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Eugene City Guard. CAMPHKtL UBOTHKnH PUBLISHERS. SATURDAY, JANUARY - - 17, 1880. BT MAIL AKD TELEGRAPH. Garflsld nominated for the Senate, n. m Jan. fl A reoubtiRsn sens torial caucoa was held to-iilgbt, and General T.m- a fiarlield nominated for United HmiM senator bv acclamation. Mclor Town end of Athens presented Garth-lu's name, bv Peter tit -ysr of Cin cinnati, who withdrew the name of Stanley M.iih.an in favor of Garfield. Ileujaruln vvolaafun of Cincinnati wittjdrew the name of Alpbonso Tafl. and ex Governor Widiaiu Denniion sent a note to tbeciiucm w lhlrw inc bit own name. General Garfield lain Cleveland. ' Two More Victims of the Kew York Kirs, Newark. (N. J.) Jan. 6 Horace 0. Pierce nd Edward Bloom, injured by the celluloid worki Are yesterday, have died. Insurance on building ana contents. iwu. Funeral of Bishop limn, at Oo.ton Boston, Jan. 6, The funeral of Binhop Haven took place to day. nenny every min uter of the Methodist denomination in New iJ-mrl.rul h nreacot The services were very impressive. RUM and Harbor Improvements la Pn ou. Wahhikotom, Jan. C Senator Slater to-day Introduced bills Dtopoilnir appropriations for river and harbor Improvements in Oreon as follows: For the Columbia river eaiitl ai the Cakcades. $500 (WO; os bay, too ,000; Coquille river. f&0,JO0; Yaiulna buy, HiniiMnil dollars. A 1(0, bills authorizing the Astoria and Winnemucca ralrad company l contrtict bridges across Youuk's bay and Lwls aud Clark's rivera, and appropriation $0 000 to pay for losses or private property oi uwcers nd enlisted men and laundresses of t lie 2i regiment, artillery, by Hie wreck or me ov ernment transport Turretit, al Cook's inlet, Alaska, in im. Am Knsllah Crlllvlsm of I'arnell's Scheme, Niw Hon., Jan. 0 The Telyram has a live column letter by cable from fcarl Dun raven OQ Psrnell and Ilia misaion, from which the folloftinit extracts are taken: "Of all the ouack cures for hard times the 'patent Par nell plil' is the simphxt and most deleterious in Its consequences. It cutibiata ol the max ims, 'When bard np, don't pay your debts ;' 'Pav your rent when It's convenient to do ao; If it's inconvenient to pay it do not ;' 'Unite and you cannot be compelled to pay, nuttier can you be turnia out' iiotioery orijanisfu on such a scheme would, of course, be hard to deal with, and there would be some simik in the Idea If Irish tenant farmers were de void of ail moral slings. But they are no'. It Is obvious that if tenant farmers pnlil u rent tbey would be better oil for a little time, In the same way that they weuld be belter off if tbey did not pay for their clodioi and fur the proviaiona tbey purchase. Tne pio ceedltiKJ of the Parneliltea are peculUr Thry aseit farmers cannot pay their rant in had times, Aa a remedy tltey propone that the people should pay rent, and a large turn in addition, to the government, for a term ol thuty-flve years. Are they cattail) t!)t there will not coma bad harvests in that period? Do tbey think the govern tneiit would make abatements or trouble their beads about the condition of their tenants? The 1'arnellu.rs recommend the people that which ia Illegal, but bet tbem to keep within the limits of the law. They urge them to keep posaeatioii of the property, money or laud Delinking to others, and excite them to expressions ol sentiments which Imply a determination to cheat one clues of creditor raider than pay debis due them, and ap parently fall to see that they are no oruuiendinR theft and condoning murder. They claim to have the wellars ot the frtoli people at heart, and oudeavor tj prevent them from bettering their condition by emi gration. If a couiany can only be formed successfully In large holdings, you can nut Iter circumstances by changing the tenure of land. Kin'ratlon h powerless to deal with Immediate need, and relief must bii ob tained Irum other sources. The government appears to have wisely decided against grant ing slate aid to Ireland at present. Hiaia in terference In such matters la usually injudi cious. It is tsential that priva e charities' should be raretully ailuilnietered, and the mouey judiciously employed, If lurgu sums ais subscribed, the