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DISCONTENT. Lllllin Maud in Atlanta Cod dilution. I mid In tha toniler sprinir time Wben Um flowtn bad bloomed awhile, I am weary of thia wild beauty, And I long (or summer's smile; Tba glorious, passionate summer AU (lowing with fervent beat Wben tba winds com up from the southland, And tbe days are long and sweet. The summer slept on ths bill top, Tba south wind waile I and sighed, Tba robin's son grew drowsy, While tba rows bloomed and died; Twaa then I thought of the autumn, And I longed for the thoughtful days, Wben tbe trees ibould don tuolr purple, And tba bill topi bide in haze. Than autumn cam In her grandeur; The gnm grew old and brown, And splendor lay in the fur-wit, And the leaves came drifting down; Twaa then I longed for the winter, The winter cold and pale, And my rentless heart rtuw weary, And tba autumn' charms were stale. And now in the heart of winter, I sigh for tba spring again, And I tblnk in wild impatience Of the flowers on bill and plain; And yet, ere the spring lias vanished, My iwart will tire, I know, While the jewel, Content, I seek for, Will never be mine below. 6IGHT8 IN HONQ KONG. t'rlft-btrol Dissipation of the Ilrltlah Hallara Xever-OaalDK Kevelrr. Cor. New Orleans Time-Democrat One of the first thing I noticed upon landinsr in Hong Kong was the dissi pation which is always going on. At first 1 thought some ceieurauon iuubi do in projress, hut upon making inquirios I was assured that this was not the case. It is always so," said an American citizen. "Every day a certain nunihor of sailors are allowed to come on shore, and they avail themselves fully of this privilege. As there- are some two thousand of those sailors at prosent on board of the men-of-war in Hong Kong harbor, this city is qui to lively most of the time. It is the men aboard thcao war-ship who got the wildest, for tlio enforced idleness of their life breeds recklessness when they once get ashore." These sailors are beardless young fol lows for the most part, and though they liavo a swaggering and tyrannical mien, I should not think that they would impress the Chiueso as very formidable. Walking about the streets last evening in company with a citizen I saw literally hundreds of these sailor, crowding the saloons so thick thut you could not see the counter. Outside the saloon the street would bo packed with riekishas, for a sailor gruvitutos toward a rickisha the first tiling upon coming ashore. He does not havo to gravitate fur, for the Chinese runners almost attempt the perilous feat of walking on the water in thoireajerucss to meet the sailors half way. Boon after landing tho sailors gravi tate toward a saloon, and, numhors . brooding reckless jollity, it is not long before they cease to be free moral agents. Then they curse and boat their rickisha men, and ride nliout with scarcely any cognizance of whither they are being carried. As I have already intimated, I am implacably opposed to the Chinese) yet my indignation was kindled in their bohulf at first when I witnessed the b utolity with which they are treated by these sailors. Hut my commiseration was all dissipated when my friend said: "Don't pity them. John Chinaman is nnder now, but he will be on top pretty soon. Wait till tho sailors get stupidly drunk, and they will be ig nomiouily dumped out by the wayside, while those long Huftcring 'heathen Chinese.' will proceed complacently to go through their pockets. Don't mis place your pitv." "Don't the English make any eTort to check this evil?" "O no, it is so common they don't care to interfere. Once in a while, w hen a man gets to mashing things too gonurally and ondnngoring people's lives, he will he locked uo until ho gets sober. Hut so long as they only injure themselves, no matter if they do break the pence, nothing is dono about it." I notice that v.u-y frequently, almost always, the suitors will give the order, "Go to the temporaneo hall," when they are well under !'tho inllueuce," and there sleep oil' their booze, lly tho way, curious though the statement may Hoem, the manager of tho Hong Kong institution is getting to be a con firmed sot. He has been inebriated now fur a full week. Tho moral senti ment that will tolerate such a thing puzzles me. Despite all the abusos to which they are subjected, however, these temper ance halls of tho Orient aro institu tions, and really do a great deal of good. They may be found in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Madras, Horn bay, Calcutta, Yokohama, Kobe, and, for aught I know, in all the cities of tho far east. For 11.25 a day sailors and travelers who want to economize