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VOL. IV.™NO. 3
How Mr Mustell Paid His Noto
82 50 PER ANNUM
omitted, by which time the servant had
An Interesting Meeting
returned with an officer.
I supposed the object was to put the
A very remarkable and interesting
“Darrell !”
DR. J. H. CHITWOOD,
authorities
on
the
criminals
’
track
with
­
meeting
took place recently in Wash­
It r.as Air. Leatherwoods voice from
out
delay.
Judge
of
my
surprise,
there
­
ington ¡»etween two generals who had
the inner office. The name called was
ASHLAND,
fore,
at
what
followed.
OREGON.
fought on opposite sides during our civil
rnv own; and, with the alacrity of an
Main Street, Ashland
“
I
give
this
young
man
in
charge,
’
’
war. It was Gordon’s (Confederate)
under clerk ambitious of promotion I re­
OFFICE- At the AMilaud Drue more
san
I
Sir.
Leatherwood.
“
He
pretends
command w hich struck the flank of the
sponded to the summons.
NEW DEPARTURE.
to
have
been
robbed
of
a
considerable
Eleventh (Union) corps; it is said, on
“Jonah Mustell’s note fell due yester­
sum
intrusted
to
him
;
but
the
circum
­
the
afternoon of the first day at Gettys­
day,” sail I Mr. 1 .eatherw’Ood, looking up
stances
are
too
suspicious
to
pass
with
­
The
undersigned
from
and
after
April
burg, and by a brief though desperate
JAMES R. NEIL,
as 1 entered. “I want you to ride over
18th, propose to sell only for
onset broke its line, and threw it into
to Beechdale and present it. Of course, out investigation.”
“
Surely,
”
1
faltered,
“
you
do
not
irretrievable disorder. Gen. Francis C.
ATTOR N E Y - A T L A w,
CASH IN HAND
> it won’t be paid, for, by his construction suspect—”
Barlow’ of New York, who commanded
of the law-merchant, a debtor has the
I Or approved produce delivered—except j
“
I
certainly
do,"
was
the
curt
reply.
the
first division made a resolute effort
right
to
at
least
thiee
distinct
duns
in
Jacksonville, OrcEun.
when by special agreement—a short
“
These
pretended
robberies
are
an
old
to
drive
back the enemy, but while ex­
addition to the days of grace. So the
and limited credit may begiven.
dodge.
And
this
one
doesn
’
t
appear
to
horting his troops, was dangerously,
sooner we begin tho better. Here’s the
i
note, and an order on Trotter, the livery­ have been very adroitly planned. For and as was thought, mortally wounded.
J. W. HAMAKAR,
TL&y Late commenced receiving their man, for a horse.”
instance, how could anyone have known Two of his men tried to carry him from
New Spring Stock, aud that every
you
had the money about you 1”.
'.he field; but as they passed through
Mr. Leatherwood turned to hi.-» writ-
N O T A K Y
P URLIC .
day will witness additions to
The policeman took my arm, when the storm of bullets, one was killed, and
I ig desk after these instructions, and
1 ft me A? follow them.
the largest
stock of
Mr. Leatherwood resumed :
Barlow magnamoniously said to the
»
I
Link rille, L*k« Cu. Oreyxt
“
I
would
not
have
■entbifh.tv.prisou
other:
“You can do me no £oo*l, my
E •echda'e was a country vilmgo about.
OFFICE—Lu Putt uùl.e buMdL.g. Special artenden
a JU n miles from the youthful West- till after the examination to-morrow. brave fellow. Save yourself if you can.”
gtveu to conveymcing
er« cit y of which Mr. Leatherwood was Keep him safely till then, and I will Gordon’s Georgia Brigade swept in its
Lver brought to this market. They < le- the leadin'»
see to the expense.”
impetuous charge over Barlaw, who was
----- a merchant.
sire
to
gay
to
every
reader
of
Thus,
though
held
in
close
custody,
1
found by Gordon w ith face upturned
Ms L. M’CALL,
The road had so many “forks and
this paper, that if
w
as
spared,
for
the
present,
the
degra
to the July sun,
apparently dy­
turui that my bead got turned at last,
dation
of
confinement
in
the
common
ing.