money, ufier the preeeiil prenaing necessities of the country have l't''i relieved, cau be spent with certainty ol protii in one way, and that ia by helping and en couraging emigration. An experiment in the way of - peasant pioprieuiMliip' might be tried. It Is hard to theorise In such uia t;ra. In very exceptional catna it might prove a ucows an unusually pruden. man inighi suoisvl In getting and keening Lis freenuid, and wberea furiu contalutd laige pri portions ol unimproved but impruvable laud, ill yield might keep pace for a lime with the iih rn. Ing number of human beings to be suporied by it. I fear, howevir, that the xperimeut would Invariably prove a lameutuble lu.luiu Ireland ourht to t'e fuiily prospermia One inch periol of agitation, however, by disturbing men's minds, by inducing them to indulge in loellah dream, by reduc ing values and destroying credit, by uiienai. ing Kuglisb capital aud producing in the Kuglish mind feeling of disgust lti ever) -thiug Irish seta the country back years and yean. Keeling thl strongly as 1 do, aud seeing thst Mr. 1'arnell proposes to devoir ' the luuds be may uhiiiln in America to fo went end keep up aetata of tliiug laial to tne country, I do moit slmerely hops that bis success may be small. No man would more heartily wish succers to his miteinn than I, were this money to be applied in any lrr tical uiauner that could beuetil Itie pev pie." The earl conclude by saying that he looks In vain turongli ail tbe speecnea of l'.irueli aud his adherents for one little glimmer of practical comiuuu aeusa. A at Invitation lo Parnell. Omiba. Jan. 6. An Invitation has been eut to Parnell to make Ou'aua a visit ou his way lo California, iu cats be a.vepia be a ill be given big reception by lriti citiieus.wtio meet to monow to make prvliminery arrange menu a i llERiaiiTT is Chi mx. An acvonnt was recently publiehed of a Juke family in New York hUto, which, beginning- with a vagrant woman nearly one huudrvtl years ago, has supplied a vaat nuiuoer of crmii- nals of every degree of guilt to tli uila and prison. Another instauce of hcred Vy in crime baa just como lo light in ew Bedford. Mam. Charles riiillie, Xing man or eigliloeu yearn, and crip- in the right arm, baa been convicted 4, ..!.... II.. 1- I Vie itngga, who wan in the State t one lime w ith aeven of hi eons. V than 1U0 vcara this branch of 1 ....:.. . . r , .v. . ' uvfmm tiou iriuuuaia wo one names uiav be found on the court record and tbe roll of penitentiary Inmitutiona. The aucestory of Malbone Hrig,- can be traced back in a direct line to a noted pirate io the time ot Karl Belamont. Cincinnati OaitUe. When a irood honae wife of Kirkal.lv went (or a bam that bad hung (mm the rafters, it bad (air exterior, but it was a perl oct she! J. skin and bone only re maining to show it form, while the rat. after bring ao aomptuoualj, bad built a newt in the center, and aa easily cap s' VM BUBULABIOUSLY AKD FELOSlOl'SbY. We bud itiut locked up the Bufo and I had putthe key in my jiockct- I am tho accountant of the .North and South of England Bank, and its Pari bmncb. W. II. Yorks. I had L'ot my hat on and had taken up my umbrella, when a man camo runniu into tho lank with a bag of mouey in his band. "Am I in timo?" ho cried, f a hnn It mv head. "Deuco take it," luaid; "but we can't take the money." "Well, then, what is to bo doriof Here's 22,000 in this bag, anu muu drafts of mine como due in a couple of days. Well, you'll have to take 'cm up," ho said. "I can't, unions you tako the money in to night." I know that those drafts worocom. ing due, and that our manager was a littio anxious about them, for they were rather hoavy, and the other names on them were not very good. Black, too that was tho man with the money bag was a capital cus tomer: and not only a good customer himself, but ho brought good acounts with him, and wo wero a young branch and on our mettle. Well, hero was tho money to meet tho drafts, anyhow, ana i snoutu have beeu a great fool to send it away becauso it was after hours. So 1 counted it all over; thero was about 19,000 iu checks and notes and 3000 in gold. "Come and have- a glass of bucr with me," aid Black, on tho way to tho station. I put the bag of money