ore entertained iu first-class style, and at tho end of the voar the citizens make op tho deficit in tlio running expenses. ((era ef the faatrruionzera. Chicago Herald.) An old woman named Hobinson, well known as tho queen of Costermongers all over Loudon, was buried there tho other day. She had been for years a veudcr of cat's mont, aud made a fortuno in small usury. Hy direction of hor will, hor remains were borne by four men wearing white smocks, followed by tweuty-four young women, wearing violet dresses, Paisler idiowla, hats with whito feathers and wliito apron. Tho corpse was shrouded in white satin, with a haudaome wroath round the head. Free drinks and pipes were served at public house named. There was an immense, attendance, including numbers of ponv carts and donkey Larrow crowded with costormougers. Vloors of Ulaaa. Chicago Tribune. In the stores of Paris glass is taking the place of wood for flooring. It costs more than wood, but it la-t.s longer, and, besides lioing easily kept clean, allows enough light to be transmitted through its roughened surface for the employes to work by in the floor be neath. The gloss is cast in squares anil set in strong iron frames. j THE WITCH'S RING, f"F. 11. H." in Ban Francisco Argonaut A verr curi-ius, straggling, sleepy old vil. lage is Adlingtuiie. Half a century behiud the rest of the world, it still siU between tbe green bills of an eastern state, witb It elbows on IU knees aud IU cblu in itt hands, musing on bygone days, when old King George beld the land under bis sway, aud wben, as its old folk sagely remark, things were not as they are now. Tbo-eare a great many old people in Adlingtune-ln fact very few die young there. The atmosphere is so dreamy and peaceful that excitement cannot exist, and the wear and tear of the busy world is unknown, or at most only bums faintly over tbe bills, like tbe buzzing of a fly on a sunny pane on a summer day. And so they still sit in their chimney corners from year to year and muse, and doze, and dream until tboy dream their lives away and take tbelr nnal sleep. It was to an old crone of this descrip tion that 1 was indebted for my adventure. In the course of my Idle ramblings about tbe village I cliauced one day to peer over a crumbling wall and discovered an old, dis used burial-ground. The brown slabs were broken, prostrate aud scattered, with only her and there s forlorn, unsteady stone standing wearily, and waiting for the time to come when it, too, might fall down ana rat with the sleepers beneath. Scrambling over the low wail, I stooped about amo.ig the grass, pushing away the tangled masses of vines and leaves from the faces of slabs that I might read the Inscriptions there. Hut the suns ami storms of over one buudreJ years hail obliterated nearly all the letters, so that only ortions of names and dates re mained. Kindly, down in a deep comer of the inclosiire, where tbe weeds grew densest aud the shade was darkest, I found an old stone which, leaning forward, had protected its face from the storms, aud on this stone I Itad tbe words: BARBARA CONWAIL. BORN 1070, DIKD ',730. AOE, 00 YEARS. II A V- 10 1IKICN LAWFULLY IXKCUTKO OR THE PRACTICE OF WITCHCRAFT. My curiosity was at once aroused. I in quired of several perwms as to the history of this woman, but without success for a time, Finally, however, I found an old woman, who told me the history of Barbara Conwall, as It bail been bauded down by her ancestors: Living iu an old stone bouse at the edge of the village, she was rarely seen for no one ever crossed her threshold save when she was occasionally mot by a frighteued party of children idling away a summer afternoon's holiday in the woods, w.ien she would scowl ami mm away, stooping along over tho fields. gathering herbs witn which to brow her mighty utious. No one ever Interfered with tier, however, until a sad year C-uno to Ad lluhtuue. An epldeinlo broke out and raged with a fury that nothing could withstand. People U'xuu to mutter that Hurbaia the witch was the cause of it. Passing along tho road she was stoned by a party of boys, to whom she turned, and, shaking her bony huu I, shrieked that the curse was ujtou them. Two of the lads slckeued and died in a few days, and though scores were carried away in a like manner, an especial iiiqxirt was at taci.ed to their death. Barbara began to be watched. 