10
arvallis WeeMy Gazette.
GAZETTE PUBLISHING HOUSE, Pubs.
COEVALLIS,
OREG02
KATIE'S KIVAL
"Chicago is a religions center," says
a Chicago paper, but the truth of the
remark is questioned by St. Louis
rivals and "the rest of mankind."
The enfranchisement of a vast num
ber of new voters in England makes
the coming election of great interest.
Where will they go, is the absorbicg
guestion. To capture them is the
n-eat object of both parties, and to do
this, the American methods of elec
tioneering have been set at work in
every direction.
Although there was a decrease in the
immigration of the United States dur
ing the month of August last, as com
pared with the same month last year,
and also a decrease in the number of im
migrants for the eight months ending
August 31, 1885, as compared with
the same period for 1884, yet the
number of immigrants from Scotland
slightly increased in and for both
periods. The immigration from Ire
land continues to decline, while that
from Italy increases.
The grand jury at St. Paul indicted
a number of gamblers and it is sup
posed that pablie gambling will be
dangerous business hereafter for a
time at least. Nobody believes, how
ever, that the vice will be exterminat
ed. It has taken too deep root for
that. Various forms of lotteries,pool
selling, raffles, grain options, etc., are
still considered respectable, and edu
cate thousands into a condition to
demand the stronger excitement of
games interdicted by law.
When the Canadian government
crushed Eiel's rebellion the wives and
children of the unfortunate rebels were
left in a pitiable condition. Their
houses were burned and their proper
ty taken from them. They are now
obliged to shelter themselves in rude
huts, open to every wind. They are
almost naked in the day time, and
without covering at night. The only
food they have is nuts, and the gov
ernment agents refuse to give them
provisions.
All the steamers sailing from Phil
adelphia and New York for the past
few months have been carrying as
many steerage passengers back to
Europe as they have been bringing
hither. Many of the returning immi
grants are miners, some farmers, and
some skilled artisans who find it hard
er to make a living in the United States
than in Europe. The English and Welsh
coal miners who are going back to
Englandcomplain that they are driven
out of, employment by the Poles and
Slavs.
Cattle growers of the west are mak
ing great preparations for the meeting
of the National Cattle growers' con
vention which is to be held at St.
Louis, November 2?d, The meeting
last year at the same place was large
ly attended, and matters of much im
portance to cattle men were discussed.
Measures were taken for the detection
and punishment of cattle thieves, the
settlement of disputes and conflicting
claims, etc. One topic uppermost last
year was the proposition to establish
a great cattle trail through certain
states and territories. The project
did not meet with much success, gjui
the matter will hardly be Urged this
year. It was found tha! neither con
gress nor the states interested would
confer the grant required. Chicago
has also a cattle convention on the
19th of October, which in some re
spects is a rival of the St. Louis meet
ing. Chicago is not content that all
the cattle talk shall be in the south
western city.
The results of the late election in
Prance is a surprise to Americans,
who do not exactly understand its
import. Here is a brief statement of
the attitude of the various political
parties. The Conservatives, who have
made extensive gains are the Monarch
ists of one faction or another- Some
of them are adherents of Comte de
Paris, others of the Bonaparte family.
The Republicans or Moderates, are the
supporters of the present ministry,
with Brisson and De Preycinet as the
representative leaders. They are like
wise partisans of M. Jules Perry, f oris
erly prime minister. The Radicals
look to Clemenceau as their leader.
They are as eager as the Monarchists
for the overthrow of the Republicans,
but only that they may give thegov
ernment more radical leanings. The
Republicans wish to maintain a more
parliamentary form of government,
but the Radicals wish to abolish the
senate and substitute in place of the
chambers, as at present constituted,
some body like the old convention of
1873. The loss of seats by the Repub
licans will lead to a reconstruction' of
thepr- .
"Maud, I wish you would not say
that again. I tell you, once for all, Mr.
Lee is, and cannot be anything more to
me than a friend; so if you respect my
wishes in the least you will not men
tion his name to me again."
And Katie Lane flung back her bright
brown curls as she spoke, a little dis
dainfully, perhaps, and bent a little
lower over the piece of crocheting she
held in her hands.
