofore been lack ing to "explain the entire dimensions and proportions of what proves to have been: an elaborate Masonic edifice including the obelisk itself, the pedestal, the staircase and the hidden foundation. Mr. Zola, professes to be able by his discovery tq throw a vivid light upon the ancient. Egvptian origin of Masonic symbolism,' w hich is so energetically disputed, and it is expected that the publication of bis de tailed drawings which have been secured for the Herald, will finally settle more than one of the problems which lie at the very foundation, not ouly of Masonry but of the obscure and complicated religions system of the early Eyptians. PACIFIC COAST. Drowned. San Francisco, March 14. Henry F. Merrill, a member of Company D, 4th (Neyadi) artillery, was drowned in the bay last night. Three Chinamen were drowned last night by the swamping of a fishing boat in a gale. The second mate of the British bark Highflyer, lying at Beale street wharf, fell from the rail last night and was drowned. The steamer "City of Sydney" Burned. A fire has just broken out in the steer age of the Pacific Mail steamer City of Sydney, of the Australian line, lying it the Pacific Mail dock. A general alarm was turned in, and the whole fire department is at the dock. At the time of writing, six streams are concentrated on the fire, which has not yet broken through the upper deck, and it is believed that it will be confined to its present location and subdued without any very serious dam age. At best the sh'ip, which was nearly full of cargo, will have to be discharged and some oilier steamer substituted, as the City of Sydney was to have sailed for Sydney Tuesday. Later The fire is in tbe hold amongst the cargo and not in the steerage as at first reported. Its origin is unknown. No fires were kept on board the ship and the cargo is not of a combustible character. Thh firemen have now got at the fire and the safety of the ship is considered se cured though extinguishment of the fire will be tedious. ; THE LATEST. At 11 P. the fire in the City of Syd ney is still burning, with no immediate prospect of being extinguished. As far as can be ascertained the fire is just forward of amidships, either in the lower hold or on the lower deck. There is lumber and a lot of Honolulu freight in that part of the ship. Water is being poured in rap idly, and it is probable that the steamer will have to be well flooded. Arrange ments are not yet determided for replac ing her on the line, and there is likely to be a delay of several days, and perhaps a week, in the sailing of the next steamer. The Grenada is lying at the wharf, and ws to have gone into the dry dock in the morning. It is onite Drob&bla that she will be despatched in place of the City of A Fatal Bar Room Row. San Francisco, March 17. This after noon James Morrissey entered a saloon at 217 Third street, in which George Squires : and two women were sitting drinking, etc., and in a few moments be came involved in a quarrel with Sonires. He seized a pitcher and knocked Squires down and began to neat turn, when the landlord ran in and pulled him off. Squires, on recovering bis feet, attacked Monissey with a butt her knife, stabbing mm in iour places anu causing ins death in a few moments. Another Agitator Snowed Cnder. . 83 FbAxcisco. March 18.L. J. Gan non, agitator anil leader o." the unem ployed in their recent demonstrations, who was arrested a snort time ago on a charge of using incendiary laccuAtff! on the rand lot, bad a iury trial in the notice court to-day and was promptly conyicted, the jury being out but a few minutes. He : 1 1 i . . . wm uo seniencoa to-morrow. - De 1 seeps in Ban Franc laeo. De Lesseps was received by the board of trade and the chamber of commerce this afternoon, and in response to a re quest oi tnose bodies addressed them on the subject of the inter-oceanic canal. He compared the various routes to the advan tage of the Panama line, advancing the argument with which the public have been already familiarized. Disoatchea from Senator Booth and Governor Per kins were lvad bearing upon the subject unuer consideration. Bill Providing for the Completion af the O. C. R. R. Sah Francisco, March 20. The bill in troduced by Senator Slater to provide for the completion of the Oregon & Califor- iwiirunu, is a copy oi me Din recently introduced by Representative Whiteaker authorising the Oregon legislature to desigiuate the corporation to complete the road in case of failure by the present com pany wiuim toe specmed time. Gannon's 'Case. , The police judge denied Gannon's mo tion for a new trial, and in default of $3000 bail, pending appeal, he was sent at noon