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. f 0 6 read Co. Jims. Grant Co. News PUBLISHED TJIUItSDAY HOBNING, r.y D.LASBOliY Editor and Proprietor. jCOUNT Y OFFICIAL PAPER Subscription S3 00 Six Mouths 1 50 Three Months 7-5 AIVF.::TIKMKNT3 S2. PJ and ?I er 8jiare n.r mi. tx'm c:ai!e Liiowii on ap h. til aK clrc ft X Noli os in L'jpa v 11 1 o clmr"0il nt tli 20 cents per liiu) for firs : find 10 its ea-li sub?sqoent inser tion. 5c&" Fpecir.1 mles lo rpgulnT advertirr--. to. r ' cuuryoM city, graxt co.uxty. orego Thursday, February sstisss OFFICIAL DIRECTORY: ;t ft ihi r hi i 1 1 1 mi vii ii ii i ir jiit m. .k M.1SH 2 - i i v-, . . -,ui B-sart V Lcfirft .... . .. . N. R. MaXCy. J. T. Mael ?E. Hall. ( T. A. McKinnon I T. H. Mcndor J. H. Nea.l A. 0. Dore . . M. D. Cameron .....11. F. Dodsou J. C. Luce .r. W. Walker Disr.At'orney fcl. 1). Clifford PROFESSIONAL CARDS. ORH, M. D. Canyon City, Ogn. OiM .Main Si reel in lttmia formerly oiou j4tt.t ij Dr. Howard. t. G. W. ItAUBKK PIi s-jci;ii ii:fturgeo::a CShM)M t"lty - . Oregon. i'mnmmtif f ttm. h.i nUed Iwreand wttt mien it rjvfaesiwMtl ctN tiay r iHVit." gjL Ota s pfrfai Nkws Ottkc II. IJOI.KY. 3Do2Jt.ti.st Oanyoii City Oregon Ofiiee in Citv notol. G. I. IIAZELTINE. 2P2iOtograplxo e CANYON CITY, OREGON. A. E. Knight, From Thft Dalles, has permaupntlT loeatel Ht .John Day City. ALL WOBK WARRANTED. (J A. SWEEK, ttOi ev-at-Law Cany C - - Oregon. JARUI5H & Coz.vi). A'lTOUNEYS AT LAW Canyon City, Okhgox. P R RINEAKSOX, M. i Physician and Surgeon j PRAIRIE CITY 0rcfi! QLAV TUDII UXTER. o'it Bills, Motes, and Acounls. Canyon City, Orcc AV. .ni-.- iT'j-t.1 t li fare wil ttHve ltr4 lui i ti ! I Mil motley will ic lU j Attorn?y-at-Law AND Notary Public. Pkvimf. City - - - Okkoon. Also Agent for the snle of School ! 1ams. o-:totf i V. A. Witjuntr. lvVeriw. Or. . Nat. Ill iws Iturn". Or. WILSHIRE & HUDSON Attorneys at Law ! I.AKSVIKW AND M KNS. OKKOON. j WW ivviier ii the CSrcMit Court at Canyon ' Qky.iMri Wfuf-e the V. S. IjmuX OI3c at Uk , jn-. imin t;c I.-iwl OIRrv wtrw-teI to us sill r.viv the i -t prwip: attvntion. tjr ljiwd c-. -oik-.tifd. j. mm, FV. j )r o!" t'i i Johnbay Siik Rano' Fresh mill: il-liv.-red daily to j my customers in .lobn Day and ; Canyon cities. ( :ive me your or ders. J. Oliver. t F. P 'IIOUSLEV.M. D. Gkaduatkoptiik U.vivnitsiTY QV IF tNNSYi.VAiA, April S, 181?. Cnnyon City, Oiegon. 0 ke in hisDrngStore, Main St reel i liters for Drugs promptly filled. No professional patronage solicted i n!.iSySilirectionsarestrictlyfollowed ; SALOON. John Day - - Oiikgon. S. P. MOKGAX, Proprietor A Full Stock of Pure Liquors and Cigars always on hand. Co. Judge Clerk Treusuror Coininissioners Surveyor Sheriff Assessor Sehool Supt Stock Inspector AT J. IL KOMIG'3 TOWSORIAL PARLOR Bath Rooms i ujoi.il .xw CANYON2 CITY, Orecni Pitrom will flnl flrit-cJa.!. accon.modaHc.:. Hnir enttlni; In the Ulcst jc. Particulaf attention Did to Ladles' and Children's Hair Cutting. .. j.--. W '- " - - Kot and Cold Baths at all Iftttrs. Bit'ainj Ac33Jiii3latioas for Ladi Don't Forget i yourShenr-i nut In Awt-clcw catting oidi-r f..r 25 rot., per pair, at the liar jer Shop. J j h. noMICJ, Harbor, Main Street, Canyon City, Grunt Co.. Ori Med Front B'dUm-d Hall! .1.' .' ( C. D. RECKARD, Proprietor. Dealer in Jinc HV.