THE COLUMBIAN.
Pinw.isHKn Kvkut FnrnAV,
AT
ST HELENS, COLUMBIA CO., OH.,
uy
E. 0. ADAMS, Editor and Proprietor.
THE COLUMBIAN.
PVBUSHEU EVKRV FRIDAY,
AT -
ST. HELENS, COLUMBIA CO., OR.,
BY
E. G. ADAMS, Editor and Proprietor.
Subscription Hates:
One j ear, in advance
Six months. "
Three months, "
Advkktisinu Hatks :
One square (10 lines) first insertion. . f 2 00
Each subsequent insertion., 100
00
... 1U)
... 50
VOL. IV.
ST. HELENS, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH 14, 1884.
NO. 32.
FOR THOSE WHO FAIL.
JoafluLn Miller.
"AV honor to himjwbo shall wiu the prize,"
The world she hae cried for a thousand
years.
But to him who triesi, and who fails and dies
I give great honor and glory and tears.
Give glory and hoiufr and pitiful tears
To ail who fail in their deed sublime;
Their ghost are lnrtny in the van of year,
They were born with time in advance of
time.
Oh, great is the her who wins a name.
But greater many. and many a time
Borne pale-faced fellow who dies in shame
And lets Ood nnisb) the thought sublime.
And great is the ma with a sword undrawn,
And good is the man who refrains from
wine ;
But the mau who fais and yet still fights on,
lrt, he is the twin-Jsorn brother of mine,
INDIANS AT COLLEGE-
Home Ulnleultiea that Jtlslit Arise
In the Course f Youax !. litre.
Peckfs Sun.
The Indian who oes to a college will
find it hard, after the life he has led. to
adopt the ways of virilized college stu
dents and become gazers, who practice
cruelty on boys who are physically
weak. You take a plain, unvarnished
Indian boy, put ou. his head a visorless
college cap, a collar four inches high, a
tight coat, cut off too short at the lower
end, a pair of pants that he would have
to put French ehuJk inside of, to get
his legs in, and long tooth-pick sMces
w ith .yellow tops, and-give him a flf ae,
and 'teach him to say, "Ah. byove,
yon LnV-r,." and he would "be a
picture that would cause his tribe
to weep, r? i the father and
mother of tha ind student, thus at
tire.', should gi muskrats that
they tvap ajultvwjjld go to the col
lege'to visit their aria, and should find
him as described, and he should put his
eye-glass into his eye and say. "Ah, gov
ernor, glad to see you, you know ; nd
madame, I am yours truly," the aged
rat trapper woiild pull his gun and if
be could get two of them in range he
would shoot them, though he would
hesitate to waste a charge of powder on
a single one, while the squaw mother
would wrap her blan ket around her form
and go and lean against a fence And be
ick. The Indian would have too much
sense, uncultured though he might be,
to be proud of such an outfit as a son,
and instead of blessing the day that his
son decided to become civilized, he
would curse it.
If it is deemed advisable to educate
the Indian boys, let us commence at the
right place, the country school, and
when the Indiau has learned enough to
be able to transact basines, let him go
into some business that he can do, and
if . he has got it in him to become a man,
he will have encouragement from all
decent people, but if we start him in a
college, where half tha boys go because
all the other places to get rid of them
are closed, the Indian will come out a
big-headed piece of uselessness, and
w hen he gets out there will be no place
good enough for him. He will be above
catching rats, and the world will owe
him a living.
French Prepared for War.
(.Courier-Journal Paris Letter.
France learned a lesson from the last
war, and I am told that she has since
prepared herself so well for "any emer
gency that in twenty-four hours she
could equip and have read' for imme
diate a .ion 1,200,OUO men.
Every man is a soldier until the age
of 40, serving five years from the ages
of 20 to 21. After that every tw o years
he must give twenty-eight days' service
to the nation, no matter where he may
te. Each man is provided in time of
peace with a uniform, and he knows to
what division and company he belongs,
even the place of rendezvous, so that
if there were a general call to arms
there would be no confusion. He
would simply don his military at. ire
and le ready to defend his country
to defend her with all his might and
will, , for if there is a feeling in the
Frenchman's heart, stronger than all
the rest, it is "I'ainoar de la patrie"
to them the sweetest and most meaning
words in the language.
They Knew Hint.
Cincinnati Enquirer. J
"Uen'lnien, I've reformed," said Dave
O'Brien, the tragedian, as he staggered
into Hawley's saloon yesterday after
noon. "Had ter r'form 'norder to man
age m' business, m' new theatre in Wes'
Coventon. Lemue use yer tel'phoue?"
"Certainly." was the replr.