in my desk and locked it up. I would como back presently and have it put in the sate. 1 walked to mo station wuu Black; we had some boor together, and then ho wont oil' Americawards. and I on my way to Nemophillar Villas. You see I was rather in the habit of calling for a glass of bcor as I went homo, and then L'oing on, and consequently, from tho forco of habit, I'd almost got homo beforo I romem bored the bag of money. It was voxinir, too, becauso wo hud a tea- party that night, tho first since our iiiai iiairo. anil it began at f o'clock, and I'd promised to bo homo an hour earlier to draw tho corns and neip get things ready. And hero it wasO o'clock, and I had to go back to the bank. All tho way back I went as hard as I could pelt. However, tbo money was all right ii my desk, and now I'd put it in the safe. "Tell Mr. Cousins our man ager, you know I said to tho ser vant who had let mo in, "that I want tho key of tho safe." But you bad it in your pocket, you say, which shows that you are not acquainted with tho rules and regulations ol tho North and South of England Bank, which hhv that iho ntountantor chief cashier shall bo responsible for the duo custody ot tho cash while it is in his possession in tho daytime, and at night all moneys mid securities shall bo carefully secured within thoollico safe, which shall bo secured by two keys, one ot winch shall bo in the ustody of tho inanngor, and tho seo- ond in that of tho accountant or cash ier. But you say again, as long as you had ono key, what did you want ol two; Ihero, 1 own, tho regula tions tiro obscure. J hey wero drawn up by somebody without any literary skill; if they'd consulted me about the in, I could have suggested a good many improvements. What they meant to say was that tho safe wits secured by two locks, and that a key of each, not interchiingablo the one with the other, was to bo in the cus tody, etc. Now you understand why I wanted Mr. Cousin's key. 'hli, my I said tho servant, open ing tier inoutli wuio, "ana wnai might you want Mr. Cousin's key for?" Just as stupid as you, you see. I was mad with the girl. I own I al ways get out of temper with those Yorkshire people. If you ask them tho simplest question, first they open their mouth and gape at you. When you've repented tho question twice they shut their mouth and tlutiU u lit. Then tho idea seems to reach tho thing that does duty with 'em for brains, and excites n sort ot re Ilex action, for, by jingo! instead of an swering your question they go and ask you ono. And that makes me so mad I Oh, they're a very dense race, those Yoikshiro people, "Why, to open tbo Biifo, you stu pid," said I. "Where is he?'' "lon't you know?" savs she. "Know!" I cried in a rage; "what should I ask you for it I did know?" "Pidu'iyoii know be was at your bouse: Ah, so ho was. I'd nearly forgot ten that ho was one of tho guests at my wife's parly. Clearly, 1 couldn't get the sate open, and I didti l like to leave tho money iu my desk, mi 1 put it in my pocket and took it Lome, thinking I'd givo it to Cousins with my key, to put it iu tbo safe when he returned. A nice mess I got into when 1 got home, for you see it had beeu ar ranged thai I w as logo up stairs and dress before anybody came; aud thai then the room was io be made ready for the ladies to take tbeir bonnets off for they were not all carriago people. ell, you never saw sucb a thing! When 1 got home and crept up stairs to dress, the people had all come so the servant said thero were six muffs, and four bon Beta, and five pork-pie hais, and a half dozen shawls on lie bods, and one lady had loft her every-day curls hanging over mo looKinggianu Upon my word, I didn't like to per form mv toilet among all these loin inine gear; and there was no lock to tho door; oua my orcss cioiues all smothored up among these mull's anjl things. But 1 got through pret ty well, and had just got one of my legs into my trousers, when bang, atrop-dop-dopl such n rattlo at the knocker, and I heard my wife scut tling away into tho hall. They were tho Markbys our trump card, who kept their own carriage, and everything grand. "So kind of you, my dear," said my wife, kissing Mrs. Markby most affectionately. I could hear tho re