- .N. IJijitors and Cigars. CA.YY0.Y CrTV - - -' - 0 REG OX. NEW CA.NYON"OIW SMVW S- OVERTON, Proprietovs TMaisa FJIWrCLASS UoH nml Urn proprk'tor dcirt I ' form the .ublic that here they will receive tlio haul of Loanl and lod-in- at reasonable rates. Tiw Traveling puMir will not fiiicl better acoonnm- dations col aihj house in Eastern Oregon. S.A. HEILNER, Fori arflii m Baker City, Baker cotvity, - - Oregon. Will ulwavs eudeavur :o cbtain etc, for parties eloigning to me, CGrdintr to their desire. -MA UK ALL GOODS. - -DEALERS IN- GENERAL MERCHANDISE, C.'LXYOX CITY, Or. A. HACIIENE1 -DEALER IN- Genera! M JOHN DAY CITY. AND' iif'"'" the highest market prieea im w-iols, store, hold or forward the same ac- j J3& BAXBR CITY S. A. IIEFLXER. GoiiiiissioB House erchand.il e. r A GH0STS0RY. THE IIAUNTED BEsSniAMBEIl A Xizltt or Terror gAsed In a I.oi-tlly Custlc )itk a iiliu:loivy FerM. I am a distant ro j!ative;oi Lord F., u.se in Kent is, a? whorf.; eoantrv hou.se you all know, a very ojd one. Once In one. of his good ht32pt;'ed moods ho invited me to m.ik luu, a visit. I gliMly te'ptt'd hi- ihV.talTon, !&e I d'Mrly loe to ramble over ancient buildings, an 1 on of this kind Lord F.'.s cattle certainly is. I w.ti as lijin'd to a room which my friend told me had never been op-nod dineo be eu:d remember. This was tlone at my own request, and I found that mv apartment was a lar.ro room with a hijjh wainscot nig. The bed, a ponderous alf.iir, stou 1 in the mid '.'e of the room. It was made of oak. tlij sides coming down to the fhior. On ex.iminin; it I diseoventl v. hat seem.;.! to be a door in its side, hut bei:j unable to open it I gave j the matter no more thought, that ti ght about three o'clock I suddenly awoke, and to my great honor I 1ns hcl.l a shadowy, form pacini; the room. I sprang up and approached the ligure, which glided toward the bed and disappeared in the side. 1 could sleep no more, but lestles-dy sloie up and down the haunted chamber until morning. I ma le haste to apprise Lord K. of wh it I ha 1 seen. 1 ! w.n; greatlv surprised, a.: l informed me that within his own ! re . lection nothing of the sort had h.vn seen. I resolved to make a thorough investigation of evesything in the room, and the door in the bed reeuneil to mv mind. On examining this clojely I fo ind a slight p:ojee t ju, on pressing which the door Hew be..-!;, disclosing a Hight of stone steps leading to a room und-T the fl.or. 1 imm.-diately eallvd Lo il T. ami in joimed him of the discovery. With soma trepidation we descended tho steps, tirst taking care to procure a li'.'ht. We found ourselves in a strongly built room about ten feet squ.ue." In the middle hung an an cient chandelier, in t"i iion sockets of which were two or three stubs of can lies. In one corner was a sin til wo i len frame in the extreme sta.es of decay, and beside it a notched blade of iron. We ha 1 been there but a few moments when wo heaul a slight rustle, and looking around, saw eoming toward us the same phantom which 1 had seen the night be.'ore. We drew to one side, and it passed by us, and going to the woolen frame, stopped, picked up the blade of iron and went through a series of temaikable motions. This the ghost kept up for quito a while, but at last stopped, and taking up what s-emed lo be a rope, bound this around its neck, and catching hold of the chandelier with one hand, with tit o'Ii.t boun 1 the pipe to th hon, ami then with a yell disappeared, liming this scene we stood motion less, not daring to move a muscle. When at last the supernatural being left u-4 we runhe up the stailrs, ami br athed freer when once we a-rived in the pwim above. For several days we pondered over this. Lord F. mold think of nothing in ro'.in.'ction with his family history which could th.owauy light on this subject. Sev eral times we entered the chamber, and twie witnessed thy same strango pp f.iimance of the spoctor which inrnted th' apartment. One- day while ascending the steps I noticed a Imi-; o- .Ort of cupboard protruding from the fide of the lied. I pointed this out to my friend, and on exam ining it we fi und : t eat number of paper, among whii .. was an ancient note