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. .3 1 1 i v VOLUME XIII. " " . " :r " - - - -lj ! 1 1j Bo tile Noire. The 15th of March, 1872, at 9 o'clock in the evening, a cab stopped in front of the entrance of the hall of the Bnule Noire. a man stepped out of tlie vehicle, about 35 years of age, tall, tliin, face intelligent and bold, slight blonde mustache curled up and carefully tended, a jacket of black velvet, soft felt hat a little on one side of the head, Swedish glove. Another man hid been walking up and down on the footpath for the last quarter of an hour. Frock-coat buttoned up to the chin, dirty collar, ragged black necktie. large hat. in Ms hand a heavy cane. lieavy mustaches and whiskers cut squarely on his checks. The fvo men acen-t.-d each other, and in rapid tone exchanged these mmU : "This Itirts-irt. this way." "Marcou ! Is if y,u h . s.-iit, f.r. me ?" . "Ye ; but f lu;rTiWte?cW iighf -mi! loG na- - people on the footpath Let us cros t!:e boulevard." 'Shall I keep the cab ?" 'Yes ; he business vi!l not be long, and we will return to the prefecture immediate ly after it is finished." Tliey crossed the roadway, and wbeu thev were on the other Ride, leaning against the wall ot a -whitesmith's shop that turns the corner ot tle Rue des Martyrs, Mar cou. tlie man with the frock coat, took in his two hands Diibrisart's hand the man with the velvet jacket and pressed them with effusion. "Dubrlsart, I am glad to see you again. You never come into our quarters now ; you wmk in high politic ; you go on foreign missions have been told of that. And when I think you began a a little auxiliary ot no account in my brigade. I was your protection." 'And yon are still my friend, my dear Msrcou. I h.-ive had luck ami protection." "And then yu have education and dis- tingtrislied manners. There is not a man at the prefecture wlio knows how to dress a you do. not even the Prefect himself. Yoh belong to an honorable family ; yon sneak English, so you wete sent tn Eng land under the Empire to see what was going on at Ti Toui liken w lie re the Orleans princes were." Twickenham." "Yes, that- it. I, my dear fellow, have gone on vegetating in paltrj service, lint to-night I have a rather important affair o:s hand. In the course of the clav a certain Agile Rlpon came to tlie prefecture. Ah .' you don't know lier. She is a celebrity of the bails and taverns about here. We were tlie re four or five ot us chatting round the stoye. The woman came into the bureau furious, saying that she knew one of the chiefs of the Commune, a man who had pillaged, shot, committed arson, and done the whole thing iti fact. Xatur ally we asked Mademoiselle Ripou to take a chair. She came to offer to give up to us this evening, at the Boule Noire, Staf lier. who had lieen clief de legion under the onmmune." "Stafner the man who subbed me in a little sate at Belleville hi ISM) ?" "Yes ; and it is because knew the Story ot that stabbing that I asked yon to come. I don't know Stafner, ami I thought tliat you would not mind help- "Gladly, and I shall recognize him. do not fear. He is to come lo the ball to night?" "At 10 o'clock." "Ami Aglae Kipon ?" , Three of my men, OervoIer. Pnilat - Mid I Chaulet, arc going to bring lier. I bey ouglit to be here already. When site . dtnade her declaration ghe wanted to go away, but I did not loose tlie young lady. I know what woman's auger is ; it goes up ami down in five minutes. She had o.dy to find her lover for tie is her lover to feel a moment's remorse, to warn him. ami our little plan would have been poil '. : she had a rendezvous with Stafner at 10 oV.'svfc this evening, ami that was all that I wanted. I told her that the Govern merit would pay lier dinner and a cab to . o to the hall ; but that slie would not le iionl to go noma until she had served us up Stafner. Ah ! probably they are ; ; ' tije cab is stopping on this side the bottle. , vara. : - The door of a cab opened at a tew steps from Dubrisart and Marcou. Out of it came, accompanied by three policeman i .. plain clothes, a tall arirl in a