1 h; y looked through her windows atn.li.u gU aud found her bending over a teething cauldron, throwing iu herb, mut tering cabalistic voids, and stirring the mixture with what they reported to be a human bone. Old Barbara was working bar charms. Ho when one morning a man came into town, bruised aud covered with mud, aud teslltlod thut as he rode past old Barbara's house at I'i o clock the night before, bo saw the arch fiend and the witch in conversation U)Hn the house top, surrounded by flames and laughing ileud.shly In the lurid glare at they shook their nU at the plague-stricken village sle"piug bolow, his tale found ready credence. The fact that he was an habitual drunkard, and bad on more than one occa sion rolled from bis limine in a drunken sttqjor and passed the night in a ditch, di earn ing wild di-eams, did not in the leusi detract from the belief of the villagers in bis ac count of this scene; and wheu be reluted bow this mir of demons had pounced upon him, aud had first tortured aud then thrown him senseless into a ditch, their indignation be came uncontrollable. Did Barbara was tried, condemned and hanged, though she protested in her in nocence to the lost. The little sum of money found In bur possession was used to buy that gravestone as no one would dure appro priate it and to this day if any one were Uld enough to go to her grave at midnight on tiie same day of the year on which she was hnnge I and say, ''Barbara, I lielieve you were innocent, at the same tune stretching out bis hand over the grave, tlie would -ear to him and place in his hand a taliMiiun. lids talisman would bring good fortune as long as he retained it, but ut some time in his life the witch would return to him and claim hrr own. The old woman ended her story in a low, ltupii mire monotone, which, wi'h her eai nestui'ssaud sincere belief in what she said almost carried conviction to me iu spite of ivusou. As I sauntered away, ridiculing these Ignorant and suerttltious village folk, I found myself almost unconsciously wan dering buck through the old burial ground to the witch's grave. Carelessly glancing at the liiM-riptloii, I was surprised to llnd that very day was the l.VKh anniversary of her dentil, and still more surprised wben the thought occurred to uie of watching at her grave that night I ridiculed and scoffed the idea. Where was my boasted coiumou sviim and Incredulity! But, still returning ever, came that wayward thing called fancy ami It conquered. 1 he world was wild aud weird that night, when I stole forth from the village. The wind was moaning through the trees and sob bing pltuoiikly; the block clouds were driven iu broken patclx across the sky, now letting dowu the moonshine, nud agaiu shrouding all In blackest night, and making the shauo chase each other aluut and steal around cor ners iiKn one in a manner that made me w luce in spite of myself. Climbing the low stone wall rather nervously, I confess -I stole away through the old, dowu-troddon graves, pushing through tho weeds and briars as silently as possible, and making my way tow anls that dark, dreary corner where the old witch reposed. A graveyard at noon is a very different spot from a graveyard at mid night, especially if one is there tl seek an in terview with a spirit. . I reached the place and stwd by the tomlw It still lacked a few niiuutoa of 11 an I as I stood there watching the moonlight flitting over the graves I longed for a little ray to creep iu with me. But no approaching and receding and wavering all about me, it never touched this grave, but fled away as often as It approached, at though frightened at tbe black shallow forever lurking there. By and I y the village clock tolled 11 As the slow, tremulous tours stole out on tbe bight the wind ceased moaning, the clouds covered the face of tin moon, Uie insects stopiwd chirping, and when the last strike was finiidied the almost unbearable silence was broken only by my own breathing, which I strove in vain to suppress; The darkness was Intense and I could toe nothing. A ter rible filing of guilt and terror seis 1 ma, that I. mortal, should be intruding there at tuch an hour. Mechanically I strove to speak the words I bad been told, but my lips fused to form a sound. HUH I stood in that awful black silenci. chilled with fear, until with a mighty e.Tort I reached out my arm over the grave and grasped a band. It was only for an instant not that, for it was j'irked away in a twinkling but long enough to feel bow warm and velvety it was and bow small. 