bock, which proved to be the dia y of Lo.d F.'s g andfather. On e.re.u! examination of this book wo found the following entries, which enlighten.'d us respecting the ghost: " May Kirn. "To-day we eaptiucd a spyo, whom we putte in ye cclle under yo (lake looine." " Also ku May 20rn. "To-day our captive was foundo hanging from ye ceiling of his cello. He was entirely dead." Our ghost was evidently that jif this can'ive spy, come hack to haunt the cell in which he had taken his life. We found another entry of ink-rest, which read as follows: "AfocsT 14tu. " We have had to close ye Oakc llooin because it is troubled by ye ghost - of our former spy. livery night he walks and troes thro' yo mo tion of cutting wood, at which em ployment he was kept while living." This statement explained to us tho mean.ng of the strange antics of the specter. So in after Lord F. tilled up the coll, and since then my ghostly visitor has not been seen. (St. Taul School Ilor.'c Sehohutiea.'. Jiwl a I. .tile I'm) Sin ii-f. A stud -nt of the University of Texas being short of funds wrote to liisfa'herin (Jalveston: "Send me 11)0 by return mail. He who gives liuicklv gives double." 1 lie oll gentleman repue.i ine next mail inclosing $50, with the remark j Ihat, as he had responded promptly, i the $f!) inclosed weio equivalent to i Iho desired $10). riruAitnt for .lone. j "I sav, Jonjs, dine with me at tho I I..- .". ..:..!. ...Ill ..mil" iiuiim; iu'iiioi, nm un. "Certainly, with pleasure. Will your wife expect hip?'' had a (piarrel this morning about tho i t..., i i i Hilriiuiu wiiiiicr'.-', uiii tiaiiL iu uiakc her mail." While workmen were engaged on the new City Hall, Philadelphia, re cently, a portion of the arm, tho hand and the scales, of the figure of Justice broke off and fell to tho floor with a nash. Justice probably got dis gusted w ith being a misrepresentation bf the condition of affairs iu Philadel phia and threw down tho scales, j Things must be pretty bad when they ihock a marble statue. IX A NUi'SIlKLL. Storlo4ofn IComnurp :uul Ailv d-uis Ituilrd Iotn. A IIACHSLOK'S SI'IDXU. A St. Louis bachelor sat down to a table in his room to w:ite a letter when an immense black spider ad vanced toward him upon the table. He took a .straw from a broom and drew it gently over the spider's back and legs for ten minuets, when it went away. The nv-xteyeuing the spider reappeared and went'through the same antics wjth the broom Btraw, to his evident pleasure. Th:s was kept up all the winter, the big hinder coming out regularly every night for a fiolie with the broom straw. WHY UK HAN AWAY. A dog belonging to a Wanaqua (N. J.) lad bad for a long time been in the habit of picking up his hie.tktast and running away with it in-;e.id of eating it. The boy followed him on Friday, and the dog led him a round about trip, evidently to tire out li s pursuer. Finally the dog lay down and waite.l for "the boy to go away. The boy started abruptly, as if to uo li'iiiu. " The dog then tan very fast an I disappeated in a coveit, w'ne.e investigat. o:i r-veal.-d a decrepit and cm ic'at I old dog. who was eagerly devouring the lmukfa-t. a cat's :io.-i ir.i irv. I once had a cat that always sat up to tlu dinner table with me, and bad his napkin loand bis neck, an 1 his plate an I some fish, ii used his paw, of c '. se. but he was very par ticular an I b-haved with extiao.di n.uy decorum. When he ha I HuMi d his f.sh I sometime gave him a piece of mine. One day l.e was not to le lound when ihe dinner-bell .rang, so we began without him. l'ic.ently pu-s cam rushing up stairs and eprang i.ito his ch tir with tvo mice in his mouth, licfote he could be stop ).