Oregon City courier., June 13, 1884, Image 1

OREGON
OREGON CITY, CLACKAMAS COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1884.
NO. A.
VOL. II.
CITY
COURIER.
OREGON CITY-COURIER.
A PLEA FOR THE MULE.
-. PUB1JSUED KVEBY FRIDAY
IT ;
I. LI M1H1CT, Idlter aid ProprisUr.
DON'T YOU TELL.
Illawatha Herald.
If you have a cherished secret,
Don't you toll.
Not your f rinl (or nil tympanum
- In u boll,
With ibt njuoee, wide rebounding,
Multip.ied und far rMoundlug;
Don't you tell.
If yourself, you rnunot keep it,
Then, wtio caul
Could yon more expect cf any
Other maul
Tot you put biin if he telle It
If he givi-e away or will it,
Uuder ban.
Bell your genu to any buyer .
In the mart;
Of your wealth to fued the hungry
. Bra apart.
Wearing on the oien pocket, 4
But your K-eret keep it, lock It
In your heart.
DOGS AND STARS.
Mat Incidental In the Lire or Theat
rical Mtars and Their Canines,
Philadelphia Times.
Madame' Christine Nilsson's horolo
roncuo of a dog from the clutchei of
parcel of bijs caused a great doal of
favorable eommont among the mem
bers of the Society for the Prevention
of Crnolty to Animals, of Philadelphia,
and the recurrence has also revived in
fieatrioal circles many touching stories
about actressos and do.a, most of
which are comparatively new:
"Loag before Mr. Abbey I mean
Madame Nilsson rescued the dog,"
said John Btotson's representative at
the Walnut Street theatre, "Miss Sara
Jewatt's dog fell out of thd- fourth
story window of the Continental hotel,
This was last week during the engage
ment of thn Fifth Avenue company
here. Two legs and a rib were broken.
Dr. Agnew was Bent for and repaired
the damages. Miss Jewett bore the
shock with great fortitude. She took
it as one of the trials of star's life.
When she was in a stock company her
docs never fell out of the window,
Where the Hula la Mesa at flit Beat
A Noble Animal.
(Turf, Field and Farm.
It is only among some of the Latin
rsoe, as in Spain and Portugal and in
the east, that the mule and his sire, the
ass, are appreciated at their true value.
With the nations or Uermanio descent,
and more particularly the Anglo-Saxon,
a prejudice as deeply rooted as it is
ill-founded, pre sents that familiar, af
fectionate association with tne ass ana
the mule which does so much to develop
the finest instincts, aud humanize, as it
were, the horse and the dog. With us
horses are bre'd for pleasure as well as
profit. There is some sentiment in the
thing, and one rarely parts with a fine
colt, at whatever price, without more
or leu leret.
There wan a time, howdver, a few
centuries since, when even in England
the mule was the peor of his arietooratio
half brother the. horse; wheu clod in
magnificent, housings he proudly bore
upon his back tbe abbots, tne Disnops
and the prinoes of the all-powerful
itoniaa church, nor would this have
been tho case had he not been deemed
by the luxurious and self-indulgent
prelates of that day as far superior to
the horae for the purposes of the saddle.
Even as late as 1830 the mule was
held to be an indispensable part of the
appendage of the Bourbon dynasty of
I ranee, and whenever the court of
Charles X moved from the palace of
the Tuileries to Compiegne or Fontaine-
bleau it was in coaches drawn at a
gallop of ten miles an hour by superb
tuumu of Spanish mules, and such
mules I Kear sixteen hands high,
matched to a hair, glossy black in color,
"mealy mouthed," with legs and eyes
like antelopes, ana snowing in spirit,
action and endurance the generous
Barb blood of their maternal ancestry.
But to see the mule at his best we
should go to the sunny shores of the
Mediterranean to Spain and Portugal.
The Arabian domination of BUO years
on that great peninsula filled it with
horses of Arabian and Barb blood, and
this blood, to which we attribute ' the
best qualities of the modern race horse,
and, paradoxical as it may seem, the
tweet temper, tne Droaa loreneaa, tne
Speaking of dogs, have you seen our expressive eye and beautiful ear of the
dub?" - massive Percheron, flows, and freely,
- .... ... ..... . I . ... - -. , i.
Miss jewett a dog is just a nine too too, in tue veins oi me opauiau uiuiu,
previous, said Manager Jtt09 at tne and imparts to mm an appearance uo
Arch streat one n uouse. iuiss inane superior 10 Aiuuncau uiun-a ureu
for
Conron lost her dog, a beautiful skye,
when the Duff company first came here.
It was one of the Unit things that Mr.
Duff did I mean it was one of the first
misfortunes that happened to the com-panv."
"One of the saddest incidents that I
ever beheld," said Mr. GUmore, at the
t i - .1 r.nti.,:f lieetle "will IvllAII
TWisa Lvildv Denier s dog. a toy torrier,
hardly larger than a mouse, leaped
from its mistress' arms as she was leav
ing this theatre, and was positively
oriwliml to death bv a passing coupe.
Miss Denier was the leading ladyoi
the Buffaio Bill combination, .whioh I
the drudcerv of our southern planta-
r i il. 1.: .....4
lions as is mat ui me muga ui mj tun
to the ooarsest Conestoga.