I will not stop to tell you that she,
my heroine, was handsome; suffice it
to say that she was the belle of the
pretty village of M ; and, as a mat
ter of course, was sought after and ad
mired by all the young men of the
place, not only because she was witty
and accomplished.but because old Guy
Lane was the wealthiest man in the
place, and would one day leave his all
in the hands of Katie, as the only legal
heir.
Maud Anthony laughed low and tri
umphantly as she returned:
"Really, Katie, you need not speak
so angrily. Everybody thinks you
are going to marry him, and for mv
part, I think he will make some one a
kind husband.
"Well, if yousee so many good quali
ties about him why don't you marry
him? When I see fit to get married I
shall take whom I please, despite what
everybody says.
The curls flew again, and the spark
ling eyes glanced saucily at the finish
ed coquette opposite her.
"Oh, ho! so my pretty young lady
is getting angry, eh? If that's the case
1 must nee. Only remember I have
done my duty. I thought you ought
to know how people are talking."
"You need not trouble yourself Miss
Anthony, to look after my affairs;
you must have enough of your own to
look after. When I need your advice
I will surely let you know. So I bid
you good afternoon."
The queenly little head rose proud
ly erect at this, and with a scornful ex
pression on her lips Katie walked
quickly away into the shadow of the
shrubbery ot the garden.
As she walked hastily on a footstep
on the other side of the hedge checked
her flight, and in a moment Wilkes Lee,
the subject of the little conversation
under the elms, scrambled up into
sight, without seeming to have seen
Katie, and hastened away.
The strange littleheart of Katiegave
a sudden start as she recognized her
old friend and lover, and she paused,
murmuring:
"I wonder if he heard what we said?
I wouldn't have had him for all the
world. A plague on Maud Anthony!
She forced me to say it. I suppose she
is glad, too; for now she thinks Idon't
care for him."
For a moment Katie was siient as
she worked nervously at the'pretty
diamond ring that encircled that
cbubby forefinger. It was a gift from
Wilkes, a betrothal ring.
"I don't care!" Katie at last broke
out, poatingly. "Now, that I've said
it, I'll show Mias Anthony I mean it.
There!" she said, as she drew the dia
mond from her finger and cast it away
into the bushes, "there, lie tbere and
rust, for all I care. Much good may
it do you, Maud, too. You can catch
him, I know, but what do I care?"
More than you think, my pretty
heroine; we shall see.
A moment, Kate stood there looking
in the direction of the hedge; then
clapping her hands to her face she
burst into a quiet shower of tears.
On the other side ofthe hedge Wilkes
Lee strode quickly away, saying sheep
ishly: "Y'ell, well: a pretty scrape you
came near gettinginto, my boy. Didn't
mean to be an eavesdropper, certainly;
accidents will happen, you know. So
she don't care for you, eh? We'll see.
l'il warrant she don't know her own
heirt now. I think I'll run away a
few days, and let her get over her fit."
And the young man disappeared in
the underbrush that lined the road,
leaped over the, fene. and was soon
ost to view in the distance,
Katie waited patiently for many
days for the vfeit of her once ardent
lover, and then, concluding that he
had not only overheard what she said
that day in the garden, feat had taken
her at her word, comn'enced not to
look alone, but to mourn him as lost
to her, indeed.
And Maud Anthony, to whom all
this was due, rejoiced that Wilkes
seemed to have suddenly ceased to
visit the Lanes, and strove with re
newed efforts to entangle the hand
some young fellow for Wilkes Lee
tvas considered the best catch the vil
lage afforded. But with all the pleas
ing ways she could effect, Wilkes seem
ed impregnable to her attemps. In
deed, no one knew that he even no
ticed her, save Katie, who looked on
jealousy, thinking she could no longer
hold a place by her side. In Katie's
presence alone did Wilkes seem to care
In the least for the flirt. After a while
he cast even her off, and disappeared
entirely. Ah, Katie! the battle was
more than half fought when you cast
the love of a man, pure and undivided,
from you. This was only a little
struggle before the atual d efeat.
There was a great ball at the An
thony's; positively the alrair of the
season, those said who ought to know.