P-r-r-r-r went the bell. "H'lo,
s'change, 'cect me with Moerlein's brew
fry. Don' know me? I'm Dave
O'Brien, the tragedian and manager.
Won't connect me ? Why not V"
P-r-r-r-r went the bell again, and as
Dave turned away he said sadly to one
ff the clerks :
"Those fellers have no conf'deuce in
humanature. Say I'ven't r'fornied,
'cause I want ter be co'nected with
a brewery. I'm goiu' ter see 'f I
can't co'trive some way to make ole rye
How through a tel'phone. They'll be
no need then of my man'ging a Coven
ton the'tre. G'day, gen'lmen, gMay."
Capturing a Widow.
Arkansaw Traveler.
'I hat's jes' the way with wimmiu. My
wife was the widder (Soostree afore I
married her, an' the first time I ever
went to see her blame ef she didn't fling
a skillet over the fence at me. The neit
time she llung a churn-dasher, and the
uext time she flung a chip. Then she
tuck up a han'ful o' leaves an' flung 'em,
su' bless yer, the next time she invited
me in to sop sorghum 'lasses. Oh, us
men is a power in the lan'.
Kool or Hypocrite.
f Arkansaw Traveler.
De man whut tries ter 'suade yer dat
he ain't workin' fur hise'f is eider a fool
er a byercrit. All men whut works,
w orks for deirse'fs, an' ef da bo good
men, in workin' fur deire'f da he'ps
udders; any man whut doan reconnize
dis is a liar an' is a heppin' hisse'f, wid
de udd-r fokes lef out.
t'oneernluz FunrrsN.
Chicago Herald.
The clergymen of Indianapolis have
resolved that funerals shall be private;
that there should be no public exhibi
tions of deceased people, and that min
isters should not be required to attend
at the grave.
President Villard'a Kosttaaee.
New York Journal.
After reporting what was to be seen
during the first - attack on Charleston,
S. C, Henry Viliard came north and
made the acquaintance of William
Lloyd Garrison and was taken to that
gentleman's home in Boston and intro
duced to the Garrison household as a
hero and strong anti-slavery advocate.
Here the young man saw Miss Fanny
Garrison, a beautiful young lady, who
was about completing her education in
a Boston seminary. She was consid
ered one of the belles of Boston so
ciety, patriotic, bright, and, though
quite young, thoroughly understood the
causes which led to the breach between
the north and the south. Mr. ViTard
passed many hours in conversation
with the enthusiastic maiden before e
a:?ain started for the front Her vi
vacious manner and winning ways had
driven from his memory the early reso
lution made before he sought his for
tune on this side of the Atlantic, and
the modest desire for a little cote in
snnuv Franca with the dark-eyed girl
who Lad first inspired him with the
tender sentiments of love as his wife.
Never in all his travels in Europe, or
in any portion of the west aud south
for by this Yillnrd had seen much of
the world had he come in contact
with' a soul which so thoroughly
charmed him.
He returned to the south fully de-
termined to keep her foremost in his
memory. When, later on, malarial
fever contracted in the southern sw amp
forced him again to return north he
was assisted back to health by the ten
der sympathies and cheering smiles ol
the beautiful Boston girl. Then ho de
clared his love, both to the daughter
and parents, and a little later he led
her to the a. tar. - Since his marriage
Mr. Villard's life has been one of unusual
success. To-day the once poor but am
bitious emigrant youth may be found
surrounded by a lovely family of chil
dreu in a grand old mansion, bordered
by parks and lawns, on the banks over
looking the Hudson, near this city. The
beautiful young eastern girl is just as
charming as ever.
"Where Power Kealdes in China.
I London Spectator.
We are often asked where, in the
great empire of China, power really re
sides, and we believe the best short
statement is this: Subject to certain
immovable customs, the emperor, in hht
capacity of father of the people, can in
theory give any order and can in prac
tice punish with decapitation or exile
any official or person who d'sobys it.
He is, in all serious affairs, however,
obliged to consult, though not to obev,
a rather large group of princes of his .
dynasty and great mandarins, who di
vide the departments and the great
viceroyalties among, themselves. The
dynasty moreover, being foreign, is
compelled to respect the army to some
extent; while this army is. for financial
reasons, so limited in numbers that it is
difficult to garrisou the empire, and im
possible to hold it down for an hour, i
It is the tradition of the court, there
fore, never s-erionsly to oTend either
the army or the people in such a way
as to provoke emeutes, more especially
in Pekiu.
At present the emperor is a boy, only
just 12 years of age, and all real author
ity belongs to the w idow of the last full
grown emperor, Hien Fung who is
called the empress mother of the em
peror Frince Kung, Li Hung Chang,
the favorite of the native Chinese, and
two or three less known high officialu.