woolen a cape of gray cloth, and a black hat with a bunch of red roses hanging from the left side. Ot: of ti8 men came op to Marcou ' w'He the two others kept a wutch on the woman, who looked a r. an id her with an . jtir ot clarm. "Monsieur Marcou," said- the man. "you . - ought to speak to the girl. She alarms tne. She would not eat any dinner. She baa been crying in , the cab. For certain ie regrets what she has done, and Is afraid ;6fwhat remains for her to do." , I'll talk to her. said Marcou ; and he went up to the woman. "Listen, he said to her. JJ'o nonsense, you.know. You have your record at the prefecture. I have been glancing over it -to-day. There are some bad things In it, . and it we wauled to send yon to S-dnt-- Lazare for Are or six months, we should jHt want pretexts. You know the house ?" . .'I have been there twice and I came out ,of It again. One doesn't die of it " : "Ah I but , take care," said Marcou, riIi:.his voice, you must not, ' "You are : wrong." said Dtibrisart to ifarcoa ; 'yo mast never be brusque ALBANY, OREGON, OCTOBER 8 1880. a woman in your position is not com promised for six months passed there. On the contrary, sometimes : but vou are a woman ot honor, and you make a point ot your honor. Wei', if you arc reasonable, we will take care ot your rrntt'.atlon. and no ones hall know that vou gave upStafner. We will take you Into the ball, and you shall sit at a table by the side of the orches tra, near the little door that leads Into the garden. You will remain there "with these three gentlemen, and think as much sugared wine, and smoke as many cigar ettes as you like. The Government will pay. This gentleman and myself will be in the garden. When Stafner arrives yon will go up to him ; if you try to lead him towards the street door our men will seize him. but tin y will not touch yon ;-they i wil. tell everybody that you betrayed your Vnaivfor flftv franca. Wat. II ht-lno- 1,1. v. quietly mt tlie garden we wid pack off" tne pair of you. I here will be no disgrace tor you ; you will be taken to the prefec ture ; you will be st nt lihtrty a quarter ot an hour afterwards, and yon em go and finish your evening at Vauxliail or at the Etysee- Montmartre. Do you understand ? Yes ami you will bo rcasnntihle ? That is right .' Xow go with these gentlemen : i we will wait for you in the garden." Aglae and the three policeinct: crossed the boulevard and entered the ball. Mar cou and Dubrisaj-t followed them, passed through the room, and went and sat on a bench aw the end of tin? garden. The even ing was cool, and the garden was deserted. "lean offer you a fine cigar." said IubrKirt to Marcou ; "I bought three or four excellent boxes at Antwerp." "Ah ! you have been at. Antwerp ?" "Yes, three weeks ago for the Couite de Lli.-imbonl. ' Do you travel much ?" "Ah ! Since the 4th of September I ain always en route.'' "Yon did not stay in Paris during the siege ?" 'Xo ; on Septcml-cr 5th I already siir what' the Government of the National Defence win worth. Those gentlemen had the idea of keeping Paris without secret police. Lunatics, pine ii -atics. As I wa supposed to have a certain merir, was Offered the post of secretary to a commiss ioner of police who had been newly ap (Miinted anil who cuild not perform his duties without as-ii-tanee. I refused. I did not like sedentary posts. I said to myself, Someday or ot her the eeret police win he reorgatdzid. and I shall lie wanted.' j I left Paris with a company ot franc- I tireurs. For two mouths we beat about in the forest ot Orleans, and then went to Tours to recruit. It was about the middle of November. The first man that I met at Tours, in Hie Rue Royaie, was that Yersae, who before the 4th of Septernlier was in the brigade ot the Chateau, and the Snrete (ieHw.ile. He told me. as we were going along, tliat Monsieur GamlH'tl.