Of course all the fashionable people
would be there; no one would miss
such a chance to show themselves as
this ball masque afforded. The Lane
Carriage was in attendance, and Katie
was there looking prettier than ever; a
trifle paler than usual, no doubt,
though for the world she would not
havehad the sharpsighted gossips sur
mise the real cause.
The ball was in full blast when the
close carriage of the Lees was whirled
up to the door, and the occupants en
costume, announced. No one doubt
ed, even for a moment, that that tall,
distinguished lookfng fellow, with a la
dy leaning heavily on his arm, was
Wilkes Lee; but who was his compan
ion who was she? This was all the
theme of wonder; none the less with
Katie than -with the coquette Maud I Murdered on a Wedding-Night.
Anthony.. Borne said
'twas his wife;
perhaps he had married in a foreign
land. Some said no:; Mrs. Lee had
said only to-day that Wilkes was
oominghome unmarried.
And so, while all wondered, no one
knew. Katie's wandering little heart
sank still lower as she saw what care
and attention the young man be
stowed upon his companion. 'Twas
well her face was concealed beneath
the simple milk-maid's dress; other
wise some might have said she stil?
cared for him.
And, think you, this verdict would
have been wrong? I very much sur
mise it would not.
The mask seemed not to have any
eyes or ears for anything save the
lady beside him. And lower and low
er sank Katie's poor little heart as
the evening wore on, and still Wilkes
made no effort to distinguish her
from among the crowd. At last, when
she could constrain herself no longer,
she quietly slipped away from the
throng and went out into the moonlit
garden and wept alone in a seat un
der the trees.
A long time she sat thus, when, with
the thought that she would be missed,
she started up.
A hand was laid gently on her arm.
"Stay a moment, Katie. I want to
speak with you a moment."
'Twas Wilkes Lee's voice, and Katie
struggled to get from the grasp that
detained her.
"Katie, I heard what you said that
day under the elms; did you mean
it?"
His warm breath touched her face.
"No, Wilkes, I did not, I was pro
voked," came faltering, hesitatingly,
from Katie's rosy lips. What if, after
all, he had been true to her? She
could not help thinking of it.
"And you love me still?"
"I have always loved you, Wilkes."
"When you own up that you are de
feated, Katie?"
"But what ot that lady who is with
you? She is your"
"Mother, my darling; and you are to
be my wife?"
Suffice to say a few days after there
was a wedding somewhere, and some
one, which means Katie, was married
to some one, which means Wilkes Lee,
the one who so unwillingly became
once a participator in Katie's defeat.
Greek Meets Greek.
One day last veek a lightning-rod
man and a life insurance agent made
their advent in thij commmunity.
and that without the knowledge of each
other's presence. They both began
to canvass Merrill avenue with an
ardor of enthusiasm peculiar to the
profession only. It is unnecessary to
say that under such an accumulation
of horrors most of the residents yield
ed in apathetic despair. One indi
vidual yet remained to be interviewed
and as fortune ordained it the two
agents arrived simultaneously one
morning at his gate. They fell intc
mutual error of imagining the other
to be the person with whom they wer that could never have been the
. In Boone County, Ky., just below
Petersburg, on the bank of the Ohio
and almost opposite the rolling-mill at
Aurora, Ind. , stands a deserted, vacant
frame dwelling, known far and wide as
the haunted house. So many stories
have been told about it that sturdy,
weather-beaten and sun-bronzed fish
ermen, while passing in their skiffs,
look upon it and talk about it as a
"hanted" place, and the boys and
girls from Aurora, while rowing for
pleasure upon the river in the summer
moonlight evenings, cease their singing
and are inclined to pull away from the
Kentucky shore when approaching the
place.
This uninviting, shunned and myste
rious house is a frame, two stories high,
with two rooms below and two above.
It stands above the reach of floods
some fifty feet back from the high,
bluff bank. The fence which once sur
rounded it has long since fallen down,
and the yard is full of high rank weeds
and creeping vines, where snakes and
lizards live unmolested. In the even
ing hundreds of swallows fly out of
the old brick chimney, circle around
and settle back into the dark funnel;
bats fly in and out of the broken win
dows and half open doors, and later
in the night is heard the owl's dismal
hoot trom her perch upon the roof.
