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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.
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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
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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.
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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!
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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
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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.