Whoever has had the good fortune to
hare seen the high-strung and highly-
bred mules harnessed to tbe traveling
equipages of the Spanish king dashing
thiough the Puerto-del-Sol at a ten
tnila D-ait. or has encountered the in
terminable nrocessions of gaily-capari.
untied tniilpa bearing the names of all
the saints m the calendar, threading
with unerring feet the dangerous de
files of the Pyrenees and the Sierra
Morena, to the sound of innumerable
tinkling of bells, will cease at once
Presidential Wealth.
Utica Herald.
Gen. Grant is estimated at $200,000,
which makes him the richest ex-president
since Buchanan. Hayes is not
rich, though in a well-to-do condition.
Andy Johnson and Abraham Lincoln
each left $50,000. Millard Fillmore
made a snug fortune out of the law,
and was comparatively rioh when he
became president. Gen. Taylor saved
his army salary, and was in independ
ent circumstances when eleoted to the
presidency. He held the office hardly
a year and a half, and left a property
worth $00,000. Tyler was a bankrupt
when the death of Harrison made him
president, and be married a fortune in
Miss Gardner. He went out of office a
rioh man, but he became a leader in the
Confederacy, and hiB property was
sunk in the general ruin occasioned by
the war.
- James K. Folk had good opportunity
to make money before his election, and
he was an economist py nature, ne
left $150,000. Martin "Van Bui en was'
the richest of all our presidents,.
his estate being estimated at $800,
000. He made money as a law
yer and also as a politician,
and his real-estate purchases became
immensely profitable, but his money
has been almost entirely waiteu oy ms
heirs. Andrew Jackson was not a
mnnev-makintr man. He lived nine
years after the expiration of his term of
office, and left only a large landed e it ate
commonly known as tue Hermitage.
John (juiucy Adams was a methodical
business man and an economist. He
left about 1(50,000, which at that time
was a large sum. James Monroe was
so poor in his old age that he became
the guest of his son-in-law, Samuel L.
Gouveneur, in this city, where he died.
Madison was mere successful in taking
care of his money, and left his widow a
property which enabled her to live
handsomely in Washington till the end
of her days.
Jenerson passed his last uava w
much distress, and was really afraid
that his place would be sold by the
sheriff. Ill was an object of public
charity aud a subscription was opened
in hia behau in this city, out ui u"
occurred so soon that the benevolent
effort was not required. Old John Adams
left an estate worth $30,000. Washing
ton was a rich man for" hia day, his
wealth being solely due to marriage.
Mount Vernon was not a productive
property, but Mrs. Curtis brought hinr
a large fortune wniou sue iuuoiim
from her first husband, viewing our
nresidents in a nierelv pecuniary esti
mate, there are a hundred men in this
oity each of whom could buy out the
who a ol them. wuen one oouww-
plates their true worth, however, one
sees how utterly poor mere wealth be-
oomes in. compariaon. ,
a ..... l 1L
' need hardly say was here before the sad forever to oujeci to tue mme
neea naruijr w L...r K annearanoe: and whoever
Duff company. I hardly like to acotiBe
think that
speak?;.;
has seen the large, dark-eyed, bi own,
. 1 . . I ' T
Miss Uonrous aog oi piagiar.su,, . - -1Wntif. nhilriren 0f
skveia a trine loit, so to u"yt " r -:. " ;r ,
"All these people forget," said Stage
nimntnr Frank H. Wade, at the Arch
Ktronl theatre, "that Miss Rose
Eytinge's bull-dog which appeared in
"Oliver TWMV leapeu jruiu iuo
A ROMAN
CIRCUS
I
An,ln.liima cambolins as fearlessly and
with an much impunity under the heels
of the mules with whicu tuey were
brought up as do tho children in the
tents of the Arab among tne mares,
will be compelled to adm.t that with
the same kind treatment the mule, too,
since,
a litt'e
ninpf express train wuua on a y o- vin tn lm.
this city to New York, at the vervbe- -' -Xdrnditahlri.
gmnmg oi tne We are inclined to beheve that well-
undeveloped quali-
Kate uiaxton loss uei . Aranay,t ftnd the
while ao. The bull-dog ,,, , r. 1.1.1... .i ni,i;.i.
recognised the crisis and leaped." SHffidT gcredl
-uut,- saw iur. - wa nonvinced from actual observa-
original canine calamity oeiou a mem- - HKht, quick draught over
her of Mr. Abbey's company nearly S""Jn i -oBtoJi, from
two years ago. 1 have just iieen given - 1 for sfld(11e.gaits, mules
by fil. Maurice una too rei - c ' fuUy ' brod are eouJ and . per-
Bignor tampanmie u"" Uapg BUperior to our average light-
country last year. Most people who ""P . . uhorses.
witnessed his farewell pertormance a - TntnnmbBr . 0f mules, bred
the New iork Acadomy 01 musio
nearly two years ago will remember
that. iimnnT tne eviuouuod u uwm
favor which followed his Buperb rendi
tion of Manrico in Troyatoro' was a
small dog collar. IM singer - t . ;th , ease and tha
breaking heart with which he aocepted " 1
lur nnA nf the Fhelbv's. in Kentucky,
thnf. draw a carriace containing five
hfiftw men fortv miles over an ordinary
rnn1 in 4tTA hours, without turning a
hair or crack of the whip, and returnee.
the gift under ft smile. IU in ended
recipient was no more. Un that very m mule that could
daytheEngishpugmwhose of ten miles an hour
r H Wk 'Sis neck Fn strivinrto ior hours tcgether,
Vain at Bio Uniform.