The
Southerner
dismounted
SURVEYOR A CIVIL ENGINEER,
aud in spite of my stock of itinerary in­
gave the Unionist a drink from
formation being kept replenished at reg­ jail.
I
w
ill
not
prolong
this
story
by
a
re
­
his canteen, and inquired his name and
Ashland, Oregon.
ular
intervals,
1
had
the
consolation,
at
Sold at the Lowest Market Prices, will
cital
of
my
feelipgs
till
the
following
wishes. Barlow said he w’ould probably
the end of several weary hours, of find­
1» picjaiei iodo any work n. tua'Ine ou »hortnotice.
do it, they propose to do the largest
afternoon,
w
’
hen
I
was
brought
before
a
live but a short time. He w’anted Gor­
ing myself many miles out of the way.
business this spring and summer
magistrate.
don to take a packet of his wife’s letters
Owing
to
which
mishap
it
was
late
in
ever done by tLem in the
Mr.
Mustell,
who
had
been
sent
for,
from his breast pocket, to read one to
the afternoon when I alighted at Mr.
UK. W. B. HOÏAL,
last five years, an J
was
the
first
witness
called.
His
testi
­
him, and then destroy them, as he was
Mustell’s gate
they can posi­
I cannot say I was won by that gen­ mony was full, and circumstantial, and unwilling they should fall into other
Has peimaueiitly located in A&lrland.
tively make
I bands. He added that his w ife was in
Will give his undivided »Uentiji. to the practice ci I
There was a look true—every word of it.
I tleman at first sight
it to the
medicine Hu hal fifteen year»1 experience in
“ Call Mr. McLure,” said the ¿Rate's the rear of the Federal army, and he
of sinister cunning in his ferrety little
advantage
Oregon Office at hie residence, on Main street,
would regard it as an inestimable favor
opposite the M £ Church.
eyes, when he met mo at ihe door, nei­ attorney.
of every one tv
if she could be sent for to receive his
I
started
at
the
name.
So
did
Mr.
ther agreeable nor trust-inspiring.
call upon them in
dying
caress. Gordon did all that had
Mustell,
even
more
than
myself.
But
Ashland and test the truth
After an exchange of distant saluta­
UR. WILL JACKSON,
been
requested,
after lie had ordered his
of their assertions. They will
tions, and on intimation from me that I imagine my amazement when from an
spare no pains to maintain, inore-
ha 1 called on a matter of business, Mr. adjoining room, the identical person ap­ foe to be removed to a place of safety
DENTIST.
fally than ever, the reputation of their Mustell invited rue to enter, and led the peared who had looked on at the rob­ under the shade of a tree. Mrs. Barlow-
received the message, came safely
Jacksonville, ; : : : Oregon.
way to an apartment designed, appar­ bery I
House, as the acknowledged
“Be sworn, Mr. McLure,” said the through the lines, and nursed her hus­
ently, to serve the double purpose of a
Will viilt XsLUaJ iu il*, »ud November,
band back to life and health. Since
attorney.
and KerbjrviUe the fourth Muodav lu Octo­
*
silting room and office.
ber, each year.
I could restrain myself no longer. Gordon’s election to lhe United States
“1 mu sent bv Mr. Leatherwood,’’ 1
Ashland, Sept. 15, 14 S.
Was my liberty to be sworn away by Senate, Barlow has been in Washington,
For Staple and Fancy Goods, Groceries, said, taking the chair offered by Mr.
the
very wretches of whom I was the and was lately invited to a dinner party,
Mustell, “to request payment of this
Hardware, Clothing, Boots, Shoe-,
to which the Georgian was also invited.
victim 1
note, at the same time producing it.
Hats, Caps, Millinery, Dress
“ That man,’ I exclaimed, “ is one of The two men had not met since the bat­
Goods,Crockery,Glass and
lhe corners of Air. Mustell’s mouth the villains who did the deed'.”
tle of Gettysburg. They sat opposite
Tin Ware, Shawls,
went down perceptibly.