port where I stood. "So delighted! Keally, bow nice, ly, how beautifully you arrango ev erything. I can't have things ar ranged, with all my servants, and" "Kun up stairs, dear, do," said my wife. "You know ho room my room, right hand, at the top of tho I heard the flutter of female wings on tho stairs. What was I to do? if I could have managed tho other log, I wouldn't . have minded, but I couldn't. I hadn't worn theso dress things for a good whilo.andl don't grow any thinner as I grow older. No. for tho lifo of mo I could not dis- po'so of that othor leg at such short ' . tw i r II notice. What couiu i ao.' i couiu onlv rush to tho door and set my back against it. Hid I tell you that this was our bouse warming party r Did I tell you our landlord bad al tercd tho houso for us, making our bedroom larirer by adding a slip that that hud formed a separated roomf I think not. And yet I ought to have told vou all theso circumstan ces to enable vou to understand tho catastrophe that followed. In a word tho door openod outward. I'd for gotten that peculiarity, never having bad a room so constituted before, and never will again. The door wont open with a crash, and I bound ed backward into Mrs. Markby's arms. Sincllinir salts and sal vola tile! was there ever such an unto. ward all'air? Tho music struck up for tho dance as I hopped buck into my room. I hid my bead among tho bolsters and mull's and almost cried, for 1 am such a dolicato minded man. Yes, it hurt mo a L'rcut deal moro than it did Mrs. Markby, for, would you believo it? sho told tho whole story down below, to tho whtilo company, with pantomimic action, and. when 1 showed myself at the door of tho drawing room, 1 was received with shouts of inextinguishable laughter. 1 think 1 callod tho lorkshiro poo- S I . I .1 11 ' I I rlo uensojusi now, oiuii i if en, 11 udd another epithet coarso denso and coarse. I told 'em so, and they laughed tho moro. The guests were gone, tbo lights weue out, slumber bad just visited my eyes, when right into my brain, starting mo up as if I had been shot, camo u noise. I wusn't really certain at tirst whether 1 heard a noise or was only dreaming. Was it ouly my imlso thumping into my ears, or wero those regular beats the tramping of somebody's inullloJ feet? Then 1 icard an unmistakable sotiud creak, creak, croak a door opened slowly and cautiously. All in a moment the idea Hashed into my head 22, 000. You see. all this dancing and junketing, and laughing and dialling had compk'tely driven out ot my mind all thought of tho largo sum I had in my possession. I had left it in a great coat pocket, which was hanging up in the hall down stairs. 1 till, a gust ot wind camo through tho house, rattling tho doors and windows, and then I beard n door slam, and a footstep outside of some ono cautiously stealing away. Away down stairs 1 wont lilto a madman, my one ttiouglit to put my hund on that great coat, with long tails, and two pockets behind, and a little cash pocket on the left-hand side in front, and this breast pocket in which I had put the bag of money. This pocket wasn't aa usual, on the left-hand side, but on the right. Ihero was no other coat hanging on those rails, only my wife's waterproof. What a swoop I made to get hold of that coat! Croat heavens, it wus gone! I had carefully laired and chained tho frout door beforo 1 went to bod now it was unfastened. I ran cut into tho street, and looked up and lown, hopeless and bewildered. It was a damp, dark night; tho lamp at tho comer threw a long, silky ray down tho streaming pavement, but there wttsn I a soul to be seen. Everything was still aud cold and darlt. The money was clean gone yes, il was gone. I repeated those words hut burnetii I v to mysolt as I crawled up xtaiis. All the results of this loes pictured themselves liioto me dismissal li'otn the bank, mm of ull my prospects ntter ruin, in fuct What could 1 do? To what turn? Tho blow that Lad fallen upon mo was so heavy and suddeu that it had benumbed my faculties. My chief desire was to crawl into bed and fall asleep, hoping never to wake. But morning would come surely enough morning and Us attendant miseries Then the thought came to me: Should I go to bed and say noth ing