Bow Belli
Napoleon Bonaparte (according to
the new memoir of him by Mme. Junot,
who knew him from his youth up,) was
one of the men who "cannot take a
joko." Ths doy on which he first wore
a soldier's uniform he wao as vain of
bis clothes as a west end carpet war
rior. Mme. Junot adds: "There was
one part of his dress whioh had a very
droll appearance that was his boots.
They were so high and wide that his
thin little legs seemed buried in their
amplitude. Young people are always
ready to observe anyimng nuiuuiuun,
and as soon as my sister and I saw
Napoleon enter the drawing-room we
burst into a loud fit of laughter. Bona
parte oould not rolish a joke, and when
he found himself the object of merri
ment he grew angry.
"My sister, who was some yeara uium
than I, told him that since he wore a
Bword he ought to be gallant to ladies,
and, instead of being angry, should be
that thev ioked with him. 'lou
are nothing but a child, a little Bchool
ffirL' said Napoleon in a tone of con-
P , M u 10 m t'A vann
tempt, cecue, u j -of
age, wos highly indignant at
being called a chUd, and she
hastily resented the affront by re
plying to Bonaparte, 'And you are
nothing out a puss m uuuis. .
cited a general laugh among all present
nt Nnnoleon. whose raze I will not
attempt to describe." He was then 16
vears of age, and his professor of his-
. 1 1 " 1 1 I 1. J ... 1 1. h.a
tory haa aireaay wriiieu 01 mux u.
notes, "Corsican by nature and by
oharaoter.he wdl go far if circum
stances favor him." let ne oouiu u
vain of his uniform.
Kot Greatly DIBTrront frais the Clreoo
of To-oar. 1 .
rst- NicboUu. '
liorao is astir, early; titizens and
strangers, slaves and soldiers are all
hurrying toward the grett pleasure-
ground of Home, tne vircus mnximus.
With fljites playing merrily, with sway
ing standards and gleaming statues,
with proud young cadets, with priests
and guards with crested helms, skilled
nnrformera. restless horses and clittor-
Ing chariots, down that-' red street
winds a loue procession, h 1 by the boy
magistrate, Marcus of Jtorae, the
favorite of the emperor It passes
into the - trreat circus ; and files
into the arena. Two Lundred thou
sand neonle think, boys, of a circus
tent that holds 200,000 peoule ! riss to
their feet and welcome lt.with hearty
hand-clapping. ' The trutapets sound
nrnln.lB the vonns masristrctr (standmz
m his suggestns, or. -statu tiox), flingo
tne mappa. or white mis;, jr.to.tneooorao
as the signal for the stwt; and, as a
ringing shout goes up, four guttering
chariots, rioh in their decorations 01
gold and polished ivory, and drawn by
four plunging horses, burst from their
arched stalls and dash around the track.
Green, blue, red, white the colors of
the drivers stream from their tunics.
Around and around ftey go. Now one
and now another is ahead, f The people
strain and cheer, aud maity a wager is
laid as to the victor. - c
Another shout 1 . The red chariot
turning too eharply, grates against the
meta, or short pillar that stands at the
upper end of the track, guarding the
low central wall; the horses rear and
plunge, the driver struggles manfully
to oontrol them, but U in vain; over
goes the chariot, while the now mad
dened horses dashed wildly on until
oheoked by mounted attendants and led
off to their stalls. !Blne! bluel
"GreenI green 1" rise theyarying shouts,
as the contending oharotsstui Biiuggie
for the lead. White is far boluad.
Now comes the seventh ot final round.
Blue leads I No, green is ahead 1 Neck
and neck down the homestretch they go
magnificently-; and then the cheer of
victory is heard, as, with a final dash,
the green rider strikes ths white -cord
first and the race is won! i
Now. in the interval Jjetween the
races, come the athletic!f?ttsMaot'
racing and wrestling; roptfdancihg and
high leaping, quoit-tnrcwing, ana ju
venile matches. One man runs a raoe
with a fleet Cappadocian horse; another
expert rider drives two bare-backed
hordes twico around th track, leaping
from baok to book as the .horses dash
around. Can you see. aiiy very great
difference btweun tha o'-cus porforni-
ui ,'!. iwOmH bw or a. 1
1884? vliil-
- A Woman's neady Wit.