His brow
one another at the table. After intro­
“ Silence I” shouted the tipstaff
Wrappers,Cloak a,
clouded; Ins features hardened. Dun
The witness, with perfect coolness as duction, the Southerner inquired of the
And. in fact, everything required ret the number one, it was plain, had failed in
well as accuracy, narrated every fact as Northerner, “Are you a kinsman of the
trade of Southern and South
persuasive powei. But for form’s sake, it occurred. I was astounded to see a General Barlow killed at Gettysburg I”
eastern Oregon.
I I should have waited for no other an­
man thus criminate himself. But a few- “I am a son of the father of that gen­
I
swer. Mr. Mustell was on the point of more questions served to clear the mat­ tleman.”
Then followed a cordial
A full assertment of
giving one, however, when the sound of
greeting, aud the story, as narrated, was
ter up.
footsteps in the '-all attracted his atten­
“ What is vour occupation, Mr. Mc­ told to the company by Gordon with
\\ e xv til cOutxUUe IO purchase wheat
tion.
fine oflect, and not without moistened
Lure 1”
For Blacksmiths’ and General use
V> ith u hasty excuse he hurried from
—A T—
eyes.
“ That of a detective.”
the room, closing the door as he did so.
“ Do you know one Sharker i”
A Full Lin« of
Thrilling Episode in the Life of
The Highest Market Price,
1 could hear Mr. Mustell greeting
I
“ I do. I arrested him last night.”
Admiral Ammen.
some one whom he called “Sharker;”
“ What is he by profession 1”
i
And will deliver
and then there was the introduction of a
“A counterfeiter.”
a
Flannels, Blankets, Cassimeres, Doeskins,
“Mr. McLure,” after which there was a
Of Admiral Arnmen, who has gone to
r Have you the money taken from
Clothing, always on hand and
pause.
Paris
to represent this country in the
Mr. Darrell 1”
for sale at lowest prices.
“You needn’t be afraid of Bob Mc­
conference respecting the proposed Nic­
“Yes; here it is.’’
Anywhere in town.
Lure,” said a voice which, I reasoned,
The rcll of bills I had lost w as pro araguan inter oceanic ship canal, the
The highest market pricer paid for
belonged to Sharker. “He’s ns true as duced, every one of which proved spu­ following anecdote is told : Soon after
vi MILL.
steel ”
tho California fever broke out the Ad­
rious.
“II—sh !’ came warningly from Mr.
miral, then Captain Ammen, was or­
Here
was
another
surprise,
but
Mc
­
Magner dt Au<i«r*on.
Mustell, who immediately conducted his Lure was ready with the explanation. dered to take command of three or four
Come One and All.
visitors to a port of the house out of Mustell belonged to the same band that hundred recruits and convey them from
J. M. McCAKl. A CO.
hearing.
Sharker did. McLure wound himself New York to California, by way of Cen­
At the end of a half an bout Mr. into the latter’s confidence, and through tral America. Besides these men, the
Mustell returned, His manner was com- him secured an introduction to Mustell yessel was crowded with women and
JÀÀIL3 THORNTON,
JACOB WAOHER,
pletely changed, His look was even the day I called to collect the note—at children on the way to join husbands
W. H. ATKINSON,
E. K. ANDERSON.
cordial as he expressed his regret for hav­ which time the scheme was laid to pay and fathers in the land of gold. Six
ing kept me waiting.
the false bills to me, and rob me of days out from New York the sailors
“As I was about to sav when inter- them afterward to avoid discovery, an showed symptoms of insuborbination,
rupted just now’," he proceeded blandly, enterprise in which the detective, for and finally mutinied outright, the ship’s
“I have the money ready for the note. i reasons of his own, consented to bear crew joining in the revolt. The Cap­
Tell Mr. Leatherwood I should have Sharker company.
tain lost control of his men, and the
called upon him with it but for the press
The result was that Mustell and his suspense that followed was agonizing.