They can send cut any orders they
please, -and are obeyed, but they can not
afford to risk the insurrections that
would follow any great affront to the
pride of fche people, such as the cession
of Touquin would be. China, in fact,
is a more v solid Turkey, with sultan,
pashas, army, aud a mob sharing power
in unequal degree?. As in Turkey, too, i
all four are bound in the chain of a law j
which can not be modified. !
The First Meerschaum Pipe.
Inter Ocean.
In 1723 there lived in Pesth, the capi
tal of Hungary, Karol Kowates, a shoe
maker, w hose ingenuity in cutting and
carving ou wood, etc., brought him into
contact witli Count Andrassy, with whom
he became a favorite. The count, on
his return from a mission to Turkey,
brought with him a piece of whitish
clay, which had been present- d to him
as a curiosity, on account of its extraor
dinary light specific gravity. It struck
the shoemaker that, being porous, it
would absorb the nicotiue. The experi
ment was tried, and Karol cut a pipe
for the count Hud one for himself. But
in the pursuit of Ids trade he could not
keep his hands clean, and many a piece
of shoemaker's wax became attached to
the pipe. The clay, however, instead of
assuming a dirty appearance when Karol
wiped it off, received wherever the wax
had adhered to.it a clear brown polish,
instead or the doll white it previously
had. Attributing this change in the
tint to its proper source, ho waxed the
whole surface, and polishing the pipe
again smoked it, aud noticed how ad
mirably ami beautifully it colored, also
how much more sweetly the pipe smoked
after Wing waxed.
The "Ya)M and Mean. Committee.
Chicago Times.
The committee on ways and means is
considered by far the most important
of the committees. It frames all tariff
legislation lefore being presented for
the action of the house, and to it all
bills of that nature and all bills relating
to the general financial condition of the
country are referred. Its duty is, as
indicated by the name, to look after the
"ways and means" of providing the
funds for the support of the govern
ment. In other words, it assumes the
1 position ordinarily occupied by the hus
and in the family, of ; providing the
."wherewithal" for the support of the
family, while the position of wi'e is
filled by the committee on appropria
tions, who spend sthe money.
To Capture Criminal.
Detroit Freo Press.
Give the commercial travelers of this
country printed descriptions of crimi
nals at large, w ith the assurance of a
Iileral reward for capture, and no ras
cal could make a journey of 100 miles
by rail.
MANAGERS' ENORMOUS EXPENSE
What It Costs to Hrins Out a Play--Eaaentlals
to Naecess--Outjro and
Income.
TJee Howard in Philadelphia Press.
An ordinary play such as, well, take
the last one brought out, "Storm
Beaten," costs the management between
$26,000 and $30,000 before the curtain
is raised. The weekly expenses, we' will
estimate, counting rent and gas and
everything, at $3,500. There are seven
performances during the week, count
ing the Saturday matinee. ObviousPy
to meet tho bare expenses these per
formances must average $600. A
packed house of that size will hold
$1,200, but it is very rare that the ut
most limit of accommodation is tested;
on the contrary, an even run of $800 a
night would. be considered a very fair
return, and the play must be phenome
nally good, such as the old "Two Or
phans" or "The Banker's Daughter," to
range anywhere above $1,000 a night.
There are theatres iu this city, first
class theatres, where plays have been
put on this season costing the manage
ment from $10,000 to $20,000, where
the receipts have been as low down as
$150; in fact, I know of one occasion
when the night's receipts in one of the
best-known houses in this country were
but $85. You see, theatrical expense
eat up money very fast, and, unless the
income is in the same proportion to the
outgo, the most exemplary bank ac
count is very soon run to the ground.
Naturally, you will agree with m
that there is no fun in this sort of thing
for the manager, but if I am any judge
of human nature, it is quite as discour
aging to the actors as to him who em
ploys and pays them. Nothing is more
certain than that full houses inspire
good acting, and that poor houses de
press the spirits, and interfere with the
elan of professional actors.
The selection of a play requires an
unusual gift, and the man who has it is
certain to succeed a hundred time6
where the manager who has it not may
stumble by accident over one noticeable
hit. Life is earnest, and enterprise, in
dustry, perseverance, discipline are es
sential to success. No phase of life can
bo regarded with favor where the real
operation is aptly typified in the expres
sion, ",ust for the fun of it." Ecn the
most uproarious low comedian who dis
plays his vulgar antics iu the presence
of uproarious audiences, cannot be said
to do it for the fun of it. He has to
give thought and study and rehearsal
to everything he does and evervthing
he utters, otherwise a disinH fizzle
would be his sole reward.
Wanted to Knew Abont Hwitehew.
New York Times.