(Mew York Letter.
fc'Deakinor of Washington reminds ma
of a story X heard the other day about
a lady, the wife of anr ex-United States
minister, who is mode the heroine of
most of the stories of eccentricity that
amuse society... The lady was in Lon
don last year, and we heard much of
her from the other side. Of course she
wished to attend one of her majesty's
drawing rooms, and she found little
difficulty in, obtaining an invitation.
une ox the peculiarities 01 this loay is
her manner ot dressing. Hue wears
what she likes, and never seems to
think whether it is appropriate or not,
As every one knows, no one in allowed
to appear before tho queen except in
a dress with a train. It used to be that
a low neck was required, but that is
not absolutely necessary now. To the
surprise of every one Mrs. ar
rived at court in a short dress, with a
red shawl thrown carelessly over her
arm. The eyeglasses of the aristocracy
were at once leveled" njd:llier: 'that
sort of attention, however, never gives
her any discomfiture.
But she was flying iu tbe face of
court etiquette, and the American
minister was oallod upon. . He im
mediately sent one of his secretaries to
expostulate with Mrs. , and urged
her to return to her lodgings. Not
she. There was no social bull that
she could not take by the horns. No
little thing such ai the waii t of a train
was going to drive her out after she
once got to court. In the twinkling of
an eye, aud before the whole drawing
room, she took the shawl from hor arm,
shook it out at full length nnd pinned
the ends to her shoulders ; and then,
with a careless glance at her impro
vised train, she took the arm of the
secretary and sailed iuto the royal
presence, not the slightest bit disturbed
by the peculiarity of her drapery.
rosBibly the queen did not notice it,
for one's back is never turned to
royalty. If she had, I think her sense
of humor would have overcome her annoyance.
NEW YORK LEDGER WRITERS.
touch the high C of the final 'Addio,
which his master reaches with such
ease in the totfer scene. Signor
vowed never to revisit the
scene of his anguish. Col. Mapleson
wan nimble to cause him to change
his determination, but he yielded to
Mr. Abbey s arguments." : '
l hancee In the Name Nlaa-ara.
fChlcaco Tlmea.1
Tho name Niaara has passed through
many orthographical cnaugesin ne iav
v, iinvn a friend in Eappahannock,
v. Tnm Hntrhes. a reoiular son of
Analr in BIZ A. SIX 1601 UVB III 111B abulia-
ings, big in proportion and tipping the
heani at. over -zuu TJOUnus. WUU IUI "-
eral seasons rode in the first flight to
hounds hunting a country that was
nearly all mountain on a mule that
never made a misstep or refused a leap
over fence or wall.
Yonna; Men of tho South.
M. Quad's Selma Letter.!
Tho destinv of the south is in
the
200 years. In loB7 it was written unia- --- - ' " j.. 45 rears of age.
2ga7gh. In 1686 Gov ongan appeared
Uncertain about it and. palled it Ohm- looking mo
The young men are the first point
Vvenpll in 1688 to
irnro, Onvagare, Onyagra, ana uney
agero, uayagara, a -j-b. COMidMe(i. WitUin ten years they will
n.a Philin Livincrston wroto in 17.SU
to 1730 Octjagra. Jagera, and Yagerah;
and Schuvler and Livingston, commis
sioners otlndian affairs, wrote it in 720
Onjaverae, Ochiagara, etc. In 1721 it
was wnimii uw -i J nn 0f enteruruie. Here in C
accidentally, probably, be an earnest, i
?If.!t,fKrZXrrta,Lan: -Tsnd are advancing tow,
cey (son of Gov. Do Lancey), who was
n nffirvr in the Enclish army that cap
tured Fort Niagara from the French in
1759. These pioneers may, however,
beexcusedinviewof the fact-as will
be attested by postmasters that some
letter-writers of to-day seem quite as un
decided about the orthography of this
world-wide familiar name.
r,imh it to the front or abandon it.
Here in Selma four-fifths of the business
is in the hands of men under o, ana a
irrent. abara of it m st.U younger nanus-.
The tvir who wera 8. 10 and 12 years
old when the war closed are now the
business men of the south, and they are
Here in seima tiiey
st, industrious
towards -wos-
Ynn nnd tnem cueenui vuei
the older men era gloomy; you find
. . , 1 1 i.i i n lr
them hnr.nllll WUen IUB Oiucr uicu v
of hard times; you find them ready to
encourage all legitimate enterprises
whea their fathero are content with
what they have,
Tricks of Lobbyloto at the Capital.
I Ben: Ferley Poore.1
One of tbe lobbyists hat an attractive
daughter who goes into society and ex
' tor. A. niTi'lit-fij to the wives and daugh
ters of members, while he gives them
lunches and good liquor. Another
lnhhtist is renownea as a
Cause for Reform.
tPhiladeliihia Call.
Mr. B. (to his new wife) Do you
,it I the n.lnr Of tobooCO. deir?
Mm. B. rwho had been a widow)
fth Tin tint nt all!
X r RAra von sure dear? Don
say yes if a c'gar" is distaa'eful.
Mrs. B. -Oh, I love it!
1, P. Tnn ilo?
Mrs. B. Yes, it reminds me so much
liMtj.l.ai lnhhTiat IS
uivw . . ... 1 . 1 m-4 k 1 rn it rpraiiius ujd bo "jj,u
T Poor dear first husband. H.
desis to ingratiate himself with the al way
The Clot boo-Pin -.