to the bouse of correction. There are rumors that further arrests are to be made. This afternoon counsel for Gannon filed notice of appeal and furnished a bond for $3000, and an order was issued for Gan non's release from the house of cor rection. - ' Delsaeps la Ban Francisco. DeLesseps was banqnelted at the Palace Hotel last night by leading French citi sens. - Kearney going it (gain. At the sand lot to-day Kearney back slid from his conversion of last Sunday and launched iu denunciation again, at tacking the police judge, prosecuting at torney and a number of prominent citi zens. He was, however, careful not to overstep bounds and indulge in language that could be construed as incendiary. The Ward Presidents. , The board of ward presidents of the workingmen's party at a meeting to-day passed resolutions denouncing the sen tences of Kearney and Gannon as outra geous, and charging the police judge with permuting nimseii to do usea oy tne ene mies of the workingmen. A Thief DrawanL Sacramento. March 19. On the nieht of the 18th Manuel Domingos Asavide, a Portugese, stole several sacks of flour from a wharf at Clarksburg, and putting them into a ooai pusneu on into tne river, lie was pursued by D. G. Webber, when Asavide sprang into the river and was drowned. Fatal Accident. David Cross, while intoxicated to-dav. felt from his truck on eighth street, and was killed by the wheels passing over him. , FOREIGN. The Coming English Eleetlana. LondoX, March 18. The Dailu AW in an article on the flections, says that it is estimated that in Scotland tho conserva tives will lose all their seats. In the north of Ireland the conservatives expect to lose seven seats. Of the English and Welch seats there is reason to believe that thirty nineill be transferred from theconserv ativjSs to the liberals. ' Hartmnnn Admits his Guilt. London. March 18. The Central Nnwa Association reports that it has received a a communication from Hartmann ac knowledging that he was chosen by the nihilist committee to assassinate the czar. and giving a detailed account of the at tempt at Moscow. Hartmann concludes by saying tfiat he intends to emigrate to America in a few davs. Religions Persecution. ; Paris, March 18. The Nalionale savs that the cabinet counsel has decided to enforce the decree of 1804, which provides for the dissolution of unauthorized relig ious orders, and the formation of any fresh community without permission of the government. there will be a cabinet council on Sat urday, when the government will rinnllv decide upon measures regarding the je& uits. It is understood 'that the French ambassador at the Vatican will enter into negotiations with the pope with a view to inducing unauthorized congregations to submit to the orders of the government. It is stated that the jesuit authorities have tlready caused all members of their society who are not Frenchmen to leave trance. Queer Correspondence. Felix Pyatt, a Ereneh communist, u exile at Naples, has written a letter to General Garibaldi savino- that nil ti and presidents must be done awav with. Unite your voice with that or the 'French socialists to oppose the extradition of Hartmann. General Garibaldi replied that Hartmann deserves the esteem and gratitude of all honorable men. Political assassination is a secret means of prepar ing' revolution. Parole Wins the Cnp Race. Livkhpool, March 19. Parole finished first to-day in the cup race; Advance 2d, and Strathblane, 3d. There were 11 slarters. Parole was objected to on the grouud of cross, and being disqualified, the race was awarded to Captain Machel's Advance. Jockey Jefferv rode Parole. Betting just before the start was 9 to 4 against Advance, 6 to 1 sgainst Chocolate, 7 to 1 against Parole and 10 to 1 against others. Parole at the finish was half a length in front of Advance, with a length between the second and third horses. w D'alresa in Ireland Increasing. I BI.1S. March 19. The distress in tha famine districts is deepening dally. Grants of mmey by-the Mansion House committee exceed its receipts. The land league Bays that it is desir able that Parnell's arrival shall be marked by an expression of national feeling. Bon fires on the hills and bands of music in towns throughout Ireland, are suggested for Sunday next, v- Tbe Oerman Budget. Berlin, March 19. The imperial budget fixes the revenues aud expenditures for the next fiscal year at 539,252,640 marks, and the matrieulatorv contributionn of different states at a total of 81,970,950 maras. -; Grecian affairs. Athens, March 19. In the chamber of deputies to-dav the opposition moved a resolr.ttou declaring that the budget is not adapted to the financial condition of the