A white-haired, shrill -voiced boy,
about-8 years old, rode down town with
his parents on the Sixth avenue elevated
road. He gazed curiously at two or
three up trains which whizzed by the
one he was in, and in a voice that sent a
thrill through every person in the car.
piped out :
Pa, how do these cars turn around'?'
"They don't turn around, my son;
when they reach the end of the line
they are switched from one track to the
other," answered the father sedately.
"Who switches eni?" asked the boy
eagerly.
"Why, the engines, to be suie."
"The Indian!" repeated tho ques
tioner. "He must be a pretty big In
dian, isn't he, pa?"
"Yes, yes; don't talk so loud," said
the father curtly.
"Ma," queried the boy after a mo
ment's pause, "does ho switch 'em the
same as you and pa switches me when
I don't do right?"
The maternal relative reached for the
boy, wiped his nose, pulled his cloth
cap down over his eyes, and told him
to keep quiet.
The Secret of Xoble Living.
X. J. Grover 5n Wi-ekly Magazine.
After fortunate birth, upon which
more depends tiiau upon all else, the
right treatment of the body, is no doubt
the grand secret of noble living. If
theologians would teach people how
best to treat the body, they would do
more and better for the soul, than by
all the systems of salvation ever
preached.
If good fruit is expected the tree
must be of good quality and well taken
care of and nurtured. The advantages
of fortunate birth and rich hereditary
gifts as bearing upon immortality, it
the microcosmic theory is true, can" not
be overestimated, and when the best
treatment of the bo ly is superadded to
the best birth, no limit can bo fixed to
mental and spiritual attainments and
power.
A. B. Alcott said: "A mau cannot get
far away from his grandfather." Em
erson fluid and furnished the beat illus
trations of its truth: "It takes two or
three generations to make a gentle
man." Zlganx London.
Evangeli.-:. Barnes' Letter.
I only yesterday discovered why Glas
gow was so much like Louisville. The
streets are at right angles, and there
are square blocks of buildings there aa
at home. To speak of a place so many
"squares" distant would convey no more
impression of measurement to a Lon
doner than our own indefinite saying,
"as big as a piece of chalk," would im
part exact information as to size. There
are triangles, pentagons, hexagons,
rhomboids, parallelopipedous, even, but
squares are few and far between.
Glasgow, however, is distinguished for
an extra number of parallel streets, in
tersecting at right angles.
The L.Iter.v Bracelet.
Boston Herald.
One of the novelties in London is the
iiterary bracelet. It is made of twelve
tiny books (silver or gold.), attached t o
each other by a double chain. Each
little book bears the enameled name of
a favorite poet or novelist. There are
also musical bracelets of the same
model, only they, of course, have tho
names of operas or composers.
Ready for the Xext.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
In rebuilding Rochester, Minn., they
are mindful of the tornado that recently
devastate the town. They are making
strong done vaults in the collars, large
enough to eontaio a family and strong
enough to withstand any tornado.
A Word for the Undertaker.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Yet the undertaker and his assistants
are generally a cheery set, who laugh
hard sometimes, if not loud, and grow
fat amid their ghostly surroundings.
And this is not merely habit, but nat
ural adaptation ; the undertaker naaei
tur non fit and his birthright is a dis
tinctiveness that cannot be mistaken.
He is of a medium height, slight bent
in the shoulders as befits a man who
bears the burden of the world's griefs,
inclined to pallor, perhaps, but with a
countenance expressive of good diges
tion, well-dressed in dull colors, and
stepping noiseless as a ghost. He is
never young and seldom old ; the latter
18 the sexton's characteristic. He is a
connoisseur in dress, and knows to per
fection the proper tie and the fit of
sable gloves. Yet, though following a
business seemingly so depressing and
hardening, he is at heart kind and ten
der to a thought. If he seems rude
and unthinking, it should be remem
bered that custom and philosophy have
combined to teach him that lie deals
only with the useless human clay.
To funeral etiquette he pays a ready
deference, but it is to the saddened
family, not to the inanimate form. His
business is strictly business, and he
never forgets it. He prepares the
corpse for burial and solemnly conducts
it to its last . resting place, a sincere
mourner on general principles. Or ho
is called ' to the house of the grief
stricken -family, where he deftly and
perfectly A manages all arrangements,
provides the carriages an 1 often the
clergyman, preserves the reckless Jehus
in sober decency, conducts tho funeral
to the grave and gives character to the
ceremonies. If he does not grieve, he
appreciates the sorrows of others and
insures it fitting respect and indulgence.
Or perhaps the remains are to be
shipped to waiting friends abroad ; he
oversees details, procures the passage
and attends to the embarkation, making
even the proverbial baggage-smasher
yield to his solemn mein the while.