Ilndlananolii Jouioal.l 1
Tho latest cainpaicn lio is t the ef
fect that the Amerii-an rtniiblii gets
away with a.ooo.o.m.u' ?prr
annually. . Knr, fl i evident that sixty
clothes-pins por head pet annum is cer
tainly a very liberal estimate. Take a
family of ten persons their allowance
in the reonlar war would be 600 pins a
year. It is a well known fact that
there are certain classes of people, ag
gregating thousands, that have no use
for clothes-pins. Take a bachelor. The
only possible enployment he can devise
for buch a thing is to fasten his sub
nenders to his trousers. But a dozen
pins per year would be a very generous
allowance ior nun. ,
'I linn there are babies. Babies don t
use clothes-pins excessively, and per
haps on an average an ordinary baby
doesn't swallow more than six or seven
in a twelve-month, ana most 01 tnem
are recovered by anxious mothers un
willing to encourage such expensive
habits of diet. Business men use
clothes-pins very spar.ngly, while the
majority of preachers oould not tell a
clothes-pin from a meat skewer. We are
then driven to the hired girl upon whom
depends the responsibi (ty of account
ing for 600 lothes-pi!i a year. That
she does not use then- or fuel is plain
enniiu-h. since nob' .ly ever saw a
clothes-pin that weighed less than a
pound and a half on account 01 the wa-
ter it has assimuaieu, tuu uj uu yuoo.
ble process could it be made to burn.
The Becret of this mystery as great as
the one concerning the d'sappearonce
of ordinory pins is that the giri must
swallow them. -
A Snowball Bomerana. .
Novala Letter.
Two miners living on Alum creek
went np to the mountain above tneir
oabin last week to set some stakes.
After their work was done one 01 tnem
made a snowball and threw it at the
other, who returned the fire. One of
the balls lodged on a Blope more than a
mile long directly above tneircaom.
The sun was sh n ng brightly and the
snow was to't. i't r a second the ball
rested where it fell, and then it began
to roll, increasing in bulk as it went.
Presently the ball, or.ee held in a man s
hand, grew to the size of a hogs
head, end when a furious momen
tum had been goinea it uur mm
several pieces, each of which continned
rolling until a strip of ground 100 feet
wide was cleared of snow. In the.r
descent these huge snowballs picked
op rocks and earth untd, merging in
immenu mass, the avalanche, bear
ing down giant trees and stumps, siruc
the cabin of the men who started it
and -carried it away as easily as if it had
Keen inula nf rmner. .verytuuiK
the path of the slide was swept to the
bed of the strea n and bnried fifty feet
deep in snow. . The mineH. watched
ikAiTiui thev had wrought, and, after
examining the spot where once vueir
cabin stood, they started for Hawthorne
for a tent and b. unlets.
Believes la a Doao.
IPbiladelDnia Record.
Never was there a worse swindle per
petrated on humanity than that which
..urn that hen a man wakes from
his first sleep he onght to s-et up. If
he wakes thoroughly refreshed after
seven hours' slnep it is certainly ime
in tnm anl t retch, and. after about
fifteen minutes grace, to dress; but be
.hn wakna at earlv morn, after a
rest of four or five hours, will do well
to turn over and go to sleep again.
No Partnership.
Wa'l Street News.
A bull who bad been roaming around the
country for several years, tossing up every
object he couiu get nu noru uuuor, uuo uj
met a bear and said :
"See here stranger, way can t you ana 1
live on better terms?"
"Why, let ns travel together and whack np
the profits. Yon don't seem to oe sucu a una
fellow, and I know there's nothing mean
M riear ilr." softly replied the bear, as he
brushed a fly off hli noso, "did we outer Into
partnership there wouia oe no pronu. as h
is, a toss is followed by a squeese, and vice
vera. Did we both attack tne same victim
at once w. should certainly quarrel and give
him a chance to escape."
That's 00 that's so," mnosd the bull, and
he lifted Wabash a point and bellowed to the
bear to look out for a tumble.
All n the Kaaally.
fTexasSiftinrt. r
Your lather was nothing but a simple
tmAnnunD.''
"I know where yon got that inronnauon,-
quletly remarked the other.
From wnom 01a 1 ges r
From your father." .
How do vou know thatl"
Because your father was my father's noi-
earrier."
ma firat Knbjrcr. , ;
Wh.t .hall I write about? ' asked a
young reporter of the managing editor.
SOh. write about the first thing that
. . liend " was the brief order.
The scr.be drew h.s pay that mg'.t Ior
an article oa "d or know.
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(Fannie B. Ward's Zicatecas Letter.
It was a queer experience. This
evening we attended Presbyterian
services in ine old Ban Augustine,
"Better-taku your pistols," said Dr,
JeBi ; bo Betsey and I put our shining
little weapons in the small saohels we
always wear at our bells.' Behind the
pulpit stood the usnal guns, ready for
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ineLttUb aerviue, wuun ovoij iuuu iu biio
house aud probably most ot the
women wera conspicuously armed.