•»
of other business
friend entered the public service, while Suddenly, before the mutineers had a
Ashland
Main Street,
Here was a surprise. How 1 had mis­ 1 returned to that of Mr. Leatherwood, chance to agree upon any concert of ac­
I
judged from appearances. I would have devoting my leisure time, for a season, tion, the young naval officer appered on
I
»
offered an apology had I known bow to to a close study of the “Counterfeit deck in full uniform and ordered his re­
do
so.
cruits to their places, counseling the crew
Detector.
;i
Air.
Alustcl
counted
out
the
money
in
I have constantly on hand the very best
in the meantime to return to their
i
Celery
bank notes, all crisp and now’, which I II
duties. The leader innocently ordered
ARE NOW MAKING FROM
SADDLE HOBMEM,
carefully
buttoned
up
in
an
inside
pock
­
kim to step down from there, “there”
BlUUILN AND IAE8ÍAULÜ,
<
Celery
cooked,
is
a
?ery
fine
dish,
et,
leaving
the
paid
note
on
the
table.
being the quarter-deck. He did step
(
i I
as nutriment and as a purifier of the down ; a growd of triumph went up from
It
was
already
gl
owing
late,
and
I
had
And can furnish my customers with a
no time to loose if I would reach home blood. I will not enumerate the marvel­ the insubordinate«, and a shudder of
tip-top turnout at any tim«
lous cures I have made with celery, for horror ran through the passengers, who
at a seasonable hour.
Air. Alustell came to the gate to see fear the medical men should, like the liarl hoped against hope that the will of
mo off, and, after parting, the warmth of corn-dealers, attempt to worry me. Let one man could control the threatening
HORSES BOARDED
which contrasted strangely with the me fearlessly say that rheumatism is pos­ I stonu. Then Captain Ammen walked
coolness of onr meeting, I set out on a sible on such diet, and yet our medical quickly forward, took a piece of chalk
On reasonable terms, and given the best
trot, of which the vertical motion was men allowed rheumatism to kill in 1876, from his pocket, and drawing a line
attention. Horses bought and sold
somewhat disproporttoned to that in ad­ 3,650 human beings—every case as un­ across the deck, said, in his quiet way,
and satisfaction guaranteed in
necessary as a dirty lace. Worse still, of that he would shoot the first man who
vance
all mv transaction*.
BLANKETS,
the
30,481 registered as dying from hear; crossed it. Then he drew out a pistol
I
I had reached the loneliest part of the
I road, and the sun was just setting, when disease, at leost two thirds of these are and waited the result. A shout of de­
FLANNELS,
Ai. F. PHILLIP»
1 heard the sound of hoofs behind. I due, directly more or less, lo rheumatism rision went up, and the leader sprang
had hardly time to look about before two and its ally, gout. What a trifle is small- forward with an oath, only to fall shot
UASSIMEREo,
pox, with its 5,408 deaths, a longside an through the heart; he wa3 followed by
horsemen cantered up, one on each side.
He on the right seized my bridle with immense slayer of over 20,000 human another and another, both of whom
DOESKINS,
beings! Yet rheumatism may be put
Lis left hand, and leaping down pointed a
shared the same fate, the three bodies
aside
forever by simply obeying Nature’s
AND HOSIERY
tel A Ai B IJ ID !
pistol at wy head.
forming an ugly barricade. The quiet
laws in diet. Look again at this rheum­
“Dismount 1” he said, “ if you value
bravery of the man, the promptness and
atism, and lhe havoc it plays with our
your life' There is money in your pock­
unerring
aim, coupled with his vested
army. On foreign stations our soldiers
et, and I must have it 1”
are incapacited to as high a number as authority, told on the mutineers, and
Reader, what would you have done in
to per cent.! One hundred in the thou­ soon the revolt was over, the leaders in
my place < I was without a weapon. I
sand by rheumatism! At home the in­ irons, quiet restored aud the lives of
had taken no precautions for defense, for valids from this scourge have been as hundreds of passengers saved.
I had not expected to be the bearer of high as ninety-four in the thousand. As
Sir Henry Layard.
my present charge. Here I was, in a stated in the Army Medical Report of
! secluded spot, at the mercy of two des-
1871, and yet no*one takes it to heart.