country, and expressing disapproval of the policy of the government. The reso lution was adopted by a vote of 99 to 93. . Bnptnre between Knasta and France. London, March 13. The Tim, discus sing the flartmann affair, says: Prince Orloff, Russian ambassador, has been in structed to quit Paris, and it is thought likely that General Chancey, tho French ambassador at St. Petersburg, will shortly be summoned home, although staff offi cers of the embassies will be left at each capital. This practically amounts to little short of a rupture of diplomatic inter course between the Russian and French governments., Th. Jesuits to Leave France. ' Paris; March 18. La Telegraphe says: The principal Jesuits are so persu aded that Premier DeFreycinet Is in earnest that thejV no longer hope to remain in France, in 1 nra preparing to emigrate to Spain ami Belgium, i I'eraanal. , Senor jPrado, ex-preident of Peru is here. It is exported that he will shortly return to Peru to bring his family to Eu rope. I The fact that half a barrel of cussed ness is frequently bound in a two quart boy has never bee explained. The Detroit Free Prru suggest a use for girls, I The managers of the Aqua rium, in Xondon, fired a girl from a canon, and she bit a grocer and broke three of hi ribs, and the fVee Pres thinks if girls could be used in place of cannon bails the Government would make a great savin f NO. 50. TRIED AXD TRUE. In the midst of a pleasant conversation with his hostess, Harold Arleigh abrapt ly paused, a sudden flush on his fine face, a strange, startled look in his handsome dark eyes. ' , - What he had been about to say no one ever knew; of his ungraciousness he was not conscious until he saw Mrs. Golds by's glance of pohtely-sfirprised inquiry. , rardon me," he said, turning toward her with a winning and apologetic smile; "I saw a lady tmnnir vnn, tmaata now so like a dear friend I knew and lost long ago.that the resemblance quite ex- uieu me. "Ah, you mean the young lady in iuk! aiu auu opai ornaments with curly yellow hair and cheeks like blossoms. She is .very beautiful -there is none like her. She is Ermengardo Burroughs, a dear friend, who is ftfjivi nrr wiui me jor a iew weess. auau l intro duce you?" returned the Iadv. "If you wiah if you will be so kind as to honor me, faltered the vonncr man. visibly embarrassed. - His Hostess gave him one keen but covert look. " "ErmeDgarde has made another con quest." she thought. "If I dared I should warn him 1 should tell him that this fair woman, with her alluring, smil ing eyes, her sweet voice and exquisite grace, uas no heart to ie won. "r ive minutes later her two friends were whirling through a waltz together, and she wondered somewhat why Harold had grown so pale, and why Ermemrardo seemed so haughty and coll. "One would think they were lovers who had quarreled," . was her mental criticirm. She was not wronir. for vears before tnose two had loved each other dearly. They had been betrothed, and the mar riage day fixed, when the trial came that parted them. Harold Arleigh suddenly found himself fatherless and utterly pen niless; but idleness and luxury had not spoiled his high and noble soirit. He could cheerfully accept years of toil and study and struggling, but he felt that he could not happily and conscientiously wed his wealthy Ermengarde until ha might regain his worldly equality with her. 'The world says unpleasant things of poor men who marry rich women," he had told her. t "Why should we care for what the world has said or may say," the girl re turned impatiently. "AJi I have, be longs to you, Harold dear. Do not leave me." . - Even in that trying moment, with her dear hands clinging upon his arm. her pleading eyes upon him, he never wav ered. 'I must, mv darling." he had answered her firmly, though his heart was heavy with regret and pain. "And remember though I leave you free I shall remain loyal to you ia heart and deed as the only woman I can ever make my wife. I am not seinsh enough to ask you to wait ior me a lew years, my Hirmengarde, What the girl replied she could never distinctly remember, but she knew her words were cruelly Teproachf ul, for she was mad with tbe agony of losing him for even a few brief years. AxiA. he left her with a look on his white beloved faae she would never for get tinul her dying day. She felt that he hod wronged her gen erous affection, insulted her womanly pride and left her with pitiless indiffer ence to be scorned and mocked as a bride deserted by her bridegroom. She had heard of sweethearts who had waited for lovers who had never come; of women who had wasted the best years of their lives upon loves that were false; and her whole