But it was a very attentive audience,
mostly Mexican converts, with thought
ful faces and evident earnest purpose
to abide by the faith within them. It
seemed strauae enough to hear familiar
Hymns in tins far-oway-'iaaa "utMiu,
lover of mr soul, let me to Thy bosom
flv." "From Greenland's ioy mount
ains," and "Hook of ages, cleft for ma!
dear old'tunes, which brought tears
to our eye3, though the words were
those of an nlian !aml !.... J,
ing ot the sacred word in Spanish, the
prayers, with "Das.nos esto dia nuestra
pana," (give us this day our daily bread),
and the stirring sermon which followed,
were all a study worthy of attention.
In the midst of the services a suad
of soldiers filed in and ranged them
selves on each side of the doorway, so
that none could escape. Instantly
every man's hand sought his weapon,
and women's faces paled with terror,
but the services went oalmly on without
interruption. It provod that these
minions of the law had come to arrest
an aged rascal who Lad been per
sistently attempting to assassinate his
own son. The young man, who is a
membfir of this ohurch. is about to wed
a Protestant girl, whioh so enraged his
sire that he determined to destroy his
own flesh and blood. The long, thin
blade with which the old man meant to
do the murderous deed flashed sharply
for an instant in his trembling hands,
but he was quickly disarmed and led
away.
Another Lincoln Story.
fNew York Times.
Here is a new Lincoln story, properly
authenticated, suitable for publication
about this time, aa the old almanaoi
used to h .ve it: Just after the publi
cation of Secretory Chase's exceedingly
able treasury report in 1863, and when
the secretary was Known to novo me
presidential bee buzzing in his bonnet,
a zealous friend of the president went
to him (Lincoln) with a suggestion that
Mr. Chase should be looneu aueri 110
was using his power as seoretary of the
treasury to further his own smumuw
enkemea. Lincoln laairhed shrewdly.
and brought out the inevitable story of
which he was reminded.
An Illinois farmer, tilling a lew acres
nf Innil and emnlovinor only one poor
old horse, was plowing one day, while
hia non regarded theoueration from the
neereot. fenpA. HllddeMV U1S OIU. BPint-
leaa tinne Bricked up his ears ana
tjirtfid brisklv onward in the furrow,
almost dragging the old man at tha
plow-tail around the land. The lad
surveyed the unusual sight from the
fence, the old man having hard work
to keep up as the horse went flying
around, and then he cried out: Say,
AnA. hv don't vou brush off that gad-
flv on old Dobbin's back?" As he Hew
past the old man replied : "I never saw
Dobbin doing so well before. Let the
gad-fly be." How Lincoln made the
;,.nHnn on v man can tell. And if
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there are any nign omciais ao irou
with the presidential gad-fly that they
are doing unusually ell, it were a pity
to disturb them now,,. , .
Kerve and Coolness.
fplttibur Dispatch.
k T.oneiuilxr woman was bragging the
other evening of her nerve and cool
ness. Tbe next day as she was looking
... . a(er window at a choice thing in
Hamburg, a strange dog mcidentally
poked his n se aga nst her bare hand,
and she jumped and yelled so loud that
she shook off a pound ana a a" u
eellent back hair. .
What They Are Pald-.Mylvanna Cobb,
Jr., and slow He Grow famous.
New York Letter In Indianapolis Times. '
I asked Mr. Bonner if "The Gun-
maker of Moscow," written by Sylvanus
Cobb, Jr., as we all know, did not make
The Ledger its early fame.
Ho." be said, "The Ledger had 1W),-
000 subscribers before I ever publLshed
that: thoUKh I hold that 'The Gun-
maker of Moscow.' 'Unole Torn Cabin.'
and 'The Hidden Hand.' are the three
greatest stories this country has ever
produced."
"The Hidden Hand," as everybody
knows, is Mra. Southworth's work,
and ii how running in The Ledger the
third time. "The Gunmaker" has also
had a third term before the public
Every few years a new generation of
readers arises that devours these stories
as eagerly as did their e!djrs a quarter
of a century ago. Bothhava been drama
tized, with, susoe&j. 8vlvauu Cobb,
Jr., haa written ior The Ltidtfoi' Al
most ever since Mr. Bonner, has
owned it. He lives in Boston, and
is the son of a distinguished preacher
of the same name who died a few
years since. When Mr. Bonner first
employed him he was a proof-reader,
and in odd hours wrote stories for
Gleason's Pictorial, a literary pictorial
which has been succeeded byBallou's
Magazine, 1 think, lie was the great
card of that journal, and received
higher pay than any other contributor
$100 for a story running through six
numbers; not a princely sum for a
serial now surely, but considered quite
ample then.
The publishers of Uleason s notorial
offended Mr. Bonner by printing a
I)aragraph to the effect that the prices
is claimed to pay to some of his con
tributors were fictitious. The same
number of The Pictorial contained an
advertisement of The Ledger which had
been solicited. Mr. Bonner wrote the
publisher, asking him if he thought it
either courteo is or honest to solicit a
favor and g3t it and then do his best to
damage the" man who had favored him.
lie replied he did not, and was very
sorry bis paper had made such
an erroneous statement; it had
been done in his absence, etc., had
"orept" in, probably, as errors always
make their entree'' into newspapers if
the editors' assertion is to be taken as
fact nobody ever heard ot one walk
ing, or lumpmcr or riding in. Htm he
oouldn t pubuoly take baok what his
journal had said, although "very sorry,
very sorry," etc. Mr. Bonner replied
that he never took a private anolozv
ior a publio wronz. Meantime he cast
abont for some means of reminding his
adversary that he could pot be openly
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Sylvanus Uobo
he was under
only for The
Mr. Bonner
had something
The Nalrittal Heorploa.