-i was a man who bad some ideas of government , that since hi arrival they were trying to reorganize a secret police, but that they were in gri-at diffii-nltiea. The Govern ment of Tours found it easy enough to improvise prefect, sub-prefects and gen- VTW O ; ggj,,,,,aMMMM ' t A I The Weir, seere.. I doe over this rn it .rin77 J l WWW' M J i . IH.'AV. Jr I knew it all my boyliooil ; in a lonesome val- v 7 ll. .in. l . I-Ike a dryml's mirror bidden by the wood's dim arehes near ; It eye flushed Ixu-k the minslitne, and grew dark and snl with shallow ; Andllovei! its trutlifnt depths where every liebble lay so ch ar. I scooped my hand and drank it, and watched Of the ripraine rings of silver as the drops ..... . i .-..it . . I pressed f lie richer grasses from Its little trickling river. Till at tasi I knew. a friends know, every secret, of the well. But one day I stood beside it on a sndden, nn- Wlien tlie sun had crossed the valley and a .And I looked in the dark watersaw my nal- And beside it, looking: npward, met aa evil reptile face; Losklng nriword, furtive, startled at the si tent, anrfft l,,.p,l..n . Then it darted townrd the ' grasses, and I w mii wilKre II Iltjtl ; Bnt I knew its e.ves were on me, and the old- Of the wire nnd iierfrot nymbol I bad cherished there was dead. Oh, the pain to know the perjury of seeming My soul whs seared like sin to see the false- mum I im pmce ; And the innocence that mocked me. while in There were lurking tonler secrets than the furtive reptile fitc-c, And since then oh. why the burden? when ro ji ijuh! wwi pnni, mp. With eyes of limpid innocence, and words I cannot trust their seeming, but must ask Could I look in sudden silence nt the secrets of the heart 1 wi;! women. Let me talk to her." And :n,t.Ung Aglae Kipon : "Listen to r V , a erals ; but yon cannot improvise a police. That is where our toue lies. They are always oltligi-i to come back ton-:. Thev mad.- me a very fair offer, and when they knew i hat I hvi Inch to Twickenham, to Baden, to Woodiiorlon. to ki ep an eye on tlte rh-aus princes, they said to me That iscaidlal. We know that the Prince de .loiiiville i hiiiinn- sonu-wli: of the provuiciiil armies. Try t find nun. N I went lo st-i-k the Prince de foiuville. It seemed to me odd t, lie doing the same business for the Republic as I had lieen doing tor the Empire for fen year. Ah ! old tellow, one becomes a bit of a philosopher af-er Hfteeii jears of pomicai ponce. 1 he Empire sent us to mi., after the Orleans prince: the. Repub lic sent us to rim Hfu r the Orleans princes. The .none it changes, you see. the more is it still the same thing. We canidit the Prince ie Joi-iville at last : it was in tho Army of tlie Loire that he waa flVhtlncr against tlie Prussians. We kent him pris oner at. I he prefecture at Mans for five days, and tnen it was I who accompanied Mm fo Saint-Ma lo. where he to-ik the lioat for England. Tlie fact Is that our business is not monotonous. When I think, tor instance, that I, who am here talking to you in the garden of the BouV Noire. I arrested, January 1-1.1871. the I mice le loinviiie. at I.e Mans. aiHl. the lth of July of tlie sa'ine vear. tlie vmroei, at fans, bidden in a cnbboanl n hen I think tiial I presented my respects to the Kmperor Napoleon, at Chiselhnrr on January 13. 1872. and at the Comte d Chambotd, at Antwerp, on tlie 24th ot February following." Ton have spoken to the Emneror and to the Comte de Chambord ?" "As T am speaking to yon. Marcou. At Chiselhiirt It was nothing to boat about ? you left your nanw and address with the gateKeeper and the following day you re ceived a letter ot audience. I wt arrang ed for myself a nice little Bonjartist story : 'My grandfather, captain In the Imperial Guard, killed at Waterloo, etc. e were recef yed one Sunday after Hiu in a batch of ten or twelve. We all enter. ed together a little blue saloon op the ground floor, and what did I see. at the Emperor's side ? Our former chief. Mon sieur fietii. Then when my tnrn came to say a tew words I made up a phrase - ( .....uu mjj a tuiwn nriis. sr. v nrettv mafd. Vim am nhnn ttu ,ini. i r - j " & mis. wiiero mere was ; t szare does not kill you ; and t wither security nor police. I addctj fjiat everyboily regretleil the Empire and the j administration of Monsieur Pietri. The Emperor smiled as I as going out ; ! Monsieur Pietri came and shook n.e hv ! the hand and said to me that I had spoken ;' like a good Frenchman. "My campaign at Antwerp was more difficult. Thev had sent for mo :irti.o fectnre and had told me to go to Ai.twep ! ano, see wh it was going on there. I n-ikcil permission to fix my own day am! hour of departure and to b allowed to net as f thought proper. They gave me the au thorization, and it was iiirr.ed that there should he no inetin.