Give him credit for his skill and kindness.
r'reneh Landscape Peculiar.
Paris Cor. Globe-Democrat
There is something peculiarly indi
vidual about French landscape that
quite distinguishes it from any other I
have had the pleasure of viewing. In
passing through Scotland I could see
that the hilly portions of the eastern
states might with a few modifications
present abont the same appearance
with hedges instead of Virginia fences,
sid fields, meadows and woodland
cleared of all stones, stumps and under
brush. In the southern portion ; of
Englaud I could see one of our w estern
prairies cut up into small portions
highly cultivated, and the American
frame house turned to -stone; in other
words, it may be considered, to repre
sent our own land many centuries
hence.
But as soou as we reach France we feel
that we are in a strange bat friendly
land, inhabited by an entirely different
race of men. Just wherein the differ
ence lies one can scarcely tell an
artist's brush would seem inadequate
to the task. A brighter green would
bo needed for the grass and foliage,
a clearer sky must needs be painted,
and if possible a more brilliant sunshine
than in home landscapes. Then a som
bre grayish color would come in play
to portray the queer-shaped mortar
houses and a dark brick color for the
lines of the roof. The view would need
to be cut up in small portions, now by
green hedges, now by . more forbidding
walls. The whole must have a "made''
look, with scarcely any trace of nature's
waywardness, as if century upon cen
tury generations of men had occupied
the same ground, tilling over and over
again the same soil, sheltered by the
same houses, until the time when all
this country was either swamps or vir
gin forests, inhabited by warlike Gauls,
would seem to date back way into pre
historic times.
loe'a Peculiar Pluck.
Harper's Magazine. 1
An intimate friend from boyhood of
Edgar Allan Poe says he never saw him
smile in his life. As a bov aud voting
man he was retiring and made f w
friends. He was strong, and devoted
to all sorts of athletic games, abont
which he went in a serious, determined
way, as in all things else. His melan
choly and peculiar ways were iu keep
ing with his writings. Once at school
a big boy got his head under his arm, and
was giving him a terrible beating, until
bystanders freed him. While the leat
ing was in progress Poe kept perfectly
still and endured it, bing of an endur
ing, tough physique. Ou emerging, he
remarked that he had det; rnvned to
wait until the fellow got exhausted,
when he meant to pummel him once
for all just like his usual notions of
proceeding. He was courageous,
though he never sought difficulties.
Plant Pceulirrltle.
Exchange.
A Norwegian botanist states that
most plants in high latitudes produce
larger and heavier seed than in regions
nearer the equator an effect which he
ascribes to the prolonged inlluence of
sunlight during the summer days iu
high latitudes. In some cases the dif
ference of seed development is aston
ishing. Dwarf beans taken from
Christiana to Drontheim less than
four degrees farther north gained
more than GO per cent, in weight; and
thyme from Lyons when' p'anted at
Drontheim showed a gain of 71 per
cent. The leaves also of most plants
are larger aud more deeply colored in
higher latitudes. The same is tr.ie of
flowers, and many which are white in
southern climates become violet in the
far north.
Abont Angel.
Boston Budget, j
The other day a 4-year-old girl was
looking at the "pictures o two angels
which her mother had given her.
"Where do angels live?" said s'ie. "in
heaven," was the answer. "Do they
ever comedown here?" "Vts.V "What
for?" "Oh, to see little boys and grls
behave themselves." Then do thev
go back and tell?" "I believe so." Here
there was a pause,. a' d th,el:ttle lassie
continued: "Well, who washes their
faces and curl their hair, Moses or
Abraham?"
A VICTIM OF HEREDITY.
Twat Better to Part Than to Commit
an Error Eternity Alone Could Ef-
fee. j . ;
Chicago Tribune. ;
"Good-by, McNulty." !