- New York Bun.
There is ono animal whioh unques
tionably does kill itself the scorpion.
I hod often read that that little beast
will stab himself to death with tbe
poison dagger in his tail when
surrounded with a oiroie 01 nre. .1
doubted the story, but it is true. Once
Uat Havana, I saw a little black, plump,
n.Hl-HM.,.i;u i..i.4a.,,11,m.
;tr twoifor nntnlr waV
iiHVuue tuutj uiuaiug yi vvj iwiwn wj
U across the tiled floor of a large parlor.
"A scorpion 1" was the cry el some rela-
I uvea Who were to tbe manner Dorn, ana
he was soon imprisoned under the glass
f dome of a goblet. It was cur ous then
! to witness the little creature's rage. Ha
twas evidently in a fury, dash ng him
self aga nst h a transparent glass wa is,
and soniotimes curling up h s ta 1 1 11
the end touched his head, form ng a
vertical ring. But he did not stab nor
strike himself, and at last lay down,
-seemingly exhausted. We did not try
Ltlia lira exoeriment unon him. and ha
pwas oarriejoir to be kJied hy thi black.
servants. Uut 1 kaow from two n.eoes
that on a subsequent occasion, when 4
scorpion was caught in a similar man
ner, their brother, to conr nee them of
the truth of tue creature's suicide when
confined within an enclosure of Are,
surrounded it with a ring of cotton
wool saturated with alcohol, and fired
tbe ring. The scorpion dash d about
the fiery pr.son from place to place,
evidently in mingled fright and fury,
and in search of an opening, tiu at last,
despairing of escape, he went to the
center of the cii ole, coiled h a tail over
to his head, and they saw him
stab himself several times viciously
with his sting, and he speed ly sank
down dead. As they described it to
me, his fas little body was gasnea in
many places with his seu-inn.cted
stabs. There is no real reason to be
lieve that the animal knew that it was
putting an end to its owrife, or that it
had any idea of ' ceasing to be, or of
what death is. It was more probably
from an instinctive impulse,' in blind
rage and fury, to strike, strike, Btrike
at the only object in reach of its natural
weapon. In the case in which 1 saw
one imrr.sonea under a goblet, no aia
not strike at the transparent crystal,
whioh he probably did not see, seeing
only the external objects around, ine
nre seemed to madden the lurious liiue
beast.
Indianapolis Herald: The trath is
that in these davsof eagerness for o1
too many men think to use m oner-lag
as floaters, in time tne pags coiiapho
and the oa riero nnd.-r.
. Twelve million clocks
last year.
manufactured
a note asking ii
contract t5 work
Pictorial. If not,
intimated that he
to say to him. He
nnt. rnntricted in anv way, and, as
TtjrenW.ie tout what Be received for
his stories; Mr. uonner at onoo -fered
him double the amount for a story
and contracted with him for five more
before he announced him in The Ledger.
The publisher of The Pictorial was
away from home when he heard the
news, and at once telegraphed Mr.
Cobb to make no permanent arrange
ments with anybody else nntil he re
turned. But the misohief had already
been done, and Mr. Cobb was on the
high road to fortune. Although Mr.
Bonner only paid him $200 for his first
story, he has since paid him as high as
$10,000 for some of his work.
Just before employing Sylvanus Cobb
Mr. Bonner paid Fanny Fern, then at
the height of her fame as the author of
"Kuth Hall," $1,000 for a ten-column
story. For fourteen years afterward,
or until she died, she never failed to
write every wek for The Ledger, her
crisp and dashing comments on men
and manners oooupy ing a noticeable po
sition on the fourth page. They were
eagerly read, too, by all olasses of read
rs. "Indeed." said Mr. Bonner, "Fanny
Fern never could have written anything
dull, even if she had tried; neither can
Henry Ward lieeencrr
One .Egg Enough T
Anaheim Gazette.
Dnn oatrich egg for ten guests is the
pattern at the California ostrich farm.
Ono, two, turee, lour, uve, six., euveu,
licrht. nino. ten." said Dwight Whiting,
counting the guests he had invited to
soeni the day at the ostrich farm with
l. -i, 1. - i n
him; "1 gues one egg wm ue enougu.
And having giving uiwrnuuo w mie
amresRion. he wended his way to the
paddock and soon brought to the house
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an ostrich egg. ine wiuiupu ui mo
foMi on t' j egg. For a whole
hour it was boiled, and though there
was then some misgiving as to its being
oooked, the shell was broken, lor can
nuitv conld no longer be restrained,
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and a turee-pouna naru-uoueu bkk u
upon the plate. But aside irom its
size there was nothing peculiar about
it. Tha white hod the bluish tinge seen
iu duck eggs, and the yolk was of the
usual color. It tasted as it looked
like a duck egg and had no flavor pecu
1,0 r in ila ilf. But it was immense 1 As
it takes twenty-eight hen eggs to equal
in weight the ostrich e?g which was
cooked, it is evidont that the host knew
what he was aoout in couauig uu uuo.