-.s a-ked about my eicpenses. Five or six persons wi re sent to Antwerp. I allowed my cnmr.ids to start, and I set out only on. Primary -22i. 1 ne pilgrimage to Antwerp was then at its nil mo. 1 arrived in good time nt the Northern Railway station. I examineil the passengers as they came in. I said to myself; 'The train starts nt 7 in l he morning and arrives at Antwerp at 3 in the afternoon. I mut clioo-u mv enn.in nieiit carefuily, get into conversation with my f-Ilow-pascngi-rs, and have some sKinsors when I arrive at Antwerp. For that I have eight hours. ItU more than enough.' "I was, as you mav imagine, irrenroneh- ably dressed. I had taken with me as my valet Vtrsac you know Versac whom I round at Tours. We are great friends now and always work together, lie is a clever fellow ; but he prefers minor roles where there i no re-ponsiblity. Ue was too. well repaid for his journey. Ife fell in with a charming little Legitimist cham bermaid, and she told bun a heap of thing aliout one of t!ie greatest houses in the faiihourg Saint-Germain. Versac is a handsome man ; he won 'he girl's affec tion, and he found her when .-he n-tnriui: to Paris, and so we have a good door ok-h there. At the station I saw an old gr-ntl. man with a lady of some 30 years of age. not pretty, but very agreeable. I looked lit them. I said to myself; -That ii mv affair !' and I got into their compartment. t was not mistaken. They were going to visit tlie King once in the train, yon know, we said not the Comte -le Chambord. but the King ! At thestat'ou of Luzarches we exchanged our names and tiles. The old gentleman was ixiini il the .Vanj lis ilc Kotlstasson ; I called myself the R.irou de Martoune de Lii-tmc. Be -ides my Boua- partist story 1 have a Legitimist stors which is connected very adroitly and in a very complicated mai mer with two names ol extinct fann ies At Crell 1 learnt the name ot the young woman. She was the daughter of the old Marquis and widow ot the Comte de la Ribaliiere. Between Creil and Compieg.ie the old Mar mis roiil me His History. Betw.eu Coiupiegue ami ie--gi;ier 1 relateil to him mine. I wa a Frenchman from beyond the seas, who had come over tor the war with file volun teers of Montevideo. At lergnii r we breakfested at the i-anie table, tin Martini the Countess and myselt. At. Antwerp we pnt up at the same hotel, and in the evening Versac took our two reouests tbi an anuience to Comte de Blacas at the Hotel Swint Autouie. The Marquis in his letter had spoken of me and I in mine had spoken of him. 1 was no longer alone I had a sponsor and wliat a sponsor ! A Marquis, with long silvery hair and a majestic and venerable air in short. I assure you, the bt that was in the train. The following day we were n-eivMl all three of n, at the Hotel Saint Ai.tolne In a series of twenty to twenty-five persons. You were introduced in batches as at Chiselhurt. When the King entered there was great emotion. The old Mrnn! especially, was as iMie had been crushed. He tell on his knees, and they had all tlie trouble in the world to raise him np. He wanted to kiss the King's hand. He heo-nn to ramble In hi talk, to say that now ha could die, etc. We brought liim back to the hotel of the Grand Laboured r where we had pttt up. . He took to his bed. and I : n( the Countess passed the evening with him. Eight or ten persons who were in our batch came to ak after the health of the old Marquis. The next day we refnrn ed all the visits that we had received. I remained at Antwerp until the departure of the King, and saw a great many people. I returt ed with a report