The whole premises present a scene of
utter rum, deffay and desolation.
I 'he house was built many years
ago, with the lumber and materials
i taken down the river from Cincinnati
j by a young man named West, whose
! family were murdered among the
1 pioneers of Boone County, all the
! members of which were prominent and
respected citizens ot ttie community
i The house was intended to be 1ns fu
I ture home, and at the time of its con
struction was regarded as the finest
: residence on the Ohio, nearly all the
others being log cabins ot rude con
struction. The young lady to whom
he was engaged to be married, and
! whom he expected to occupy his new
home as his wife was named Keed,
i and lived upon the opposite side ofthe
Ohio on the hills near Aurora, Ind.
. She, too, was quite a belle and an
I heiress. Induetinie the marriage took
place at the home of the bride, and,
, after the ceremony, their friends ac
companied the young couple to the
river and West rowed his wife over to
i the newly built and furnished home,
' reaching there just at dark. Their
friends watched them from the oppo
site shore till they entered the house,
and that was the last time either was
ever seen alive.
Late the followingmorning relatives
calling, and failing to receive any reply
to their repeated knockings upon the
door, opened it and entered the house.
Upon the bed in her night clothes lay
the bride of a few short hours cold in
death, her face and throat showing
that she had been strangled or smoth
ered to death, and the furniture in the
room giving proof by , its disarranged
condition that a terrible struggle had
taken place in the chamber of death.
The husband could not be found and
has never been seen or heard of. Wheth
er he killed his vmle and fled has never
been known, but his relatives and
friends asserted most positively that
case,
seeking an interview
The lightning-
rod man opened fire first, with:
"Good morning, sir."
"Good morning, good morning," re- '
plied the insurance agent, cherrily. j
1 am glad to meet you, continued
the other. "I wish to avail myself ol (
the opportunity of addressing you up-,
on a subject of vital importance "
"By all means, by all means," re- ,
sponded the insurance agent, delighted
in being anticipated as he imagined,
upon the subject nearest his heart . "It
will afford me inexpressible pleasure
to "
"Thank you, thank you," eagerly
interrupted the dealer of lightning
rods, delighted in his turn, at getting
such a customer, and continuing: "I
have no doubt that you thoroughly
comprehend how essential it is for the
security " I
"Just what I was about to observe,"
again chirped in the insurance agent, t
"The danger " '
"Yes, yes,'! sold thfl other. "The
danger is mre than enhanced by neg-,
lect and the only effectual "
"Just so," again interrupted the life '
influ'r&nce agent. "I felt sure that you
would comprehend at once how abso
lutely necessary it was to establish
safeguards calculated "
"Of course, of course," said the
lightning-rod man, running over in his
mind whether he had enough rods on
hand to supply such an eager customer.
Then again continuing:
"You are doubtless aware of the
fact that a false economy often
leads "
"I perceive," said the insurance
agent, "that your mind is above the
ordinary level, and is one that can eas
ily recognize the pennywise foolish sys
tem -"
'Thank you. And your opinion is
but a reflex of my own" answered the
other.
And thus they continued, the one
interrupting the other, and both en
deavoring to impress his listener until
it became a question of endurance
merely. The lightning-rod man, though
of a stouter build, was the first to
succumb, and at length he sank with
an expiringgasp, casting a look of re
proach upon the insurance agent . The
life insurance agent lasted a few mo
ments longer, but he, too, at length
sank by the side of the lightning-rod
man, whispering in his ear. Then they
both perished.literally talked to death.
The sad affair has cast a gloom over
the community.
In Madison county, Pla., Bob Sut
ton, an aged negro man, died, and his
family or neighbors, wishing to estab
lish a new burial ground, and enter
taining the idea that if his was the
first grave in the new cemetery the
deaths of the remaining members of
the family would soon follow, dis
pelled the illusion by cutting a tree
down, encasing a length of it bacoffin
and burying it with due solemnities.