soul cried ont in utter, nnforgiv ing anger against him. Neither pardon nor trust wonld she give him. And yet she accepted that freedom he had given her with a sort of defiant misery which all women feel when sloves of a love that neither time, nor anguish nor humilia tion, nor inhuman eruelty even can ever lessen.' And that night at Mrs. Goldsby's soiree they had met again met after long years as strangers. And during those years Harold Ar leigh had won that for which he had toiled so faithfully. He had ?on an honorable position among the most hon orable of men; he was esteemed, as one of the most brilliant members of the le gal fraternity; and by travel and study he had acquired that elegance and dig nity of manner that commands the hom age of society. If Harold Arleigh chose to wed an heiress, the world could not say he married for money and social dis tinction, nor would he feel that he would barter the noble independence of his manhood by such a -union. "- But for him the wide world held but one woman, sweet and dear, and she, it seemed, was no longer attainable. "Is this the Ermengarde I have loved all my life V he asked himself, as he gazed npon her fair, passionless face; the Ermengarde in whose affections and faithfulness I trusted despite her un reasonable anger against oae ?" . And he sighed heavily as he led her to a seat after the waltz was over. "I did not think to meet yon here," he faltered, as the gay groups swept by, leaving them alone. "We meet many people unexpectedly, Mr. Arleigh," she answered in a cold, serene voice. Her cool tranquility almost matldened him. The years that had passed, seamed to bim but the dreary dream of an hour, and their sorrowful parting but of yes terday. - ' He bent over ber until his hot breath burned her cheek. : . ' "Ermengarde,' ho whispered in hoarse and agitated tones, "are you so changed? Have you qiiste forgotten, or do yon really ignore what we were once to ech other? I hnvo been i 'faithful.: .j I have made myself worthy to k yr i -lb t,be eome my wife. Give m one ujrd, f i: mengarae-one word to 'senU.-roe fwm you again, or to keep me by your side for the remainder ol our lives." , Her stony calmness was all. rne now. She trembled perecptS&ly,! I rose up before him, pale as death. 15? . Her lips moved with a little gasp, but what she meant to say she did not ntter. for at that moment a gentleman came to her side, and with a word of apology in Harold, claimed her for the.next tlafs' : And just then his hostess touched arm with her fan. i. i e - "My husband is asking for yo5 Arleigh," she said, adding light' yon not find my dear Ermerxgar ' ingf She is a lovely creature' least bit of a coquette, perlr lieve she is engaged to th ' who is dancing the Genua:' Harold Arleigh despis' regarded all rumors as u" -t Lis present mood .of sn! , of his hostess grieved 1 bitter proven truth eon' Ermengarde had pV other, and this was tin and hopes, : All that i do was to bravely bi .tr L meni But how 'could Le - after day and look -own face, listen to hf-r f : I i ! and not betray t; ! ; r i f ; Many thinjr ' the weeks that her regardir thoughtful, . earuest blr?-- theunligh I it her sitting t , c-a head bowt-X 1 tng with sila-i s , "y were quit - : ji - uJ gently c. a ,m , . "Yon ic- -n t. .tm 'I , she sit: ..ay -. J. CAR 33. t'.Ul And e.be? : fcargt and SJsavy t i .- .'.era and S,.i Kiatly aad ei j ' Execul 54 'AT POHV AHD FniCl' cate . reluctance f t scarce y my faul' ' ed then." " "I l:no Missi "1 art off. S" nner; "it -it was not auswer- wouLl hsve s. . t eturned, grave! v; X so stir .1 a- . rrong and racou- acknowledge r, v r it." - one instant w .' :a turned a-v e scarlet, an i of scorn s tautif ul ey ... i . . ,.mtr shr- re- f tamed - icigu. ncl, i I tones. "jm sure 1 L. again, butl cannot Ermen fardA will y that I uouki Wflt wr moment of du I do not i at all," she an ''She denies . be thought s6rr A long time oil by the parlor wi the night a black the rain drifting ove . mmmmmmmmmm and the wild wind roaring ut river. ' , "Just the evening for a cosy cL&t be-N fore a comfortable fire," observed Mr. Goldsby, coming in, and after ringing for lights, drawing the heavy curtains with a little shiver. "I thought Ermengarde was with you, Harold you are not go ing? Mr. Goldsby wished to show yoa those enrions things sent him to-day. The dear fellow has a passion for odd and antique relics, and his study is quite an interesting museum, I assure you. Alan, do bring Miss Burroughs, concluded the vivacious little lady. " . ' Presently Ermengarde came a slim, elegant figure, dressed simply in black silk, with a cluster of white roses on her bosom. - "Here is something