at all about il? No oue knew of mv havinir received that monev: not a soul but Black, the man who bad deposited it. I had given him . nftAmf for it. no acknotvlodg ment. Black had gone to America a hunarod things might happon he might never return; at all events thero was reepitu, iuiuiduiv I could go to the bank next morn ing, hung up my hat as usual, and everything would go on as before. If Black returned, my word was as good as his. The notes aud checks ...., l.l nnvor hn irnrrrl home. But I don't think I retained this thought long. Hid you ever consider how much resolution and forco of will it takes to initiate a course of crime and deception? I had neither the one nor the other. I should have broken down at onco. I couldn't have that fellow's eye on mo and tell l.t.n 1 hiwl linear li.id his monev. I woko my wife; she had slept through all tho trouble "Jiary, said, "we're ruined; there's been pnlili(rr." A rnbbnrv." sho cried, claspin her hands; "und ore tho men gone? "Yes," I said. "Oh, thank houven!" sho said, "then we're safe. Never mind the rest, Jack, as long as our lives aro an fit Tint, them's mv waterproof, Jack oh, do run und see if they have taken that. Then I told her tho story of the 22,000. She wouldn't believe mo at first, but when sho heard the whole story sho was ingntcneu enough. Yet she had wits about her mni'A f linn liiid. "You must run off to tbo town hall, Jack," sho said, "and set tbo police to work. They must telegraph to ull tho stations to London and everywhere Oh, do go at once, Jack this very moment! Eveiy second lost may bo ruin to us!" Away I wont to tho town hall. This was a largo clussic edifice, .vitb nn immense portico and a hugo flight of steps; but you didn't go into tho portico to get into tno ponco omco, but to tho side which wasn't classical at all, but of tho rudimentary stylo of architecture, and you went along a number of echoing stone passages before you reached tho Superin tendent's office. When I told the Superintendent tho story "Ah," ho said, "I think I know who did that job." "Oh," said I, "how thankful I am! Then you can put your hands on him aud get back tho money. I want tho money back, Mr. Super intendent, never mind him. I wouldn't mind, indeed, rewarding him for his troublo if 1 could only got tho money back. ' "Sir,' said the bupcrintciidont, severely, "tho polico ain't sent into tho world to get ptoplo's money back nothing ot tho sort. c aren i iroincr to oncourago composition of felony; and for putting our hands on Flashy Joe for ho did tho job, mark you well, what do you think tho liberty ot the subject is lorf W here s your ovidence?" I was obliged to confess 1 hadn t any, whereat tho superintendent looked at mo contemptuously. "iNow, lets sco into tno matter, ho said, after ho'd made some notes on a bit of paper. "How camo they to know you'd got tho money in your coat?" I said I didn t know. "Ah. but I know." said tho Super intendent, "you wont to get a glass ot nle alter you lett the bank, young manf ' I was obliged to confess I had ilono so. "That's how property gets stolen," said he, looking at mo Beveicly. "And what's more, you had a glass .:.) i ' i k i. r l. i... i wan a menu, -in, i uneu you nun. And perhaps yeu got talking to this li iond of yours?" "Yes, indeed, I had." "Vcrv well: aud vou mentioned about the money yoifd just took?" "Very likely. "Then this Joe, depend up it, was iu the crib at tho time and he heard you, und ho followed you back to the bank; and you haven't got blinds, but a wire netting over tho window, and anybody otusido can soo you counting out the gold and silver." "That's true," 1 said. "Yes, 1 see il all," said tho Super intendent; "just, us Joe saw it. lie follows you up "uoro to yonder, und he sees you put your money in your tout pocket, and then ho follows j uti home, and when all's quiet ho cracks tho crib. Oh, it's all in a nut shell, and that's how property goes. And then you como to tho police." "But if you know it's Joe, why don't you send alter him and catch him? ' "Oh, we know our own business, sir; you leave it all to us; we shall have Joe tight enough, if not for this job, anyhow tor ilio next. We'll l'ivo bun a bit ot rone. like. o I eouKIn t put any