-1 droppe I a mouse on to my plate, and then p:oe -eded to devour tiie of. r nT Irs own plate. II? divided his dinn-r u;h ni as I had diidcd mine with him. a r.w's 1":ii:m;. Four miles fiom Johnston one of our county comm ssioners, Henry (iallm .ii, owes a ml!! and wnid and giiuds co:n for tlu-public He has a m.n nam 1 I'.uit w:o attends to the nidi. Fruit owns a large cat that as soon as ihe u:i!l is slopped, by shultiiig down tli.- gate, w id imm.f liiately run down be'uiud the m 11 and g t oa a lo,' just over the sheeting over which the w.ttei is (lowing. She w ill then to ik wry int. nlly into the water, which is f om t-ight -en inches lo two fci't dei p, until s!ie s;ies a fish ; sh 1 1 1-rx plu iges into the wat t. Iiepiciitiy burying herself under it. but almost always co'iiinr o st with a fish. She then quietly sits down on a io.-k near by and enjoys her m m1. sTi.nv ok ni l' 't:ij i.ions. !.-!.f o';x pa nted his fim hh lioa ln:n infill two eoif-i. I L received for eitlier of them l)) m.nes and J.otO francs that i, for on.- i'Sl and for ihe copy i!7l': that hst cotiy was sold to a banker in Paris for pi), the -ecoi I co;y wvit lo A. tiers. The nam of the painter ge t m e known, as urn h as i I v. as tri vc u for the i-ri.;inal V....1: bv an iiitiiu ite hiend of mine, at whos. boiisi' the vetv ba her who fust ha I it saw it, and wa:.ted to buy it ba k. The next day a telegtam ca n- horn Al g.ers that he copy h ;d been burned. 1m:ii 1 ale.y tli price of th now only e;i-tini on io-e, and I aw it s id two years after for :;ii,')0) francs ( I'M I );. Oi i collide, Ielaeroi' might in t':e s.im way co:npiaiu lhat he o;i,:ina'ly received only i'S). a u.n nm's vision. When Dr. More was a stu Luit at Cambridge, in (in-eus College, he was standing at the door of the dinin-: room on- day when he saw a Mr. Poaneil cone oat of the hall, looking as he always did in life. A friend near was stru. k by the appear ance of the man, an 1 asked who it was, when M -re told him. ment.o-i-ing some pat tienhus of ltoni.elFs bistoiy, where he was fmiii, ami commenting upo-i his personal ap Iiea ance. That cv.-mng the prayers of the college w tc deired for one w ho was in a sick and dangerous con dition. More a.-ke I who was sick, and was told it was l'otnicll, when he at once declared he had se n Pon nell that day, an I was assur.-d that it wa- iiuHssililc, fur the man had not 'eft his bed for a considerable tint . P.ut More insi ted that h had seen the man, and bioiighl his fri-nd to witne -s to the truth of his statement. The same day Ihuiacl! died, and the stranger who was with Mo e. and had s en the . ligure, identified the body of l'.onnl-ll as that of the man he ha 1 noticed coming out of the hall at noon, and at a time when it was positively known Honuell was lying unconscious in his room. nil vuit.i fr c.i.i. During the war when Colonel Hob Crockett was stationed at Camden, he h.nl a small s-gn, "Colonel dock et t's Headquarter," posted above his doo.-. One night a munlier of the boys, having taken down the sign, went out to a fa: in n'sh m house an 1 after taking eve y ehi-k-n they could find, left the sign. Th" next morn ing an obi fellow enteied (ho, kett's qua i lets and asked : "Is this Colonel Cro-ketl?" "Yes, sir." "Is this here your visitin' key.vd?" taking the sh'n from under his coat. "Where did ou get that?" "Fo ind it this morning in mv hen jou.