'ot that I lingered there to reflect upon these novel qualities in the band of a ghost, and an old witcb at that, for you altogether mistake my bravery in supposing it; but it was after I bad cleared the old wall at a bound and was out on the moonlit road, walking at a rattling good pace toward town, that I recalled It From a slat i of Intense cold I had changed to burning heat Tbe touch of thoae toft fingers thrilled me through at witb an electric shock, and I walked faster still in my excitement Gradually tbe consciousness forced itaelf upon me that I beld something In my clenched bauds. There was first a glitter and then a sparkle, at tbe moon fell on the hollow of my upraised band, and I saw there a glittering ring set with flashing stones. Tbe icicles began slipping down my back again, and I hurried on. Home persons may be inclined to deride my nervousness on this occasion, but I assure tuch that I am not naturally a timid man. have a medal banging Iu ray room at home which asserts that I am not a timid man, and above all, I had always been particularly void of superstitious fear; but truth compels me to say that I not only lighted all the lights on reaching my room at tbe little inn thtt night but turned them very high into tbe bargain; and that I made a systematic inspection of all the closets aud removed from its peg a long cloak that was banging in a very suggostive position on tbe wail. This done, I sat down with my back against the wall and examined the ring. It was a quaint old ring, curiously carved and mussive. The setting was composed of several sina'l colored stones set in a circle about a large diamond. My financial circum stances bad rendered it unnece-sary for me to acquaint myself with precious stones and their values, to that I could only surmi-e tbat tbe ring was somewhat valuable. Consider ing the excited condition of my nerves by this time, it was not strange that I should start wben my eye fell Uon the name tbat was inscribed in quaint letters inside the ring "Barbara." I sat and muel upon the whole adventure; what the crone bad told me '.be graveyard, the ring and (.his was returned to me thu oftenest) the thriUng touch of that soft baud n the darkness. lVrhaps 1 should say right here t at I called myself an old bachelor, ail 1 bad never been In love that is, witb any mortal. I did not think that I was devoid of sentiment or feeling, for I often dreamed of love, and worshlpei beautiful tliiui of my own fancy, but my life bad been thrown among boys au I men, and wotnuu was far away aud a mystery. A motherless home, a stern futher, a bard working saideut's life at col lege, a stranger struggling for bread and reputation In a large city one cau perceive how it could be that I made few acquaint ances among wumeu. Iu reality I was only it, but much experience and a busy life had made me feel older; so, as I said, I called myself an old bachelor. I have given this brief histo-y of myself in order to prepare the way for i not ter cotifes sion. I was falling in love witb th i owner of that toft, warm band. It is preposterous, but it is true. I began to doubt my reason. In vain I tried to remember that Barbara, the witch, was an old, ugly woman. The only picture that I could call up was that of a beautiful young girl with but words fail me; only she was far from ghastly, Jmt was as warm and substantial aud full of life as that hand had seemed to be. The flre-lrous fell with an unearthly clatter and startled me out of my dreams. I weut to bed to soothe my nerves witb sleep, and lay awake most of the night with the lamps burning. Fortune smiled upon me from that night. Two years of busy city life had paiMsl, aud old Barbara's ta.isman was still unreclaimed, wben oue day do you lielieve in love at first sight! Well, if the first appearance of Wal ter t ymau s sister bad not conquered me as she stood under the parlor lamps, a revela tion of beauty and youth, the touch of her hand when she welcomed ber brother's friend would have enslaved me forever. Never had a touch so thrilled me since since I hold tho witch's hand in the graveyard. The same ieculinr shock passed through me, and the memory of that spectral night came over me like a flash. But I did not start out to tell a love story. Let me briefly say that I fell in love, hope lessly and ridiculously in love, and that I acted just like all lovers have done since the world iH'gnn. It doesn't matter niVh about a man's age. At "7 he will conduct himself pretty much as he would have done at 17, and so I wrote verses and sighed, aud tor mented myself with a thousand hoes and fears, and grew hot and cold by turns, and wonderfully timid, aud prided myself upon concealing It all, when, as a matter of fact, the state of my feelings was perfectly ap parent to all my acquaintances. Mutters were in this interesting state, when one day au opportunity occurred of which I availed myself with a degree of skill and presence of mind that I am proud of to this day. It all came about through my asking the young lady It she believed in ghosti "I siipHwe I should," said