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
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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.
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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.