The next day Bob's remains were in
terred beside it.
as there was no motive lor such a
deed. The most reasonable theory
is that some third person or
persons murdered them both, the
murderers ha ving some grudge against
them, and then either concealed the
husband's body in the vicinity or car
ried it down with his clothing, and,
with rocks to hold them down, sunk
them in the river. Why the wife's
body was not similarly disposed of,
some say, is because the murderers
wished to leave it in the room, and,
the husband's body and clothes not
being found, the natural inference
would be that he had murdered her
and had fled the country, the perpe
trators of the double murder taking
this plan to divert suspicion from
themselves. But be that as it may,
and whichever story concerning it be
true or false, the house has never since
had an occupant for more than owe
night. Cin. Enquirer.
Improving On His Wife's Method.
Buffalo Courier.
There is in this city a young Bene
dict who is so fortunate as to be wed
ded to a lady of rare beauty and at
tractiveness. Now this young Benedict
had in all respects proved a model hus
band and had acquitted himself so
faithfully on all occasions that his
wife had confidence in him, and wil
lingly intrusted the most sacred
and important duties to his charge.
So fully, indeed, did she trust
him that on Wednesday last she
started for the country to have a
week's visit with a friend, and the last
words to him before starting having
" consigned the baby to the tender .mer
cies of the nurse were: "Georgie,
Bromise to take good care of Fido.
lon't let him over-eat himself, and
above all, bathe him regularly. You'll
find the bath tub in the parlor the
towels are in the linen press and his
3omb and brushes are in the left hand
sorner of my right hand bureau draw
er, and the cologne is on the shelf above.
And be sure when you're finished to
wrap him in his blanket and put him
in the sunshine to dry, and if he c-c-catches
cold teelgraph me." So saying
she printed one last impassioned
kiss on Pido's nose, tearfully
delivered him to her husband's arms,
stepped into the carriage and was gone.
On Thursday and Friday George im
plicitly carried out the parting instruc
tions of his absent wife. He bathed
Pido, cologned Fido, brushed, combed
and dried Fido. But yesterday morn
ing when the scribe passed by their
residence he heard wild yelpings and
ki-yi-ings proceeding from the yard.
Stepping up to the fence he looked
over and saw an unusually fat pug,
now tumbling on the ground, now
turning somersaults in the air and
frantically yelping the while. Some
few yards off stood Georgie with his
hands in his pockets and a- smile of
sweet contentment on his face. He
was bathing Fido. He had chained
him to a post and turned the hose
upon him.
Story of A Stage-Struck Man.
From the New York Sun.
"So you want to know something
about the inner life of the show busi
ness?" said a dapper young man to
the reporter. "Well I'm just the one
who can give you the straight tip as
to roughing it on the road."
"Ever since I was a boy I have had
a hankering after the show life, and a
couple of years ago, while I was en
gaged in a church choir, I felt the fever
coming on mighty strong. I began to
cultivate an acquaintance with theat
rical people, and almost before I knew
it I had signed a contract with a com
ic opera company for a forty weeks'
engagement. I was to receive $'18 a
week besides traveling expenses, and I
had it figured out how I was to do the
country and have a few hundred dol
lars saved up when we disbanded in
the spring. Everything seemed rosy;
there was an air of business about all
the details, for the contracts, were
drawn up by a well-known agent, and,
although the chorus was mostly com
posed of amateurs like myself, the
principals were public favorites and
well up in their several lines.
"It was the middle of August, so we
had about two weeks in which to re
hearse our parts. The theaters were
vacant at the time, and we had little
difficulty in getting a suitable place.
Although our repertoire consisted of
several comic operas, we were to be
put through only two, the others be
ing rehearsed while on the road. It
was here the trouble began. The
chorus was painstaking and quick to
learn, but the principals, who were
blown up with self sufficiency, seldom
appeared together at the rehearsals;
and when we made our debut in a
small town in Jersey one of the men,
who had boasted he knew the whole
thing, word for word, torgot his lines.
We had struck our first snag, and the
local papers gave us a poor send-off
the next day.