you would like, Miss Burroughs," observed Mr. Goldsby taking from his box of relics a cariou neoklace of gold with a pendant of exqui site pearls. "If I could only know the history of all these things," murmured the girl, as she glanced oner them a tiny grotesque bronze statuette, a few coins eentnries old, a cup of silver fantastically carve:!, and among them a small toy pistol with a jeweled stock. "This, at least, is not so very ancient," she pursued, taking up the diminutive weapon. " . ae caret ul, . dear; it may not be harmless," remarked her hostess. The wine injunction came too late. As Ermengarde turned it abont scratiau ingly, there was a sharp click and a re port. The dangerous toy dropped at her feet, and she nung up her shivenng hands with a little cry of fright and p&in. "O, what have you done ?" cried Harold, a he saw tho red blow! trickling over her soft neck and staining the white roses on her bosom. Itis nothing." easped the girl,"". then tottered fekirpimEesuS, , ale and unconscious. "Sheilas only fainted . said ArlekrTi: as he bent over her. . "There is no cause for alarm. The ball merely cut the ten der flesh," L But the .host had gone, evidently to send for a physician, and. his frightened wife had followed him auaileSIy'intotiL hall. -' "O, my love, my loW,' moaned Har- : old. . "I had almosiaier see you lying before wrteSdlhan to know tht you will live to be the wife of another. , It would seem that she heard his yoiee and understood his words even in hwr unconsciousness,' ior she suddenly opened her eyes and smiled like a little child awakening from a dream, v What were you saving. Harold .: she asked, faintly, regarding him.with a wondering look. "That it is agony to give you up to another, my darling he ; rejoined, slowly. .-;'?-;.?. Her pain and fright were all gone new. She arose before him proudly ber pale cheeks growing rosy, """"".'i. "Harold," she said, gravely, "if lam not your wife I shall never be the wife of another. You hava wronged my Jove and fidelity if yoa have ever tho ugfef' differently." . .-' . - The spell of the sweet old love dream was npon them. There was no need of . explanations, for heart spoke to heart and understood each other; all anger was fAirrtvan nr.yl all TYi i 4.t.i ifivtrnttr.n ;"I suppose only fqr my stnpid acci dent we Bliould never have been reetmf ciled," smiled Emengarde, by andly"; "and I should have been as angry wiit yon all my life as I had been for years." " "Those" years of J our lost nappine ' have not been lived in vain," he answered seriously. "Our love is tried and true, and your hnsband will be you honor and supporter, instead of a pensioner ou your bounty." . v : .Lovely, happy Ermengarde was in clined to contest the practical part of ber lover's argument, but, thinking of his great, manly love so "tried and true," she, with true womanly sentiment, begaa to believe in his wisdom. . "After all," she confessed to Mrs.. Goldsby, "I think I should despise a husband who would ba what my dear Harold would have been if I, in my silly fondness, could have mule him so. I loved him then; now I adore and honor "And we shall send yoa that enchant?! pistol for a bridal present," Mr. CroldsIV' assured her, laughingly. LeaENHTQ to Sing Iet us consider for a moment how the case stands la regard to thkt small fraction of mankind who attempt to sing In some fiishioa or other. The great majority of these never learn at all; they sing by the i:rKt r? nature, iisinf Iheir voic in ay v ' willproduce i "J them to; anl . - good voices sa may somctictts erablc, thouj fc it might be 1 1 ' "'arti loM; " ? I. k teui- be L , , , fort" a f v Will by ii iy S , It '4rmK ma vr . '..-ul the (X" -.t-tt .theuolps orc-i-provide her wiih a ior social exhibition. . rsiiher teaching mu?ic , imf tat- same way be said of n m,i'Ct of classes for' vtcal tti, -j rig, where nothing i ii ! -vi"i attention to the p. to i , i, i i. J, and the time they s.ta in. if " go kttle further ail ( fc.es where the teachers en- , c ab )t exhaust the cai'"! Fy "intion which is com n a and we need not t tiiiit, to educated jnd. ,c iteiir singing, when itis n1' . su all Hveiita, wretchedly r. i-sing, in the proper geese of t is quit a different -thirr. fr ing sougi; the. voice is an Ins: t,.- t iiiMtbiliii of which in many rvj eo . ... r i tnniA ff anv fif hrf ki J. i i-uitivatio i of the voice, zn .era powei over it, j . ti . tadvant.'gJ. ren01"'-' ' 't . ,i I judioons rain v- ' . - ii.0ono.is iratue. on'y amo' a the pi e a'e an u t W I t j good t v f't a' 1 i 'i from den W f Or defective fa ?: m i wo expo u r . To tal - o -f -0, of w 1 licator.: -. iV- - ., .OU O, . . . uind . v- : v.,;i nriA