she, laugbin;, "considering my experience." leave a woman alone to make an evasive answer. Of course, I implored an explana tion and she related to mo the following story: "It was about two years ago when a party of girls, just home from school, were visiting a friend down iu the country. One of ths girls had heard a foolish old story about a witch i grave, and some nonsense about her annual appearance, and a talisman, and when 1 expressed my incredulity, they braved uie to put it to the test hat is the matter! Tbe placet A little town called Adlingtune. "foolishly 1 accepted tbelr challenge and received a terrible fright 1 carried out ths instructions aud stretched my arm over ths grave. It was so dark I could see nothing, but some one seised my hand I was so be numbed with fear that I couk not cry out, but could only ny through the lonely grave yard to where my trembling couqianions were awaiting me In tlie Held. It was a foolish ad- veuture, for I fell ill, and it cost me a valu able ring, which was left to me by poor Aunt ltarbara. 'tor ber little namesake ' she said wheu she sent it across the sea to me. You tee, the ring was a tittle large for my finger ami wat pulled off by by " "By me," I interrupted, taking the lost ring from my pocket It was time for Barbara (1 forgot to say that was ber name), to I startled now. I hope I uiay tay that I came out strong on that occasion. 1 told my story in a very im pressive way, lingered over tbe effect of the witch's hand on my heart, spoke of the good fortune the lalixmau bad broucht me. made a very prettr allusion to Barbara the witch rs rUnuing Iter own for she was a witch, after all. as I could testify, harms felt her charms and finally not ouly offered to re turn tbe ring, out to give uiyscii into tbe bargain. Kha took both. BRAIN OVERWORK. lalog I S and Mvlag Brala Capi tal Mraaa Brala Baokraptry. Dr. W. A. Hammond in Youth's Com panlon.l Not long ago a gentleman in a state of great excitement came into my con sulting room. His face was flushed, his eyes staring wildly, hit speech was jerky, and so indistinct that I could with difficulty understand him. 1 begged him to be seated, but he strode several times up and down the floor before he could sufllciently command himself to sit down and tell me coher ently the object of his visit. "Doctor," he said, at last, "for Clod's sake put me to sleop. 1 have not closed my eyes in sleep for five nights, and if I have to pass another night like the lost I shall go mod. Night after night I have gone to bed weary and, oh, so sleepy I but the moment my head touches the pillow I am wide awake, and all night long my mind is just as active as in the day. When I get np in the morning, my head is aching, my thoughts confused, and I am utterly unfit to go to my business. Now, if I could get one night's sound sloep, I could make $100,000 before the week is out. Can you give it to me ? "Yes, upon one condition." "Oh, I'll do anything yo l want. Tm not afraid of medicine. You see," he went on in an excited manner, "I've got hold of a good thing. I've followed it up and have almost settled the whole matter, but my mind is in such a state from want of sleep, that I can't work it as I usod to. Why, I can't even add np a column of figures correctly." "Yon do a great deal of brain work, I suppose ?" "Ihero isn't a man in Wall street thot can beat me wben I'm at my boat" "How long have you suffered from want of sloop?' "Well, as I have said, for five nights I have not slept a wink, but then I have had more or less head ache and wakefulness for a year or more." "Anything else?" "Nothing, except dyspepsia and pal pitation of the heart, but I don't mind them. I want my head set right, und I want sleep." "Aud yon are perfectly willing to do exactly as 1 advise "Good heavjns! I'll do anything to trot riL'ht again. I examined him, and wrote him a pre scription. "liut this is not all," I stid, at he folded np the paper and was about leaving tho room, "not by any means the most important part of your treat ment. You have a sore brain, and it is no more scnsibla to overwork a sore brain than it is to w alk too much on a sore foot. You must go away, and at once. Get out of the city to the moun tains, where letters and telegrams will not roach vou; take a gun or a fishing- rod with you, and stay away a month." "This is simply impossible." he ex claimed. "If I did that, 1 should not make my $100,000. I am willing to take your medicine, but as to breaking off in the abrupt way you speak of, it is out of the question. "Now, my fnend, I said, speaking slowly and deliberately, so that he should understand and appreciate every