tiro into tho man, do wiat l could; no was civil, that is, for a Yorksbircman; impas sive, he'd do what was right I'd given the information very well; all the rest wus his business. So I came home miserable, desnair- - - , iug. Il wus just daylight by this time, and as I opened the shutters tho debris of our t'easl wus revealed: the lees of the lobster salad, the picked bones of tbo chickens, the melted residuum ol tne jellies; wntie aboui everything hung the faint smile of sour wine. 1 sat down amid all this wretchedness aud leanod my head on my arms iu dull, miserable lethcrgy. Then I sprang up, and as 0 - a o i did did so, I caught sight of myself in C K M trlr I n I rpi.iu f 2 A ItkiVlttfll .. yvvu uvm v no. ii- l: .-i i I j i-.l: i as iuis wrevcoeu, nauguog tooting a a i msery change a p""uu" i f.,lon in appearance, and so I should be thought to bo. Who would believo this story oi a ruuuw. j . Why tho police didn't believe in it, eke thed had takers a different tone. No, I should bo looked upon as a thief by all the world. Then my wifo came down stairs, and with a few touches restored a little order und sanity, both to out ward maud's and to my mind, bhe enffeo and an egg aud some bread aDd butter, aud after I had eaten and drank i uion i ieo. quite so bad. "Jack, she saio, -you London at once ond soo tbe directors. Have the first word and tell them all about it all tho particulars. It was o ttttln hit. of carolessness after all, and perhaps they'll look over it. "Yes, that s an very wen, a oa.u. "But how am 1 to get there? I've got no money. This wretched party has cleared us right out." "Borrow some of Cousins." "He asked me to lend him a sover eign last night, and I couldn't." Now, you'll say, " Hero's a man Whv didn't he pawn his watch ?" To tell the truth, that's what I did the week before, and tho money was all gone. "incn. under the circumstances," you'll add, "it was immoral to give a party." T'.nt vnn Ml Uonr in mind, the invita tions have been out for a fortnight, and wo wero then in lunus. WII Junk." said mv wife, "you must get tho man the 1'. B. to give you some moro money on the watch. Sell it to him right out. It must at least be worth ten pounds, for it cost thirty, and you've ouly bad five upon it. Sell the ticket." "Yah: but. where was the ticketf Why. in tho little cash pocket of my brown great coat. Still, 1 had heard that if you'd lost a ticket you could miiU tho man L'ivo vou another, and Brooks, tbo pawDbrokor, was a re. spectablo fellow, who, perhaps, would holn me out of mv difficulty. I went to him, anyhow, on my way to the station. 1 tell iiko a ticitei oi ieavo man as I wont into his shop. But 1 put a good face upon it. "Brooks." I said, "that watch you know the ticket it's stolen." Brooks gave a most portentious wink. Ha was a slow sneoched man. with a red face and a tremendous cor poration. "Nay, bo says, "ray lao, tnou ri wrong there." "What do you mcanr l said, col oring up furiously. Every ono sus pected me, it soemod. "Whoa, it micht ha' been stolen once, but it aren't noj'avo got it here. j Ins is bow it wore, a cuagingson o ehun comes in. and he savs. 'Mas ter, what'U you givo me for this tick et? JNow, you know tne naci uon i allow us to givo nought in that kind of way, but 1 say to tho chop, let's have a look at it; and then 1 saw it was yours, and I said to tbo man: My tad, you aren t come bonest by this." "And vou gavo him into custody; he's in prison? Old Brooks, what a capital fellow you aro! " "iNay, no said; "i Knowod ocitcr nor that. Do you think I'd hoxposo a customer? 1 know you gonts don't care about theso littio matters getting abroad; and so I slaps my fist on the r ,ir i (?. ounter, and I says, "iiook n: just, iko thai. And away ho went like a amplighter." 1 sank down on tho counter, over powered with emotion. "And whats more, went on Brooks, "he never took up tho money IM lent him for the coat." "What coat?" he cried. "A very nice brown coat he put up with me. About fit you, I should think. See, hero it is." It was my identical brown great coat, wrapped up in a buudlo, and tied rouud with my own handker. cbict. 