There was enough and to spare; and
before leaving the table the party
unanimously agreed that ostrich egg
was good. .
Hlan-Prleea Book.
izchanee.l
There are only two American book
which have a market value approximates-
e.inoo: thev are the "Bay Psalm
KarA" wh ch has been sold a high as
fl.200, and El.ot's Ind an Bible "Up-
Biblum Uod, in the aooriginai tongue.
The Lot of the rhyolelaa.
fBurllnirton Pmn.1
A leading ohvsioian tells the Idler a
funny story in illustration 01 this point,
A prominent citizen, meeting the disci
nle of Esculapius one day, began com-
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maininir tnat ne was sick sue uui" "-
fnro dreadfullr sick: "and 1 would
have sent for you, doctor, oniy
hated to have my old mare go out on
n,.h a atormv night 1" Tbe evicted
eitizen had a world of sympathy for
his horse, but not a particle for bis
long-suffering physician, and the public
in general is apt to take a similar view
of the matter.
r.ev. Jowph Cook declares that there
tr "not over five newspapers in the
iTniil States that a self-respecting
Ainer.can would lecommecd a foreign
visitor to. read.
Amerleanlalna Parisian Journalises,
New York World.
The two young newspaper men who are
making a tilt just at present In tho way of
Americanizing Parisian journalism are
named Chamberlain and Ives. The former
is a son ot the late Ivory Chamberlain, and
for a number ot years ho acted as tne private
uscretArv ot James Gordon Bennatt. Tbe
journalist, ieoausti fioiiueii Uuw to l"-"
himself an editorial writer, and is forever
suggesting subjects which his secretary has
to write out. Chamberlain got $10,000 a
yoar and ail nia expenw iw m..jiib
f .m. it 1. mm that soma of his former
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employer money-la Invested In The Paris
Morning newe.
Ives, who has a slice of tho property, used
to be in Mew York journalism. He went to
that city from Buffalo, where bis parents
reside still He is a tall, slim young man,
with an olive complexion and a big black
eyebrow that runs straight aoross bis fore
head. There is a strain of Indian blood in his
viiini. Some vears ago he married the lovely
and accomplished daughter of Mr. Frank B.
Carpenter, tho artist. Be went aDrow to
work in London for the Associated Press, and
distinguished himself by hunting Oakey Hall
to his London hiding-place when that erratic
individual ran away to England some years
ago. Ives was then snapped up by The Her
ald, whose work -he did in Loudon for two or
three years.
Finally Air. uennett oruerea 01m to rani.
Dublin, Ban Francisco and New York In
quick succession, countermanding each order
just as Ives got under way. That was too
much for the young man's Indian temper,
and he sent in a bot letter of resignation, to
which Bennett replied: "I have received
vour impndent communication, and Its
contents are quite satisfactory to me." Then
Ives wrote back: "Glad to know you think
me impudent I have been told that all 1
needed to make a first-class Herald man was
a complete stock of that article." On ths
whole, (Jbamoonain ana ivee are we ainu ui
young men who seem likely to make journal
ism bum in rans.
Into Outer Darkness.
Eastern Exchange.
When the audience of a Boston thea
tre was being dismissed during a rain
storm a man in trying to open an um
brella in the lobby, lifted the point so
that it :nught a lady beneath the ooil of
her hair on the back of her ueao. 10
the horror ' the gentleman he saw the
lady's bonnet and her ent;re neaa 01
hair mouat upward on the point of his
umbrella. There was agony ana re
morse on both sides. Apologies were
of no avail. The unhappy man darted
forth into the stormy night. The lady
did not wait to replace her head gear,
but disoppeared with it in her band
into tbe gloomy recesses 01 u a. mut
ant hack.
What Vou Hunt Take te Washington.
Lady Correspondent.
The rentleman coming to Washington, un
less bo wishes to miss a most instructive por
ttnnofhlistav here, must bring an evening
drees suit (swallow tail and white m black
necktie.) This warning is not so unnecessary
might be supposed, ino sun may do
forgotten or purposely left at borne, too
gentleman not intending to visit, and then
on arrival he is embarrassed that be cannot
go properly dressed exactly where be ougot
toga The lady should bring a good plain
black silk dress, with illusion or pretty lacs
for neck and sleeves. This, with long light
or tan-colored gloves and a few natural
flowers, will pasa for a stranger on any occa
sion that may offer. Here tbe unexpected is
the inevitable, and it is well to bo prepared.
A srrenc py.
Chicago Tribune.
Yves Guvot, the Parii journalist,
tells how King Louis XVIII, when he
returned from exile, asked Fonche if
his movements had been watchea oy
spiei. Fonche admitted thai tbe Duo
de Blacas had been so employed. "And
how much did you give him?" asked
Louis. "Two hundred thousand livres,
was the reply. "Good," said the mon
arch, "I find he did not cheat me. We
went halves."
Christian Advooata: Iieither wealth,
nor intel.igence, nor culture, nor
tociely c in purchase exemption from
I .he grwt law of self-denial.
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