word, "I thought just now that you were a sensible man ; I find, however, that you are the very reverse. It is, perhaps, none of my business to argue the matter with yon. You came for my advice, and you have got it. Hut I feel compelled to tell you not only for your own sake, but that of your wife aud children, that if you keep on iu your present cour.'O, you will be in a lunatic asylum before the week is out." "You surelv don't mean that!" "I piean every word of it Your brain is now in a state of extreme con- geition. Yon are using it up faster than you mnke it. lou aro living on your brain-capital instead of your iu come, and as a rlnnnciul man, you know that means brain-bankruptcy some time or other. Night and day you ore con miming your mental forces. You can not sleop because your braiu blood- vessels aro gorged with b'.ood, and honce there is no chance for rest and recuperation. It is a mere question of time, and a short time at that. 1 uo not think you can stand it a week longer, for you are on the verge of nn attack of acute mania. You profess to have common sense. Suppose you were a surgeon mid a man came to you with a burnt hand you gave him a salve to put on it, and straightway the mau plunged his hand into the lire again. Would you expect tho salve to do him anv good? If you have quite made up your mind the little that is yet left to you to keep on in the attempt to suc ceed in your speculation, straining your mind to its utmost and depriving yourself of sleep, I tell you frankly to Bave yourstilf the annoyance of taking the medicine prescribed, for it w ill do yon no good. He then looked at me stolidlv for a moment, then started to his feet, ram mcd his hands deep into his trousers' pockets, and paced the floor rapidly for a counle of minutes. I II no. he ex claimed at last, "if it makes a beggar of me 1" and without another word he left the house. He did go, remained about a month in the Adirondacks, and returned a w iser and better man. He slept every night after leaving tho city, and though he did not make the particular $100,- 000 for which he was struggling, he has made many more since by using his brain properly and giving it its proper periods of relaxation and repose. f-'IC" anil hsrrn. Chicago Herald. 1 Moschcles relates a droll blunder he made when at dinner iii London. "To- dar I was asked at dessert what frnit I w ould have of those on the table. "Some sneers," I replied. The com pany were at first surprised, and then burst into laughter, icrceivmg the pro cess by which I had arrived at tho ex pression. I, who at that time had to construct my hnghsu out of guide books and dictionaries, had found that not to care a tig' meant 'to sneer at a rerson." So when I wanted some figs, thought figs and sueers were synony mous." A grain of strychnine will etnbiltftr COO.000 grain of water. Ilanllnc la riotsam. fOor. Chicago Times. 1 While the high waters are raging, and while so much is afloat, there is a class of people which makes iti living by hauling ashore whatever may be found that is valuable and what may properly be called flotsam. First in import ance, of course, comes driftwood, and the amount seems endless; next comet barrels, filled and empty; then boxes, clanks, bales, goods of all kindi, and sometimes houses. The man in his skiff makes a rope fast to any piece of property he mav discover, and pulling on his oars with all his might, soon has his prize landed. I have noticed that there is senerallr bnt one man in these boats, possibly because he does not wish to have any question about the right of property. I asked one of the le menu his pursuit was renummerative. "O yes," said he, "sometimes we get awar with a good deal of swag, espe cially in times of high water. "Is what you find yours?" "Sometimes there is a question about it, and if the rightful oxner comes I give it to him, he paying for my trouble, bat generally what I find is without an owner, and I keep it as a matter of course. " You got hold of queer articles some times." "You bet I do. One time I took in a barrel that was floating aloncr as inno cent as could be, and after knocking out the head found a dead body 10 it. left that barrel severelv alone, and went out to find something elso. "What pavs best?" "Boxes, by all means. I toll yon it makes a man's eyes bulge out of his head to see the fat takes we rake out and the fine things we handle. The water rusts the metals a good deal, but still things themselves are worth a good deal of money." "Do you have any trouble about dis posing of your th:ns?" "Not the least. You see all men lorg mojey, and if they can get what thev want cheap they don't care if it