"But I enjoyed the life. The gilt
had not yet worn off the business for
me, and I had conquered all traces of
nervousness. The only thing we were
afraid to face was the empty benches,
and we saw plenty of them until we
got into Pennsylvania. The boys
were a jolly, devil-may-care lot of fel
lows, and we had not been two weeks
on the road before I had blown in the
little sum of money I had stored away
for an emergency. Then until I again
set foot in Brooklyn, I hardly knew
what it was to have a dollar in my
pocket.
"As soon as the manager got his
clutches on the doorreceipts they were
sent off to the backer in New York.
Of course the principals, got their sal
aries, but the chorus and the rest of
us got nothing but promises. It did
not matter how good the houses were,
we were always told we would be paid
in full as soon as we struck good busi
ness. Our traveling expenses had to
be paid, as well as the board bills; but
we never had the money in our own
hands. When we struck a stand, the
manager would make arrangements
with some third-class hotel to board
the chorus. The principals, who had
the spending of their own money, nev
er put up at the same hotel with us.
and I didn't blame them.
"Why didn't we kick. What was the
use.' We were tar away from home
without a cent in our pockets, and as
long as we staid with the show we had
something to eat and a place to sleep.
Some of the members who could afford
it telegraphed home for enough money
to take them back to New York, while
others slipped into rival companies
and took their chances of jumping
from the frying-pan into the fire. We
thought of nothing but schemes to
raise the wind, and there wasn't a
crook in the country who was so full
of ways that are dark and tricks
that are vain as we. Some cur
ried favor with the principals, and
managed in that way to squeeze the
box, while others bribed the stage
manager to discount their notes. But
the best of all was the box-office rack
et. It was this way. You see, a man
would buy something an umbrella, a
valise, or any other article he liked
and enter into an agreement with the
storekeeper to take it back for a con
sideration. Then it would be sent to
the box office with the bill. This pan
ned out immensely until one day when
we were in Galveston a Jonah sent a
coon in with a mule, upon which there
was $65 to be paid. That was work
ing it a little too much, and the man
ager shut right down on it there and
then. We never got up anything so
good afterward, although a Jerseyman
we had with us, a pretty hard drink
er, hesitated at nothing when he want
ed a drink. One afternoon, while we
were rehearsing, he rushed into the
green-rcom clad only in an old oilskin
suit smeared with paint and tar. He
told the manager he had been taking
a SAvitn off one of the docks, and some
sailors in a skiff had stolen his clothes
and left the jumper and overalls in
their place. He was drunk for three
days, whnn the manager asked him
how he got such fine New York clothes
in Texas he never winked an eye.
"The manager thought of nothing
but making money, and after the
treasurer had skipped with the re
ceipts one night, he became harder
than ever on the company. For weeks
we had nothing but one-night stands,
and when the cities were a hundred
or more miles apart we had no sleep
except what we got on the cais. At
first we thought that when the last
train left before the show was
over we would have a full
night's rest, but we soon found that
the engineer had received extra
pay to keep the train waiting for us.
We got our meals in the same hap
hazard way as our sleep. Wed tele
graph ahead to the next station for
so many covers, and as there wasn't
time for any examination they didn't
care much what they served. Some
times the dinner was good, but the
temptation to cheat was so strong
that we soon began to anticipate it,
and seldom got what we wanted. The
empty dishes were left at the following
station, whence they were returned to
their owner. When the dinner wps
particularly bad, the plates, usually
met with some accident.
"After being on the road some seven
months we disbanded at PI il idelphia,
all glad to be dropped so near home.
I was all broken up. Instead of be
ing recuperated by the traveling I was
sick in body and mind from hard work
and disappointment. We were prom
ised settlement in full, and instructed
to call at a certain place in New York
for our statements. After charging
me tor many things I had never heard
of, and over $100 for 'bus hire, they
figured that there were a few dollars
coming to me. I called a couple of
times, but never got it. The Jersey
man found himself in debt to the man
ager, and I'm afraid he never paid
up.