The tall, lissome form of Esmeralda
V. Perkins was sharply outlined against
Vivian McNulty's left" ear as he stood
that beautiful June evening in tb.e door
way of Brierton villa, hoping j against
hope, And hoping that something he
knew or cared not what might occur
to sweep from the horizon of his life
the awful sorrow that was hanging over
it like a pall a sorrow that would
make every day an eon of misery, every
word of joy that others might utter a
knell of despair. j j . , '
"Good-by, McNulty." 1 : -For
an instant the man couldLnot re
ply. He had not felt such a shock since
meeting his father iu the giddy whirl of
a poker game and going home with
uothing but a contrite heart and a lead
Sncil to show for his month's wages,
e still held Esmeralda's hand in his,
and the girl was looking up to him with
eyes that were tearless now, but in their
depths there was a look of frozen hor
ror, a my-bustle-has-got-loose ! expres
sion that pierced his very soul. , And
when he asked for an explanation of
her words not demanded it as a right,
but pleaded for it as a favor j-she had
only shifted uneasily on to the other foot
and bust into a storm of sobs-, j
"I can only tell you," she murmured,
when finally his agonized entreaties had
moved her to speech, "that our marriage
would render your life one of constant
misery; that it is better we should part
now than commit an error which
eternity alone could efface, j You will
never know how I love you, Vivian
never know the dreadful agony that this
separation is causing me. God knows
I would greet death w ith smiling face
and outstretched arms to-morrow now
that you are lost to mo forever, for
what is life without your love,! and presj
ence, and kisses, but an unceasing tor
ture? If I loved you less, if your love
were not enshrined in my j heart as
something to be worshiped evermore, I
would not take this step. It was wrong,
very wrong, I know, to allow this love
to overmaster my whole being, but it is
better to wreck one life than two, and
so again I say 'good-by'" and, lifting
her pure, sweet face to his, Esmeralda
kissed him gently on the lips and turned
to go. ;
"Stop !" exclaimed Vivian in an im
perious, whoa-Emma manner. "I
pleaded with you for an explanation,
but now I demand it. It is my right,"
and, drawing himself up proudly, he
broke his left suspender. j ; .
"You-speak truly," replied; the girl.
"An explanation of my action is due
vou. Jnow, 4Jien, that 1 am a victim
of heredity.: .
"Of what?" asks Vivian.
"Of hereditv," repeats the girl.
"In what respect?" he demands, his
voice hoarse with agony. j
"I have," says the girl, steadying her
self against the piano, "inherited my
father s snore.
31 ark Twain on Fred. Ooaslass.
Washiugton Letter. j :
I had recently placed in my hands a copy
of a letter written by Mark Twain indorsing
Fred. Douglass for the position 'of marshal
for the district. It is a very characteristic
letter, and as it has never bee a published I
give it. i
Hartford, Jan. 12, '.881.
Gen. Garfield Dear Sir: Several times
since your election, people wanting office
have asked me to "use my influence" with
you in their behalf. To word it in that way
was such a pleasant compliment to me that I
never complied. I could not without expos
ing the fact that I hadn't any influence with
you, and that was a thing which' I had no
mind to do. It seems to me that j it is better
to have a good man's flattering estimate of
my influence and keep it than to fool . it
away w ith trying to get him an office.
But when my brother on my wife's side
Mr. Charles J. Langdon, late of the Chicago
convention desires me to speak a word for
Mr. Fred. Douglass, I am asked to "use my
influence," consequently I am not risking
anything. ;
So I am writing this as a simple citizen. I
am not drawing on my fuud of influence at
all. A simple citizen may express a desire
with all propriety in the matter of a recom
mendation to office ; so I beg permission to
hope that you will retain Mr. Douglass la his
present office of marshal of the District of
Columbia ; if such a course will not clash with
your own prefereneea or with the expediences
and interests of your administration.
I offer the petition with peculiar pleasure
aud strong desire, because I so honor the
man's high aud unblemished character, and
so admire his brave, long crusade for the lib
erties and elevation of his race. He is a per
sonal friend of mine, but that is nothing to
the point, for his history would move me to
say these things without that,! and I feel
them, to . j
With great respect I am, general, yours
truly, S. L. Clemf.ns.
i
Emigration Facilities.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The question of transportation was once a
serious one. But the very necessities far re
lief from the overcrowded condition of the
country have solved it by an increase of
facilities in proportion with the demand for
outlet. It is easier this year for 500,000 emi
grants to reach America from Europe than It
was forty years ago for 50,000. They travel
at less cost and in much better i condition.
The Suez canal is rapidly extending the like
facilities for emigration to Australia, Cape
Colony, New Zealand, and the Panama canal
will extend them to the whole Paciflo coast
from Cape Horn to Alaska. There, has been
uo time since the first steamship crossed the
Atlantic distinguished by greater activity in
construe ion of new steam vessels t An the
present. Men past the middle age w.il live
to see'this kind of transportation by sea as
lively between the old world and Buenos
Ayres, Sydney, Cape Town, Melbourne and
Auckland as it now is with the Atlantic ports
of the U tited States. ' ; ;
Odor or RuMoiaii Money.
Mr. Sala says a blind man might tell
the different denominations of Russian
notes by using his nose to determine their
value; the rule being, the lower the
value the "louder" the smell. A 100
ruble note will be redolent of patchouli,
jockey-club, or some equally fashionable
perfume, while the single-ruble note
usually reeks of tallow or coarse to
bacco. Inter Ocean: No matter how long a maa
mj have. leen called Bill, be rises to the
diguity of William when he comes in for
1100,000. There is a good deal of liftlo
money.