Sir Henry Layard has proved, as I an­
I perate men. Well, whatever, you, or If it were small-pox—a contagious dis­
OLD AND NEW,
ticipated,
a failure at Constantinople.
another braver than myself, would have ease—what a fuss there would be of vac­
The
fact
is
that he is too much an adept
J H StTnSLLL Proprie tor.
Are invited to send in their orders and done, I adopted the prudent course and cination and re-vaccinaticn, or of some­ in Levantine diplomacy himself to get on
surrendered at discretion.
are assured that they
thing as good a charm as pills against an
In less than half a minute the money eartbqoake! Plainly let me say, cold or with the Levantine diplomatists of Tur­
I
passed from my possession to that of the damp never produces rheumatism, but key. His pro-Tarkish proclivities did
bearer of the pistol, whose companion, simply develops it. The acid blood is him positive harm with the Turks, for
though merely a looker-on, was ready, the primary cause, and sustaining power they regarded his views as personal rather
Having again settled m this placs
than as those of his Government, and
doubtless, to offer aid in case of need.
At Prices that Defy Competition
of evil. While the blood is alkaline, they found that he promised more than
and turned my entire attention to
The robbery completed, the two men there can be no rheumatism, and equally
the Marble Business, I am pie
he could fulfill. Like dozens of Pashas,
rode off, leaving me to go my wav in no go«. I must return to cooked celery.
pared to fill ail orders with neat­
he sought to acquire the ear of the Sul­
peace»
Cut
the
celery
into
inch
pieces;
boil
in
tan,
and consequently lowered himself to
ness and dispatch. Monument*,
At
a
late
hour
I
found
Mr.
Leather
­
water
until
seft.
No
water
must
be
one of the numerous intriguers for back-
Tablets, and Headstone» executed
ASHLAND WOOLEN MILLS.
wood at his house and told him the whole ?>ured away unless drunk by the invalid. stair influence at the palace. Monsieur
tyin any description of marble
storv.
hen take new milk, slightly thicken Fournier, the French Embassador at the
tflrSpecial attention paid to or-
de made me no reply, but rang for a
with
flour, and flavor with nutmeg; warm Porte, by maintaining a certain reserve,
tyders from all parts of Southern
servant
with
the
celery in the saucepan: serve up by only giving advice when asked and by
iSFOregon. Prices reasonable
“Go oe.il me the first policeman you with diamonds of toasted bread round producing the conviction that his advice
meet,” he said, when the servant en­ dish, and oat with potatoes.
Address
when given is disinterested, is rapidly
tered!
J, H, Russell,
acquiring the position that used to be
By a few searching questions he drew
The hangman’s rope is a »ort of close held by English Embassadors.—London
Ashland, Oregon.
SECRETARY. out what few minor facts I had before line, so far a» life is oonoerned.
Truth.
j M. m ’ call .
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A Hunt After Bats
Tim’s Kit.
One of the funniest stones I have
heaixl for a very long time, says a writer
for the London Illustrated Sporting and
Dramatic News, is my friend Mr. Ec
cles’ description of how he caught innu­
merable bats one night, it was many
years ago, when he was young in his
profession, while on a tour with a pro­
vincial company, he had taken lodgings
in a clean but rather dilapidated little
house. Soon after going to bed he fell
asleep, and soon after falling asleep he
was awakened by a strange, fluttering
noise as of a frightened bird, in the cur­
tains of his bed. He sprang up, struck
a light, and saw a dark-colored little
creature with wings blundering about
the room. Not being well acquainted
with natural history, Mr. Eccles that
was to be, did not recognize it as a bat,
but determined to catch it, if possible,
and examine it corefnlly in the morning.
Taking up a soft felt hai, lie began the
hunt, and tried to capture the intruder
for a long time in vain ; but at last he
pounced upon it, carefully took it from
under the hat, shut it in a drawer, lis­
tened to its ineffectual attempts to es­
cape—wanting to be sure he bad really
caught it—and went to bed to dream of
flying dragons. But he was not destined
to sleep long.
Hardly had he dozed off when an­
other fluttering awakened him, and light­
ing another match he found another
bat. After this one he had another
hunt, caught it, put it in the drawer
with its brother, and again went to bed.