and notes which did me n. itch honor. And if I had a little i fatuity I might even add tliat the Countess ! had a way of leaning on ray arm and looking at me sideways when we went to see tl-f. pictures in the mti-enm of Antwerp. Ah ! I might perhaps have made a verv fine marriage !" "Moriieur Marion, the man has come and the woman is bringing him into the garden." At these words uttered by one of the policemen. Dnhrisnrt and Marcou rose, traversed the garden, and, remaining on the door-sill. looked into the dancing-room. I hey av Agi le Ripor, corning along the circnWr promenade on the arm of a little red-haired man in a gray coat wearing a soft felt hat. The little man wa talking much and seemed very animated. The woman did not seem to be listening. Her gait was umertain. her glance vague ; she must have drank a great deal ot sugared wine. By a mechanical gesture of her left hand she almost .constantly pushed back the bunch of red roses that beat against her face. The two policemen folio weil close behind. Do you recognize him ?" said Marcou to Duhtisart. "Xo, he worn all bis beard ; he bad dark hair. I see before me a beardless man with red hair. Bnt we shall sron see ; I have a certain means of knowing it it Is he." When the woman saw the garden door, and when she recognized Marcou and Ihd risart. who were waiting on each stile of tlie door, she drew herself up. screamed. ami tried to rush back. Rut the policemen seiz-d both tlte man and the woman and push, , them violently into the garden. Marcou shut the door. At that moment the quadrille finished, and five hundred voices cried lurionsly. "Encore .' encore !" "Let the woman go." said Dnbrisart. 'and bring the man here under the gas lamp. There. And now. my fiiend. show me your left hand ; open it. Ah. th. re are my three teeth. It was I who give yon those fhri-e marks in exchange foment from yon knife. Handcuff him. It is Stafner. practice your secret police against eacli other." Dnbrisart and Madame Robert left the. cabinet of the chef tie service, and while they were going down one of the staircases of the prefecture : "There m only one thing that pnzzels me,-' said Oubrisart. "It is the old Mar quis. He n!Uj positively noble air. n hete did yon diseoner.him ?" ' lie is my fithereplled Madame i-miM-rt. -ue used to De an actor. He was ;yrfection in the roles of nobie fathers." Lviloeie Ilulcsy. Another Continuance. Dnhri-art and Marcou arrived at the pre-f- cfure nt half past 10 that evening, thie ot the cic de service was there. They gave him an account of their exedit!on. "Very good." he said "Marcou I thank you ; bnt you. Oubrisart. remain I have a question to ask you. X have had sevetal reports about the reception at Ant wrp. Iti one of my ' reports a certain Baron do Martonne de T.ustrac Is mention ed a having been very violent in bis laugu ge. He spoke most insultingly in public concerning M. Thiers. Yon did not see. this Baron .de Martonne de Lus tra c ?" "Yes. I saw hi in." "Well, you say nothing about him in your report ; why ?" Because if was myself." ' " "I thought so. And this Is .what of .fantastic police without orders or dis cipline. At every line In your report you speak of a Countess de Ribaliiere." "Yes. who wat, very fervent, and wttose father " "The Marquis de Bo nstasson ves. T know. Wait a minute." Tlie cVef de service opened the door. "Madame Robert," he said, "will vou come in. it yon please." . And tlie Baron de Martonne dn T.ustrai, saw tho Coubtes de la Rabilliere enter. cressed In the most modest fashion. Both ef them, baron and the countess, looked at each other astonished. J 'Monsieur Dnbrisart. Madama Robert Madame Robert, Monsieur Dubrlsart. Look at each other well, I pray yon, and be good cpottgb, when yon meet riot fo When the case of the People vs. I. M Kalloch was called in the Superior Court, Department 11, yesterday morning. H. E Highton. attorney for defendant, stated to tne Cum that h was compelled to leave the city immediately on imperative profes sions! business, ami could not possibiv return before the 5th of October, and