1 mado a dart at it, opened it, plugged my hand into tho breast pocUui thero was tbo roll ot money. tlu-ro were the 22,000. How did 1 go to tho bank that ii)oriiing--oii legs or wings? And bow did I get liuiiic, as soon as I had put the money sale awayf alary knew by my taco that it was all l ight; and diun't wo have a danco of joy all io u nd tho bouse! My burglar had been only a sort of sncck alter all, who had got iu at an open window, and bolted with the spoils of ihe hall; but if ho had taken tho pains to look into the pockets of tho coat, ho'd have been a rich tlioiifli niiHcrable and insecure man. and I should have been utterly and i ii : l uescrveuiy ruincu. B.utHoT, a Ccntoi's Makine Insect. A terrible accident has just taken place at ltmrriiz, says Gli;nuni's Mensenger of u lata il.uo. Miss Gordon, who had passed a winter in runs, was drowned while out on an excursion. She attempted, with out a etude, to co aloui; tho cliffs far be yond the )Kiint marked by the authorities as the limit for the public tocowfelv. She leached a place known as the Falaiu hi Mort, and in s'.oopinp to pick a flower, her 'Hit gapped and she was pre cipiuted i'lio a hole known as the Bar IhiIs. a mvi stiid to have the peculiarity that at tbe end of 48 hours nothing more than tliu skeleton remains of any being that ever tails into it. It contains mil lions of small insects which devour the body, and w inch are called by the inhab itants of the district Iwrbots, and which are by them held in especial horror. The iiuke or rrms met his ueatn under umi lar cireumbUnces a few years ago. 1 Th fldnpsa bliere th.t ru I 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 neiTf Q SHU UUWI SVTUUUU UIS SSBU H Cli ' eanu. fallow myself? ....f,7, whv. Wonderful Surpery. Tbe San Antonio correspondent of tbe Galveston Newt tells the following gtory of a wonderful surgical operation recently performed in the former city. Dr. F. Horn" has long been a resident of San Antonio, and is justly considered ono of tbe bestphysiciansandsurgeonsin Texas. San Antonio conUlns a wondur, the like of which cannot be found in the United States. It is nothing more nor less than a child, soven yeurs old, that, instead of masticating and swallowing its food in tbe usual roanjier, is fod through an aperture in the stomach made for that purpose. Tho child is gaining strength, van walk and pby, and bids fair to soon be as stout aud healthy as any other child. On Saturday last I determined to go and see the child for myselfl The facts are as follows: About two years ogo Mr. S. T. Lumley, at that time living in Pennsylvania, hud tbo misfortune to have his little (laughter Jessie drinK a solution of lye, which a negro woman had carelessly left on the table. A large quantity of the corrosive liquid was swallowed. Heath is the cer tain result in such cases. There have been auite a number of cases in San An tonio, where children drunk concentrated lye, and nono have survived except in this instance. The lye destroyed the mucous membrane, aud a stricture of the esophagus is formed, which means that the throat, or, at least, tno cnannei through which the food goes into tbe stomach, hi drawn together or contracted to such a degree that only liquids, and not much of them can pass through. If the child does not die at once, it lingers for a vear or so. and then goes into a con sumptive condition and perishes of slow starvation. : It is impossible for a human beine to lire exclusively on liquid nour ishment; bit where concentrated lye has been taken there are times, particularly in cold dan) weather, when the sufferer cannot evet) swallow milk. All attempts to open the closed up esophagus are fu tile, hence the sufferer slowly starves to death. I Such was tho condition of the little girl, Jessie tumley, when she was brought iu can .iiiliiiiu lur iicuiujcuu xuv uuuu was verv uuch emaciated, and could not swallow oveu liquid food for days at a time. As it was the only possible chance she hud for, life, her parents consented that tho operation or making an opening in the stomilch should be attempted. The operation has beeu performed in Eng land, but tli ft is believed to be the lirst time it hasfver been attempted in the United State?. Your correspondent can not give the technical terms, but can mak the tnokn operandi