Again, however, he was awakened in a
similar manner; bats came not in single
spies, but—if the expression be pardon­
able—in battalions.
Mr. Eccles hunted diligently and en­
thusiastically, making quite a collection
of specimens, and putting them all with
great care in the drawer. Heated with
the chase, he then opened the window,
and, tired out, at last enjoyed a few’
minutes’ sleep.
Waking with the morning light, he
jumped out of bed and opened the drawer
very cautiously, a fraction of an inch at
a time, to look for Lis bats; but, lo ' and
behold, there were no bats there. He
opened the drawer wide, and then dis­
covered that it had no back to it. He
had, in fact, been passing all his night
in catching the same bat, which had
flown out of the back of the drawer as
soon as he had put it in the front, and
when the window was opened had finally
escaped.
It surprised the shiners aud news­
boys around the |K»st office, says the De­
troit Free Press man, to see Limpy
Tim ” come among them in u quiet way,
aud to hear him sav
“ Boys, I want to sell uiy kit. Here »
two brushes, a hull box of blacking, a
good stout box, and the outfit goes fei
two shillin’s "
“Goin’ away, Tnn I ” queried one.
“Not 'zactiy, boys, but I want a
quarter the awfulest kind, just now."
“Goin’ on a ’soursion U asked an
other.
“Not to day, but I must have a quar­
ter,” he answered.
One of the lads passed over the
change aud took the kit, and Tim
walked straight to the counting room of
a daily paper, put down hi? money and
sai.l:
“I guess 1 kin write it, if you’ll give
me a pencil.
With slow-moviug fiugers he wrote
a death notice. It went into the paper
almost as he wrote it, but you might
not have seen it. He wrote
Died—Litul Ted, of scarlet fever,
aiged three years. Funeral to-morrer,
gon up to Hevin; left won bruther.”
“XV as it your brother I” asked ths
cashier.
Tim tried to brace up, but he could
not The big tears came up, Lis chin
quivered aud he pointed to the notice
on the counter, and gasped ;
“I—I had to sell noy kit to do it,
b-but he had his arms aroun’ my neck
when he d-died !”
He Lurried away home, But tue news
went to the boys, aud they gathered m
u group and talked. Tim had not been
homo an hour before a barefooted Ley
left the kit on the door step, and in the
box wa3 a boquet of flowers, which Lad
been purchased in the market by pcDtiea
contributed by the crowd of ragged but
kind hearted urcLins. Did God ever
make a heart which would^not respond
if the right chord was touched
Had We but Known'
What an educator knowledge is !
There is a Sherifl’s dower in it to put an
arrest upon tongue, and eye, and lip.
Knowledge is judgment. Knowlodge,
when quickened by recollection, is heaven
or hell.
If we bad known bow the sharp words
w’e spoke this morning at the door Lad
stung the sensitive heart, net with a
passing pain, that throbbed and ached
all the day long—ah, if we had known,
we would not have said what we did.
If we had known how the remembered
sneer would have cut into tho dear one’s
happiness, as a knife cuts the fine-fibred
and sensitive flesh, with a pain not felt
at the gash so much as in the sore and
the healing ; ah, if we had only known
how the sneer would hurt, the lip would
not have taken that wicked curve. Had
we but known how the absence of the
customary kiss would have made home
dreary all the way through—have cast
the sun into an eclipse ; have taken the
pleasure from the social day and made
the children’s laughter sound like a pain­
ful intrusion— ah, had we but known;
we w’ould not have left the door without
leaving within the door, as it closed, the
benediction of the looked-for kiss.
Had we but known the pain the
harshly-spoken judgment would cause—
judgment right in itself, perhaps, but
which spoken harshly seemed like cen­
sure, when if spoken gently, would have
made the needed and meekly received
correction, ah, had we but known, we
would have put it different. Had we
but known that it was written on the
invisible scroll, that it was to be the last
parting, and not the brief and insignifi­
cant one that we deemed it, how would
the soul have gone out, carrying the
heart in the white arms of its prayer,
that the tribute to the loved we were
about to lose might be seen by God and
man. Had we but known; ah, had we
but known.—Golden Rule.