he therefore askeri a continuance of the case until the -20th of October. He also stated that Judge Campbell, for the prosecution, would be called out of the city about the 5th pros. He further stated that there would probably be a deeisHn from the Court iu the interim of the matter ot ins plea of " once in jeopardy," and that in the case decision was adverse he would then interpose a plea of not guilty on be half ol his client. - Judge Freelon said that v.iien the case was called for trial the jury empaneled by the Sheriff would probably be chalientred as ineliigible ; but he saw no reason why the jury should not proceed with cases in which there was no question raised as to their eligibility to serve as jurors- Mr. Marshall said he was ready to try the case at once, or wait the convenience of both counsel, bnt that it was unfortn nate that their professional engagements snotiiu conflict in such a manner. .Judge Freelon said tliat under the cir cmnstaiices it was impossible to fix a date that would suit both7 counsel, and he would, therefore, set the case for Oc tober lltli. Mr. Highton thought that would not give mm sutiicient tune for preparation after his return on the oth. and he desired Ir understood that he did not pledge hhnself o ne reaoy at that time, and might be oongeii to ask h further continuance ot a few days. The case was then set tor Mon tlay, October 111 It. at 10 o'clock A M Of nil the mvriad moods of mind That th ronarh the soul come throncinjy V " bohi, so Kinu, So beautiful, as Lansing- ? The t hing we long for, that we are For one transcendent moment. Before the Present, poor and baie. Can make its sneering comment. Still, throngh onr -paltry stir and strife. (ilows down the wished ideal. And I.oniin? moulds in clay, what life Carves in the marble real. To let the new lif in, we know. Desire must ope the portal ; Perhat lbe lonsrinsr to be so Helps make the soul immortal. Loncrincr is God's fresh Heavenward will Witb nnnvuii-MiHlili. .-l..ln. . We qnencli it. that we mav be still Content with merelv living ; But would we learn that heart's full scope Which we are hnnrlv wronging, Onr lives must climb from hope to hope A nd realize onr longing. Oh ! let ns hoie that to onr praise tJood Jod not. only reckons Tlie moments when we tread His ways, Bnt when the spir t hcekons, That some slisht i?ood is also wrought Beyond self-satisfaction. When we are simply boo.1 in thought, llowe'er we fail in action. James BcsaiKi. Lowell. dog over this afternoon it you liko " Ann tne old man went down In hlr "kick" as the boys call It, and handed tbe hoy a $50 note. " Tlge left the house that dav. " From day today the old gentleman la--quired of his son as to the progress Ti- was making in his studies. Tl ejnvarlable reply or the son was: "The Professor' says lie's just getting on fine, and Is golnjr to make a talker fiom base." At last the eventful day came wherr Tlge was to be brought home, and the' young man took the other fifty from hl trusting parent. That evening he coma home without the dog. - "WhereN Tige ?" asked the Governor:- "See here, father," said the young man,. "I've got something to say and It won't' do fo speak U out before all the family. I'd like to have Ahout- fle owiitefco-. ersatlon with yon In another room." Father and son retired to another room,, locked tlie door, stuffed paper in the key hole, and the yoniig man spoke as follow r " Well, f went over to Brooklyn .-.i got Tige. and he waa dreadful glad to see me, you bet. When we got on the boat I jut thought I'd have a little talk with the old dog to kinder get him broke in, an astonish the folkswhen we got home. We sat down at. tlie bow of the boat, and I said, " How do'lfee?" Pooty well," said he, " hows , the folks?" Bang np," says I. " Gals all well ?" said he. " Fine is a fiddle." say I. " Has Miranda and that big bean of hers bursred and more of the parlor chairs, sit- ting on 'em double ?" says ho. " I don't pay much attention to the gal love affairs." said I, "and Tiee. vou Tne Yakima Shooting; Kerape. w a i.i. a Walla. W. t., Oct. 1. A dis patch from Sheriff Schnebley ot Yakima county, states that the town of Yak una Is ii a srate 01 intense exi itemeut. caused by a shooting affair ac Church's sa'oon at that piace on Saturday last J. Dink Splawn was killed instantly, and his brotherbadly nomiueu. ine can went through his thigh, smashing the bone, and u-on t through the other leg. David Carrol was snot mrougn the shoulderblade. Tlie auray originated about a horse race. Three men ar? under arrest and warrants .