Women's Wages in liondon.
London Telegraph.
"And what do these poor creatures
wok at?" I asked; "the women, I
mean, whose husbands go out every
day to get work at the docks, and who
in so many cases return at night empty
handed?" The pastor was nothing if
not practical. "Whatdo they work at?
Look here." He went to the corner of
his study, . and- in another second
had covered a .table with various arti
cles of clothing- from a pair of men's
moleskin- trousers to a smart little
out-of-door trimmed hat for the well-to-do
baby. I was asked to examine a
E air of moleskin trousers as stiff as a
oard, lined with soft downy material
from end to . end, and provided with
seventeen buttons and the accompany
ing button-holes all stitched. These
trousers are supplied to the women
with the two main seams already
stitched by the sewing-machine, and
what do you think the middleman or
sweater can offer for the lining, stitch
ing, buttoning, and buttpn-holing of
this nice, smart pair of moleskin trous
ers? Actually he. can offer two
pence farthing a pair ! and a woman, by
working her fingers to the bone when
in good health, can make four pairs in
a day, and earn tenpence thereby.
The trade has positively lowered the
price of moleskin trousers-making; or,
rather, the poor in desperation have
competed against themselves, and. cut
their own throats. The price for a
pair of moleskin trousers used to be
twopence halfpenny, but one day some
wretched, poverty-stricken seamstress
went to the sweater and said : "For
G od's sake, times are so bad that if you
promise to give me a lot to do I will do
them for 2J pence a pair." From that
moment the price of moleskin trousers
went down in the sweating ; market.
Lawn-tennis aprons! Well, the young
ladies look very smart in them at sum
mer time, and they are associated with
holiday time and merriment, with
laughter and kind faces,. Do some of
the young ladies know that the . maker
of a very pretfy and fanciful one only
gets 3 farthings for it, aud that she can
only earn, w hen the joyous game is in
full swing, 18 pence a day. Baby's hat!
Who does not know the look of baby's
hat, : so crisp and crimp and over
trimmed, the tiny head-dress of leghorn,
adorned with cream-white puffs of rib
bon. How many mothers who crown
the brows of their first-born with the
be-ribboned bit of finery know that the
w oman who slaved at it received 5
pence halfpenny for her trouble, and
that she may consider . herself lucky if
she can get 2 shillings and G pence a
dozen for the infants' hoods which keep
the children's heads warm these winter
days in the perambulators.
Chinese In 'Australia- . :
M. D. Conway in San iVrn; "W) C hronlcl e.
The labor question is. however, very
important andvthe inaroJJij is evidently
concerned at the statistics- Just pub
lished showincr that the .population of
Victoria is falling beneath the rate of
increase of the other colonies. He re
marked that the Chinese of whom
there are over 12,000 in Victoria, are
just now being naturalized to a large ex
tent. I think he said he had been re
cently issuing to them naturalization
papers at the rate of thirty every
month.- Already I hear it Vhispered
that the Chinaman is making an in
genious use of his naturalizationrpapers.
Since all the colonies have imposed a
poll tax of 10 on every Chinaman . en
tering them, no one of that race could
leave one colony for another and r"tuTn
without paying X10 at the custom-house
each way. That is what he escapes by
naturalization, but he is suspected of
sending his papers to his friend in
China to enable him to immigrate with-:
out paying the tax.
It is probable, 'however, that' the
Chinese residents here are equally con
tented with the white laborer in keep
ing out their countrymen. They are
getting rich fast. They preserve their
ability to live on rice and tea, their
economic habits and their way of doing
a good deal of work. They are ta
booed by the white working class and
kept out of certain kinds xt employ
ment. If a family should employ one
as a domestic servant that family would
be "boycottedr by tradesmen. - The,
Australian "larrikins" , (Calif ornian
"hoodlums") delight to bait a Chinaman
and to have knocked out a Chinese eye
is the immediate jewel of his soul. Few
Sunday amusements are allowed . in
Melbourne, sothe "Iavrikin"mustdohis
best to pass the pious hours. The
efforts to keep labor dear in Victoria
are successful. It is more than twice as
dear as in England in all cases and in
some kinds of work thrice as dear.
Some singular results follow this.
David. Crockett' Nehoollnx.
I Magazine of American History.
A niece of his employer, a young
Quakeress, coming from North Caro
lina to visit her uncle, David experi
enced the delicious pangs of first love.
Its course, however, did not run smooth.
He thought his utter lack of any educa
tion in books was the cause of his mis
fortune, and he w ent to school four days
in the week, working for the school
master the other two davs to pav for it.
This continued for about two months.