"But hard as it was on us, it was
worse for the poor girls. Many of
them, allured by the tempting salary,
gave up their places in churches and
left happy homes and mothers, some
through poverty, others through am
bition. It was a hard situation for
innocent girls. Their slender ward
robes were soon worn out, and they
had no money to purchase more, and
when the winter set in, while the men
could keep themselves warm in the
bar or hotel office, they had often to
stay in bed all day, as they had not
the quarter to pay for a fire in their
rooms. I have often seen them singing
in opera bouffe with tears in their
eyes."
Current Paragraphs.
Several writers have lately celebra
ted abstinence as a cureall. One of
them quotes the old Russian General
Suvaroff as maintaining that hunger
is the best treatment for every human
disease; and Rulty, an English Quaker
physician, records in his diary, "1775,
3d month, 29th day. A blessed re-
pas ; of bread and water, a sovereign
cure for indigestion, and no danger of
a aeuaucn.
General Judson Kilpatrick used to
tell the story that after his appoint
ment as Minister to Chili he was met
by an old lady who had known him
irom childhood, and to whose bucolic
mind the gallant General's large way
of stating things had sometimes seemed
like exaggeration. "Wall, Jud." she
said, "I hear you have been called to
the mitistry. Glad to hear it. You'll
make a real good preacher; but sol
emnly, Jud, you must stop your ly
ing." In the northern part of Nebraska
an Irish colon y, called Jackson, has
been settled for 29 years, six of the
colonists of which are worth from
$40,000 to $90,000 each. They were
very poor when they arrived there,
and were so discouraged by the deso
late appearance of the prairie and the
loneliness and desolation, which af
fected them so much that if they had
the money they would have left. For
tunately they had not. They had
come up by steamers from the South
ern States, where they had been dig
ging ditches.
As the morganatic young prince
Henry of Battenberg has been turned
into a "Royal Highness" because he
married the queen's youngest daugh
ter, says London Truth, there are to
be found many people so foolish as to
ask why a similar honor was not con
ferred on the Marquis of Lome, who
married her majesty's youngest daugh
ter but one. The answer to me seems
simple. Lord Lorneis an Englishman.
Prince Henry is a German. Referring
to Lord Lome, in the Court Circular
his name is not allowed to appear with
that of his wife, Princess Louise, but
is put down as the last on the long
list of guests, being made to give the
pas to the count and countess of Er-bach-Schocnberg.
When General Sherman was at Sara
toga recently a newspaper correspond
ent had the thoughtfulness to remind
him that the period of his sojourn "on
this shoal and bank of time" was lim
itedand delicately observed: "I know
you won't want so much ostenatation
at your funeral as this one" (referring
to that of General Grant) . He answer
ed with a plump, round "No!" and
added: "I want to make all the noise
while I am alive." Then he went on
to say "My grave is bought and
paid for. I shall be buried at St.
Louis, where my children are buried.
When I go they can put me in there
and drive a stake in to mark the
spot." These sentiments of the old
hero were perfectly characteristic of
him, and yet there is nothing more
certain than that his own obsequies
willnot be the simple affair he describes.
There are those who think that in
military genius he is the peer of Grant,
and the stake by which his country
marks his last resting place will be a
very different sort of stake from that
he refers to.
Shoddy at Long Branch.
The most quiet people at Long
Branch are those who have good posi
tions at home and who have gone
there for the purpose of seeking a rest.
The most exuberant and notoriously
conspicuous are those who are ob
scure in their own homes. They make
up for this obscurity by becoming
what they consider the stars of the
life at this place. Many are the ex.
pedients employed by these people to
attract attention and achieve the
notoriety so desired by them in their
brief careers. Not over half of the
elegant equipages seen on Ocean
avenue during an afternoon are owned
by the people driving them. They are
sent down trom New York, and hired
by the week or the month or the sea
son by dealers who make a specialty
of furnishing showy and aristocratic
outfits for hire. Liveried coachmen
and footmen are also furnished by
these same dealers. This explains in
many instances the incongruity be
tween the persons who are driven and
the persons who drive. The equipages
are nearly always correct in style and
taste, and the liveries are of the best
cut and make. The coachmen and
footmen often look like younger sons
of English peers. The people who hire
these outfits are not remarkable for
their taste in dress or for their refined
appearance. If they are remarkable
at all it is for the very opposite. Nevr
York World.