-ire issiicu mr three more. The men arrested are Carrol 1 ill. Mob talk runs high, but the sheriff ma ins mrccs reauy to receive an attack. 1 larrnl ia flantrumnlir wA.....l...i - ' J ,uii-iinni Hllll IS lying at the hotel. Prep ant turns were be- nK H1..HC mr examination oi tne case when R1?r; -fr n"t0rlnar the Renahlleitn "--j nv unaseraiH All departments ot thu n,,-., . - -- - inKtiii, lire niittitiiiiri-eu wiin aotiity and In tecritv. . . The Republican party brought the war upon a higher basis than ever before. Continued, multiplied and extended onr industries, so that w in nnn, .. firsot ,n,. great commercial natloiwnf the nui ni, fJU !;c,?rB"rt! to entrust the admlnis trationof l he Government to Uie party which ha opposed and nbstroctedT tiiese measnres by every means in Its power f " '. It Tr tbe onltr twii. MrKL.is i . . . P2 ! '2ETL:ror improvement of v,.... Venice, auu irom which further I"." ivnowuiiiny oe CTpected. A SieftntCalons Ilot. Once upon a time there lived In" the citv of New York, a wealthy old gentleman who had a wayward son. The young man liked to run with the boys, and managed to use up considerable of the old gentleman's sutistance for wine suppers, fast teams and other unholy dissipations. Consequently, this young man was always in debt, con stantly In need ot ready cash, and contin ually making requisitions on his governor's exchequer. At last the old gentleman took a fnmble. whatever that may mean ; but the young man, in describing the course his father nan conci'.uieii to pursue, remarked to a friend that the o'd man had taken a tum ble. The said tumble consisted tn his no tifying his son and Iieir that from that on and henccfor:h no more cash tor any fntmv business, and the old fellow was as eood a his word. Down In his heart of hearts the young man was grievous sore, but. he as sumed a smile though he felt It jiot. and made earnest protestations of reform. Meanwhile he kept on running with the boys on lick. Tick is one of those things tliat has a limit, and one day the wavward son found himself at the end of his rope, so to speak, and at Ids wits' end for funds to keep np Ins end with tlie other bovs. and after canvassing tlie matter In his mind and assuring himself that the old gentle man was inexorable and no coin mold he squeezed out of him on a square proposition. ne hit upon a happy expedient. Entering tiie paternal presence and assuming a look oi ouslness. he said : Father, have vou read about that man over !n Brooklyn that can teach dogs to talk " If the old roan had been in his halcron daya of his youth, he would probably have sakl, "Whafyerglvinus ?" but being the ramer or a family, be said. "Wliat sort of a nonsense are you talking about now ?" "race sure 's you live." said the young nopeiui lve seen tbe thlmr mvself. anrt t didn't know bnt it mieht be a o-ond l.h-i o take oid lige and have him tanshL A talking.dog would iiea cheerful thine- to have about the house and would ma to lot. or amusement for the children." My son," returned the father solemnly "I'm an old man, and have seen a nowe. fnl sight of the world, and I tell ron this I. ,., -m an age of humbug." --inai a an right, father, but isn't it likewise an age of progress ? Look at the locomotive, and the telephone and ti.o a lantic cable, and tlie patent wh.it, I ii . .. . J u",c," " an inoso other things tliey didn't know about In the days of the revo lutionary fathers." Certainly, certainly my son ; glad to see yon showing such knowledge ot the world's iruKress. Ann ao yoq really think the mau can teach dogs to talk ?" " "Sure pop But