-e." "What v.e eyour ehlckeiiR woith?" "Fi le ni doila's in gold." "Well, old fellow, you break me, but here's yoar money. Don't say anything about it." C:ockett aftei wards le: rued that a rroupy old moster an 1 a sick hen v .e the only fowls that weie taken by the bovs. T!ie inhab:ta:ts of India are not imy wicke ler than the rest of m n I ind, and yet they are mining eay :.nne all the time. Mow to U-.l.tCrt V.'olslit. Do not t y it. Tue Ihi Ion Firhl is anxious to induce Inuring in;n to adopt measure to re 'nee their weight for tut: sail. He. This is our advice on the subject. Host assured no mai.fc lire will sulli.ij wtiich is not injuriom to health. On. man will put on weight with ve v little food, wlfile nnothor will undermine his stability by a reduction which appears to be moderate. The simple but golden rule is to eat slowly and masticate the food taken thoroughly, so tint there may be time for the organism to make known it-s:Wisfaetion with the Mipply placed at its disp sal before the stomach overloaded. Themis take m ide by hunting men and oth -rs who, to use a earmon exp.essioii, "aie a hungry as hunters," is that of coining home exhausted and eating ravenously. Py this basic n time is allowed for the organic needs of the eater to cry: "Ho'd enough !" It is like emptying a whole scuttleful of t oa! on the tire when it is only in lie.' 1 of a few dexterously placed luinpi. The dig 'stive organs being in fai ly good wording order, tho re pletion is not resented as it would be bv a weakly "dyspeptic," and mus r! ' an I tat are laid on in excess. If we only at? more delib lately, we bboe.ld find halt ouraccustonu'd quan tity of food sutlicient to satisfy the most eaer cravings of hunger. What we call "appetite" is a Most niislead i:i sens ilion. It is only remotely re lated to the actual demands of the organism. Let hunting men, and men of all classes who lead healthy, active lives, resolve to eat and drink slowly. With this single precaution lhv will so in fin 1 that tluir tend ency to "weigh" dimtntshe-J, while th. appetite 5eing disciplined uncon Hciously by the torination of the habit, it will be needless, as it is useless, to live by rule as regards the nature or the quality of the foj 1 taken. I'uu-er of Uviiiimilt! Slit'IN. Some very iutenv.tin-g experiments with dynamite pioj.vtile.s were made near Washington reeentlv, under the a Hpicus or the Sen ite niittee. Four shots w .Military coui :e tired with nix inch shells with a range of l.OtlJ yards. Tie target was a perpendicu lar ledge of solid trap rock on the soiiih bank of the river. The first shell struck near tKe eastern margin of the ledge, and exp'o led by con- : ciHsion, shattering the face ol the j lock for a ra tins of ab-. :t .'!') feet, and j carrying away several ton of debris, i whieh were hurled for hundreds of yaids up and dow n stream. The see on I shell struck neatly in the center of the ledge, exploding as before. It opened a cavity iu the lace of the ledge about lio feet i.i diameter; ex cavated a pit six feet deep. Some of the fragments of tocks from this ex plosion were hurled ha'f a mil.", one piece weighing nearly twelve pounds living thrown clear across the canal and lodging near a farm house ad joining the (J.'o-getown reservoir. The other shots wc:c sinidai in their elf-eta. The trial i regarded as suc cessful in every paiti -nlar, an I the safely of tho system of firing seems to he assured, sine the shell leaves the gun as safely as an o.dinary powder chirtrod shell would do. U is not iinjosiible th.d this de-truvtiw agent of dynamd is de-l.ne 1 to i. vol'itioii iz naval wa-fare, an 1 it is notewoMhy that the repiesentativesoi the foreign governments have in untested the greatest interest in th exjH:;in -nis. i aml, l-txerci-t anil IlriMtli. "Atb'r a meal," says a -P.rooklyn physician, "if von feel d.