is a little on color. Ihey pay for thou things and take them away, and that is all there is about it. Thev don't stand long ubout it either; it is dilerent from standing behind a counter and making a bargain. Tbe wind cuts here like a knife, und a man's feet get wt;t, and he soon clinches his purchase and carries it away. In tin's way the waterman went on telling the secret of his cn'linr, and feeling an hone-it pride in savin,' many articles from the greed of the great rivet'. Peru'a Itallruad King. Inter Ocean. There is rather a good story told of Henry Aleiggs, the railroad king of Peru. He ordered a mogn flcent set of silverware from Titlauy's. Una day a voting man, son of wealthy parents living at Long Island, entered Tiffany's to buy his mother a present, and was shown Meiggs' order. Iteturring home he described it to his parents, and ex pressed a retrret that he had not ben able to duplicate t le order for them. "You could," said his father, "if Meiggs would puy nie what he owes me." He t hen told how in 1832 he had brought a quantity of lumlvr tlown the Hudson for Meiggs, and been paid iu notes for $7,500 on which he had never got any. thing. Unknown to the father the son se cured the notes, wrote a letter to Meiggs on the basis of the old friend ship between his father and Meiggs, and sent them to Peru through a bank ing firm. In quick response there came from the contractor an affectionate let ter inclosing a draft for $15,000, prin cipal and interest. This eveut was cel ebrated by the purchase of a silver ser vice identical with the one that led up to the payment, and Meiggs was noti fied of the use mnde of his money. He thoreupou wished to reimburse his old friond for the present, but that was de clined. The old friendship has been re Mimed, however, and a new one estab lished between the sons. Th Xrgro'N Was-. Arkansaw Traveler. Two ol 1 negroes become acquainted in a way that shames formality. Meet ing for the first time, they lo'ik at each other. . Then ono remarks so the other can hear him : "Doan' belebe I knows dut man, but his face is mighty 'miliar." Then the other one savs: "Seed dat man somewhar, but 1 kain't place him. Howdy do, generman?" "Porely, how is it wid yesse'f ?" "Porch-, thank yer. Whar does yer lib?'' "On de Pryor place. Whar does yerse'f Vide?" "On do Avery place. How's all yer folks?" "Porely, thank yer, how's all wid yesse'f?" "Porely, 'bleeged ter ver." After this they are old acquaintauces, and never fuil to greet each other as friends. Keuiarkable Kxperiuieut. Medical Journal. ' Mons. Ogata, a French physiologist, has made some remarkable experiments, allowing that the process of digestion may be quite satisfactorily accomplished in animals without the aid of the stom ach. Nearly the whole of the stomach was removed from a dog, the free edges of the alimentary tube being thon sewed together. Tho dog completely recov ered from the operation, und remained in perfect health, with good digestive powers, until killed six years afterward. Jn other experiments upou dogs it was found that albuminous substances were as spejilily and completely digested by the tlnid of the intestiue bolow the 6toniach as by the secrelions of both stomach and intestine together; but other foods w ere loss readily dige ted n the in te tiue. " j The Japanee W ar According to Japanese custom age is counted from the ajrst day of the Janu ary succeeding b rth. At that date a child is 1 year old, whether born the previous January, at midsummer, or On the 3!st of lcoember. The "boss orator," a tramp who makes speeches on any subject for a dime each, is on atour through Te xa towns. CHINESE DUDES. A Glaaee Into ana Aroaaa the iiarn. bllnc Ueaa la Hott Street. IN'ew York Times. Do you know," said Mr. Ah Wung, late editor of The Chinese American to a reporter, "that there are at present in New York, and all within one block in Chinatown, just about 300 of the most civilized Chinamen on earth, who ac complish more work than their Ameri can brethren would give them credit for. They are gentlemen of loisnre, seemingly, but they are making money, and enjoy life better than any of the hard-wosking Chinamen who day and night swing their polishing irons all over the city. This class is called by the Chine ;e Kwong Queens, or Long Sticks, because they own nothing and yet possess wealth. They may be found by the scores in Chinatown every day, either smoking opium or chatting in any of the grocery y stores or various shops They pay ex- ormtait prices to ine store-Keepers zor the privilege of lodging aud occasion" any eating among mem, anu mus pass themselves off on strangers as attaches of the