The Hi3tory of Diphtheria.
It is often said that diphtheria is of
modern origin, a penalty for the un­
sanitary condition of modern civiliza­
tion. Dr. Mackenzie, senior physician
to the Hospital for Throat and Chest
Diseases, in London, finds the disease to
be a very ancient one. The first de-
ccription of it occurs in the writings of
an Indian physician, a contemporary of
Pythagoras. He next identifies it with
“askara,” a fatal epidemic frequently
mentioned in the Talmud. In the 17 th
century diphtheria was widely prevalent
in Europe, and extensively fatal In
1802 Dr. Culiden, of Edinburgh, seems
to have described the disease under the
name of cynaucbe trachealis; and in 182G
Bretonneau’s classical work appeared.
“After this,” writes Dr. Mackenzie, “the
disease seems to have passed from the
minds of English physicians and its very
existence to have been almost forgotten.”
From such forgetfulness the medical pro­
fession was thoroughly aroused by the
great epidemic of the years 1858-9,
since which time diphtheria has not ap­
peared in England with anything like
the same malignancy.
The Khedive’s Family.
To the outward observer, indeed, no
changes are visible. It is true that the
yashmak, or vail, has become lighter and
more transparent; the carriage windows
larger and less curtained. More than
this, travelers of last Winter have noticed
how, at a watering place a few miles from
Cairo, one of the Egyptian Princesses
drove her own pony carriage: and even
walked unvailed with her European phy­
sician. But though other proofs are not
wanting cf a tendency to claim more
freedom than is yet allowed, the isolation
remains practically the same; and it is
not for outward signs that one must look
at the present time. But that remark
able changes have been already accom­
plished there can be no manner of doubt,
and to those who look below the surface
the future is full of hope. One mast not
suppose that these changes have been af­
fected without considerable opposition
It is said that the Khedive's mother,
whose influence is of course great, is a
stern conservative of the old school, who
watches no approving eye the signs of the
times. In many cases wc may imagine
that the greatest opponents of the new
order of things were the Princesses them­
selves. Among the fallacies commonly
held with regard to the women of the
East must be classed that which would
represent them as turning with envy for
their freedom of the West. So far from
feeling themselves deserving of our pitty,
they rather pity European women from
the bottom of their hearts; judging of
them and of their freedom, as they often
do, from false examples, amid lhe bliss
of ignorance which they themselves enjoy.
And another fallacy is that which tends to
underrate the influence of women. Of­
ten it is greatest where it might be sup­
posed to be least; and many a lord of the
harem may be pointed out as a living ex­
ample by those who assert that in lhe
East there are more henpecked husbands
than among us.—Macmillian’s Magazine.
Why She Stopped Her Paper
She came boune ng through the sam.
turn like a cannon bah, without pausing
to say “How d’ye do 1” and brought
her umbrella down on the table with a
mighty crash, and shouted.
“I want you to stop my paper !’
“Ail right, madam.”
“Stop it right off, too,’’ she persisted,
whacking the table again, “for I Lave
waited long enougL for you to do the
square tiring 1”
She quieted down for a moment, and
we ran our finger down the list of name*
and when we reached hers and scratched
it out she said:
“There, now, mebbe you’ll do as you
ought to do after this, aud not slight a
woman jest ’cause she’s poor. If some
rich folks happen to Lav© a little red­
headed, bandy-legged, squint-oyed, wheezy
squawler hern to them, you puff it up to
the skies and make it out an angel, but
when poai- people have a baby, you don’t
say a word about it, even if it is the
squarest-toed, nobbiest little kid that
ever kept a woman awake at night.
That’s what’s the matter, and that’s why
I stopped my paper.”
And she dashed out as rapidly os she
came.
When a widowei and widow, both
having children, get married, it is called
“pooling their issues.”
Twelve belligerent females of Vin­
cennes, Ind., recently met on the field
of combat to settle an old feud, and
ferociously scratched one another’s faces
into picturesque disfigurement Thus it
is that woman rights woman’s wrongs