it don't nuf . t. It's a failure. The Professor want any money If the dog can't be tanght In one week to carry on .a mn.m.iu. with anybody. The terms are just these : x w, uiKe. tne nog over and mv th. xo t advance. If at tlie end of a wt k Vt - - - v v moi v.r& can t talk, you get your 50 back again ; bnt If be can talk you pay $50 more, mak Ing an even hundred for the lessons." v en, it would be odd tn, h... 1. talking "round the liouse, and I guess we?H try tbe thing, anyhow. Yott can take the musn talk about sucli things; they're sacren." Look a here, Jim." said Tige. kinder solemn like, and winking out the comer f his eye. " Look a here, does the old man keep it np kissing that ciiambermaid with the red cheeks and png nose every time he carcnes ner on the basement staircase t " " Father, jurt imagine how I felt tn' have the dog talk that way about tho author of my being I Xow. what wan r going to do under the circumstances? Could L-bring that dog home and have mm scandalize the family around the neighborhood and before company ? K much : I just coaxed old Tige to the edge of tlie boat, and pushed him over boa rd. Dead doss fell no talAa " Tho judgment of the court Is that the mnrder Is justifiable and strictly In self defense," sakl the bid mari ; and he gave the protector of the family honor another fifty, and snggesfed that it mkrht be Inst. well to tell the folks that Tige died in a fiV and not to mention anything about bis con versational powers. Virginia City Enterprise. The Cfcnllenffe or John Phoenix. 1. I "-III suspend two dollars by a rlnjp from a second person's nose, so as to bring the coins within three-fourths of ao inch from his face, and with a double-barrelled' shotgun, at a distance of thirty feet, will blow dollars, nose and man at least thirty feet further, four times out of five. I will add, In explanation, that, San Diego, con taining a ratlier intelligent community, I can find, at present, no one here willing or ready to have his nose blown in this man ner ; but I have no manner ot doubt I could obtain such a person from St. Louis, by Adams & Co's express. In due season. 2. I will hit a dollar or anything else tnatnas Deen tossed In the air (of the same size), on a wheel, on a pole or axletree or the ground, every time out Of five. , 3. At the won!, I will place five balls om the end of a penknife and split them all. 4. I will hit three men out of five sprung from obscure parentage, and stand within ten feet of a steel trap (properly set while shooting. 5. I will break, at the word, a whole box of common clay pipes, with a single brick, at a distance of thirty feet. 6. I will engage to prove by a fair trial that no pistol shot for an v nth. can be produced who will throw more apples at a man's head than I can. xrr-. over, I can produce In thin bn .. sixty persons willing and ready to bold an apple on their heads for are allowed to eat the apple subsequently. .. 1 win wager, lastly, that no one In the United States can be produced who, with a donble-barrellml throwing a back-hand somorAauit ut. - vaa cttir ottener a dollar awl a hall on the peri me-' " " revolving wheel In rapid motion. " than I can. Any one desirinsr to protioeitiona will address ma il,w,i. , - .. vu.umnsot tne Pioneer Magazine. Prop-. ositions will be received on the 1st of April. 1 ..... 138 Seventeentb street. ValWit compra oro aqul, up stain. - I . oaf fact or r Krnrnwu . ... vm'KITCII .4.1111 reonl red. A hot - . - . . pern. who willbe apty "be will sneet with nmn,J. '.fl- . ,9?es- 6 toy-tbo- Will meet with pmpVVeLtI! J. Said General Grant, in his w. tn , apeech 1 " There b not a precinct tn Vbll vast nation where a itVMifuvt, hte ballot and have It counted as cast, no matter wliat the opposite party. He can proclaim his por teal 'opinions, even if he 13 only one a mon" thousands, without fear ami without pro- -Ti(Hioa w account or bis opinion, Tbere are fonrteen states where RenubUcana have, not thia privilege. This fa one r I am a Republican.' The Tnnefcot m ri a. -- ....... w. LUIUQ ( a framl, 4 .." LI ss ! ! ! J t a 4