place. These gentlemen nover retire nutil 2 or 3 o'clock in the morn ing, and they rise at about the same hour in the afternoon. They live and dress in the prevailing Chinese style. "About twenty or thirty of these Chinese dudes are gamblers, and each owns a small American safe, and in these are tens of thousands of dollars in ready money. These are the men who run the Fan Ton shops, or gam- . bling houses, of Mott street. The at taches of these twenty to thirty Fan Ton bosses, or gamblers, constitute the main portion of the Chinese dudes. They are generally shrewd, smart men, who consider manual labor of any kind a degradation and a sin. They do not live quite so luxuriously as the Fa 1 Ton bosses, but still thoir clothes are im ported from Cauton, and they eat good food. These attaches are divided into four classes 'Do Shos,"Xid Wens,' 'Han Tons' and 'Ton Sans.' "The 'Do Shos' play openly and di rectly against the bank, and they are generally gamblers from China, of ex perience and skill. Many of them come here from China with only a few hundred dollars a id go back again in a few months with thousands. Notwith standing that thy are opposed to tha Fan Ton men, tho -ie latter repoie the utmost confidence in them in regard to money matters. I have frequently known a Do ttho to run s'.iort of cash while gamin rat the table, and have seen the deuler take his word for amounts as high as $1,000. When Le wins he eitiier pays back on the spot or sends it to the dealer by a servant the next day. The Nid Wens, or loafers, are generally habitual opium smokers, who gamble only when they can get hold of a little money, and are generally broke about 300 days in the year. The Han Tons are 'steerers,' who stand outside of the Fan Ton dens every afternoon and evening, calling to the Chinese passer-by: Tan la fa chi la!' or 'The I an Ton within ! Oo and make your fortune !' They are paid by the Fan Ton bosses about $5 per week, with a percentage on all the 'suckers' they seduce inside, an 1 occasionally a winner gives him a dollar or two. The Ton San, interpreted into English means a 'pull coat-tail fellow.' These are the hangers-on, who look like Pekin beg .'nrs. They can be seen at all hours crouching against the gaming table. They watch the game closely, and are invariably the first to know which way the game goes and to announce the winners. They also play for beginners and those who are greun in the busi ness, and the 'pull coat-tail follow' gets a small commission whon his client wins. There you have the two or three hundred Chinese dudes or gentlemen of leisure accounted for." "Hut where does the money come from that keeps the bank rnnning pro.itably and allows the Do Sho to take thousands of dollars back to China?" "From the stupid green lanndrymen and the 1100 or 300 Chinese sailors and cigar-makers. Many of them make handsome salaries and large profits an nually and then loss all their winnings in the Fan Ton shops. Any one who doesn't believe me cau see for himself." Poelety Nomenclature. New York Cor. Chicago Tribune. Society nomenclature is undergoing a change. There are no longer any "parties;" nobody has given a "party"" these twenty years. In fact, "balls" are becoming fewer and fewer, and soon, I fear, will vanish altogether. . A young lady of Madison avenue said to me the other day : "Just think of it? Only two private bolls this winter!" "What do you mean?" I asked, enumerating a half-dozen oa my fingers. "Oh, dear no!" she interrupted. "Mrs. Astor's and Mrs. Marshall O. Roberts' entertainments were not balls." "Not balls?" I persisted; "a thousand or two people dancing like ' mad till morning and it isn't a ball ?" "Certainly not," she repeated, calmly. "Those were merely receptions, with dancing." "What is a ball, if you please?" I in quired, meekly. "A ball," said she, "is en evening party where the germon and round dances occupy the whole evening." So you see there are hardly any balls nowadays. Blood t'nre for Gnnshot Wounds. According to The Australasian Medi cal Gazette, pious New Zealandors do not fail to pray earnestly to their gods for recovery after they have received gunshot wounds, but this docs not pre- r vent their using their own scientifio methods of cure, which consists, in r-.,., ,i ..... ,i l percentage of cures effected by native doctors is very large, and is attributed to the abstemious habits of the people. A Muxceatloa. Xorristown Herald. While scattering a few prninbs tnr the snarrowa this Severn w-pnthor dnn't forget to throw out a lot of lifi tonuto cans. barrel-boons and ca&tirAiOMfnr the poor goat, which has as mncli right to live as tue imported feathered biped. t