intelligible to tho general reader. An incision four inches long was m4e a few inches to the left of the pit of tht stomach, at the beginning of the short ribs, much stitching being required. Through this incision the stomach is reicbed. The next part of the operation requires tho most delicate handling imaginable. It consists in sew ing the stomach to the walls of the abdo men, but the greatest care has to be taken not to penetrate the stomach itself. The needle and stitches only penetrate the skin of the stomach. The result is that the stomach, as the wound gradually heals, grows to the walls of the abdomen. ihe patient was put under the influ ence of chloroform, and the operation successfully performed by Dr. F. Ilertf, assisted by bis son. Dr. John llerlf, and Dr. Amos Graves, all of this city. Unfor tunately the child had an attack of the chills and fever, which had to be cured, which gavo it a set back. The operation described took place three weeks ago. The stomach had grown on to the sides of the abdomen, and eight days ago the una! operation of making a small incision into the stomach, thr.iugti which the food was to pass, was performed, and twice a day during the past week a beefsteak, cut up fine, has been passed with the forceps into the stomach, aud tbo child is steadily gaining strength. l)n Saturday last I visited the child, in company with Dr. llert), and saw it fed. We halted in front of a ono story house, which we entered. A littio girl with light hair and blue eves, was sitting up in bed, surrounded by playthings. Her mother, a young woman of about thirty years of age, was busy in the room. ''Don't you want your supper, Jessie ?" said the doctor, ' 1 want steak. I don t want any bread, 'cos it hurts," said tho little girl, whose thin features and pale complexion showed the result of her long fast. The mother Drought in a rare beef steak, which tho doctor proceeded to cut up in small pieces, crumbling up some bread at the same time. The food being prepared, the child lay back on the. bed and the opening in the side was exposed. It was only an inch in leneth. and pre sented the appearance of a badly healed cut. It was a little inflamed. I stood bv and saw the doctor take ono piece after another and carefully introduce it with the forceps into tho stomach, until the plute was nearly empty. The child com plained a little at times, but did not ap pear to suiter any. bhe finally said, "My stomach is full," and as there was no more Bteak, the doctor desisted. Finally some cotton was placed in the opening, a band- uge put on, and sue sat up and was soon fondling her playthings. The following additional facts may be of interest to the medical fraternity and others interested. Ko particle of solid food has passed through the child's throat since tho accident. A grain of rice nearly K'raiiL'les her. Milk is also injected into the stomach through the opening. The ouiy possible danger is from the wound closing up, hence it is kept open with cotton. At first a plug of expansive cot ton was used. There is no reason why the child should not become stout aud healthy. The food digests readily, just the same as if chewed and swallowed. To the inquiry if this mode of taking nourishment would have to be kept up through life, no definite answer was given, as it depends on the possibility of reducing the stricture of the throat,- Dr. Herd' proposes to have, as soon as tbe opening heals tip completely, an instru ment introduced into the stomach. At Priest's Hotel, on the road from Calaveras Grove to the Yosemite, is a dog who one hour before the arrivtd of the stage, goes leisurely down the road to meet it, then bounds back to the poultry yard, catches chickens, bites their heads off, and takes them to the cook. He takes one chicken for each gentleman in the stage, never making a mistake. An expert in antique coins in Paris is a poodle. The money being placed upon a table, the dog ia introduced, and after nosing among them will knock off the table all the bad pieces with his paw. After acquiring great fame it was found the whole thing waa a trick. His master took care to handle only the bogus coins, and the poodle's decisions were arrived at by faculty or scent.