-o.vsy an I sleepy, you in ty be sure you hae eaten toj m ieh. Of coins . if a ican has been jK-vfonniiu excessive I lily labor, he will have the same fee'ing. 15ut, as a eimcral thing, the rule oi drowsiness is a g 1 one to tol.ow. J'efore and after a m ':.l there should be an hour's rest before any severe bo l.ly exercise is pe fo mcd. We need from six to eight !rurs sleep a night with two or three hours extia one night a week. The relief for mental strain is Im Ihy exercise. You have no doubt noticed how much inelin d jK-ople a e to go to sdeep in church, no matter how goo 1 the se ni ei. It is all owing to the bad ventilation. Cooper !n i titute, in New Yo.k. is the only large hail that I know of that is properly ventilate I. There is a little auger hole under each seat and through this, by means of diminutive pipe, th cool air is hi ought in'o the hall. It comes like tine spray, furnishing oxygen, but not causing any cold drafts. It is impe. atively imnrtnut to have well ventilate 1 sleeping looms. If you awake in Ihe morning and find you have a headache and a bail taste iu your mouth, lie su tured the room is badly ventilated. Yo:i n ed three thousand cubic feet of air an hour. It is a fault with .Americans to have th ur sleeping hums too hot. It is ai absurd to have them like ice, but it would Imj well if we eo dd have them warm wiien we go to lied, co.d during the night, and warm again in the inorn ini'. One hundred anil forty thousand eucalyptus trees are lieing planted near Los Aii'geles. Cal., for fuel. It is said that an acre of them, after a lapse of four or five years, will yield ' as much income as an acre of grapes. According to the Methrnl JWonl five jier cent, of all cancers a:e situ ated upon the tongue. The. average duration of life in cancers of the tongue is, without operafon, stated to be ten and a half months; with operation, sixteen months. In some cases, after operations, patients have lived from two to five, and even ten vens. Fond mother "What a dear, sweet little fellow Hobby is! He at-ked me last night if he were to die and goto Heaven it I thought that (b.d would let him play with the tars." Father (t truing his boot upfide r.own an I shaking it violently) "No v, who put that toothbrush and powder in there?" Fond mother (resignedly) "Oh, I inppoac it was Bobby 1" Epltapllir. "When with characteristic cynicism, Ly ron derided the credulity of him who would " believe a woman or an epitaph," he may have had in mind 1'nn Jonson's famous lines on lliQ Countess or i v.r.brc!. n : " I'litlunicath thil table hcrs Lie tht ulJectrl all -ne. Sy.lno vUtct I'cinhp kc'g mother! : I Hath 'arc thou hast htn anotiier j Fair, ami learned, and irtxxl - the. Time uliatl thru a dart at thcet" Could the memory of Shakespearo demand loftier strains? Comparo the above with the qnaintnesa and simplicity of the lines: " Itlett be the nun uhntpares thce itotiw. Ami curst bo he who tmxei uiy iKmei." Inscribed on the tomb of the Bard of Avon 1 Stiict adherence to mere matter of fact has scarcely been considered the special attributeof an epitaph though the three following are well authen ticated examples of unvarnished de tail: " Sirah Yorke thli Hfe did rcrn. Slilceii hundred and tcvcntj -nine." I Norwich. "Hrre lies the IkxI.v if W.lliani Wix. Ouu thiiusaiid 4C'cii Imii Ire.l and iixt -nix." (ithhniiid. Yoticshir. " Here lies tin' lIy f h.'iiejt Tom I'.ge, Who died in tho thirtv-third eur oi hi a'.'o." I Norwich Cathedral. And in the same connection may be instanced the inscription on the tbmh of the inn-keeper, buried in tho churchyard opposite his hostelry : ' Here lies Tommy Day, Iteniovotl from over the way.' Latin was long considered the only appropriate language for an epitaph. It is well known that Dr. Johnson refused " to disgrace the walls of Westminster Abbey " with an Iin glish inscription to the memory of Oliver Goldsmith. This is the more to be deplored, since the doctor could (and did) write Iinglish epitaphs of merit witness that upon Phillips, the musician " S:cej undUt-irh il within this peaceful hrine. Till aiiel wke thee with a note like thine." Brevity, "the soul of wit," has been little considered in th:s class of composition, and (" O, Kare Ben Jonson " excepted) there occur to the writer hut three as remarkable in this particular that ujkiu Dr. Ful ler " Puller'. Earth." Upon Bnrbage, the actor, a simple Btajre direction: Kxit Burhaje." And the happy combination of eulo giuin and farewell to the memory of Knight, the publisher - Ciid KniKU:" Successivegeneratiomhave pressed into this service such time honored eirusions as " Aillictio.ts sore long time 1 bore," etc. And the really beautiful lines by Dr. Donne upon a deceased infant " Kre tin could bliht. or sorrow fade, Death came uith friendly rare; , The opening ton! t Hojmh ciucicd And ba e it M sjm liie-e." Have appeared upon hundreds of tombs. The touching subject of in fant mortality funis also fitting es piession iu the two following: " Jutt ith her 1 i the cup nt life she prewed. Found the taste bitter and declined t'.e rctt." " This lalw et-nibc 1 oa the woM diil pej, lOrl-kcl it -tl trd its Dies and fell aJcep." To form, while yet living, the sub ject of an epitaph, is one o; the pen alties of greatness. Some kiijfgf , and many prenfnent politicians, have hail this exjK'r.ence. Uoehester's epitaph upon the merry monarch " who never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one," is too welt known tor repetition ; while students of Lnglish literature aie all familiar with (iohlsmith's lines in memory of the still liing Burke, (farrick, and Hoyno'.ds in "The Be aiiation." An ex-Chancelor of the Kxchequer, Kobcrt Lowe (Viscount Sherhrooke), hail appropriated to him one of ex emplary wnom and profanity, actu ally written in memory of an obscuro Bobert I owe of by-gone. days. The statesman himself is said to have discovered it and rendered it into Latin hexameter. A good example of this kind of ante-mortem literature I is the epitaph written diking the lifetime of Benjamin D'Israeli need it ue & u ny a " laneral ' pen : " nic e ltej I. ml lUttiMield (It wat a way he had ) Picsence of mind has always been held in just estimation, though it has been sluewdly remarked that in moments of peiil, absence of body is even more desirable. It is certainly at fence of luly which forms the chief characteristic of the three following: ' Here lie the rr mains of Thomas Nlnd-i W h died in CI,ilm!I.liia. 1713. Hail he l IJted he wouIJ hare bcei buried hero. -Kir-Kiel. i ' Here He the bo 'y of Jonathan Ground Who wat bit at tea and never found." -lUltter. Hero lie. Ihe body .f J..hn Udiod At Icajt he will be here when lie" dead, lint at Uii time he li alive, Foutteciith of August, tixty-flve." Oxford. 'Detroit Free Press. roviii ."old Mine. The famous (iomstock lode is still growing; that is, the causes which produced the great vein are yet in operation, though with diminished activity, the lone was pooaiuy ' millions of vears in reaching the con dition which it had attained when it ' was tirst diseovered, and in millions more, if left undisturbed, all the ' great chambers that have been robbed of their ore might again be filled. In all the softer ground whero I ii ilrt ft in rim. ii movement 5s sen to ward the closing of it. This move ment is called by the miners the " swelling " of tho ground. In many nlaces it amounts to more than a : mete swelling amounts to a degree i of motion that is almost startling in i it? energy. Belts of a peculiar kind ' of clay that have been cut by drifts j hava been known to rise from hz I floor until more than thirty feet have been cut away. Nothing humiliates a poet quicker than printing his words exactly as ho writes them. New Orleans Picayune.