"In this time," he says, "I learned to
read a little in my primer, to write my
own name, and to cipher some in the
first three rules in figures. And this
was all the schooling I ever had in my
life." He might liavo continued his
studies had it not been for the fact that
the momory of the pretty Quakeress
had failed away, and he had fallen in
love with another girl.
The Meanest ilrl of All.
Exchange.
"Yes," said Sylvia, "Hat's the mean
est girl I ever did see ! She knows I
think voting Mr. I aw runs is just too
lovely for anything, and I think she's of
the same opinion. Yt ell, 1 was leaning
out of the window the other day, and
Mr. Tawmus passed, and I smiled.
Would you believe it ? Hat had a set
of her aunt's false teeth in her pocket,
and, just as I smiled, she dropped them
out of the window. Mr. Tawmus didn't
see her, as she was behind me, and what
could he have thought?"
There are 3 cents' worth of gold in
every ton of sea water.
GUNBOAT SERVICE.
Holy-Stone and Mplt.Klds.-Aay
thins bnt Wirt In the Xavy.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Did you notice that man walk over to tin
curb and epit in the btreett I'll bet he's been
on shipboard. There a rian's got to um
either the spit-kida or spit over the side of the
vessel into the water, xuey'll stand any
thing but dirt In the navy, you know. How
is this for a daily routine: When the boVn
pipes up all hands in the morning they
turn out, put up their hammocks, stow
'em away in the nettings, then sweep
the decks. Mess-cloths are spread,
and after breakfast the decks are
wept down again. At 11:30 a. in. sweepers
are piped and then mess-cloths are laid for
dinner, after which she is swept fore and aft
once more. It's done twi.-e more, before sup
per and after supper, making six times a day.
Yon mustn't think they sweep only. Not a
day passes bnt that the decks are either dry
or wet holy stoned. A holy-stone is a big
stone, fiat and smooth on one side. The cen
tre of a long rope is made fast to It, and a
squad of men lay hold of opposite ends and
pull it backward and forward over tho decks,
which have been first wet down and sprinkled
with sand.
In places that they can't reach, corners.
you know, they make men get down on their
knees with little hand stones, called prayer
books, and scrub 'em out. After all this, they
bend the hose to the pumps and wash the sand
away. Men follow with squillgees, arrange
ments shaped like a hoe, with a strip of rub
ber tacked to the edge. They use 'em to rub
the heaviest part of the water off the docks.
Next comes another detail with swabs. ! They
are like big hemp horses' tails, and are swung
right and left. Svhen the fibres got well sat
urated the swab is wrung and used over
again. Light, flat sheet-iron charcoal stoves,
the under side three feet square, are then
suspended by long rods to within about a foot
and a half of the deck, and swung backward
and forward until the place underneath is
pretty dry, when they shift them to other
hammock-hooks and repeat the process.
This is done three times a week,- and dry
holy-stoning twice. On such days the
iweepers are used five times. The decks art
always like the driven snow, and wouldn't
soil a cambric handkerchief at any time.
Now you can understand why a sailor learns
to use the spit-kids well, cusp adores look
here who's spinning this yarn?
IHNKaatetl With llrt and Vulgarity
Chicago Herald 'Train Talk."
"No, none of 'my boys are in Chicago,"
aid an old farmer from western Illinois,
just returning from the Union stock yards,
where he had sold three cars of hogs of his
own raising. "No, sir, my boys are all at
home. The three oldest are teaching school
winters and helping on the farm summers.
I've bad all my boys in the city, though, and
they know what it is. I sho ved 'em all
iround myself. I ain t one of these kind that
lets boys go on thirikln a city is the nicest
place in the world, when it is just as easy au
aothm to show em different. I had my
boys in some of the saloons along on State
street, and on the west eidv tc wow 'era
thepoor loafers, soma of xaeir " e ;dcriTTf
farmers' boys come to town tqr get rich. 1 e
all went up into the public library, as I
wanted the boys to see the poor c asses there
finding a good warm place to sleep, until 10
o'clock, anyhow. AVe was also in some of
than dives along the levee, and I tell you tho
boya was disgusted with tlie dirt and vulgar
ity. My oldest boy went into the wine-room
to see the girls and come ut mad. saying
they was nothing but paiai, powdor, and
stuffing, and charged him (3 for me little,
bottle of wine worth about 35 cents.
"I had the boys look in the morning
papers to see how many situations tlxjre were
vacant, and - how many more there were
wantin. places. When we Parted for the
train next morning arly we see a sign out
'Clerk wanted,' and thirty or forty fellows
tftandin' around waiting for the doors to
open. Ob, I t!' Nys haven't any
love for Chicago, and they are stay in' home
and 'tending to business. James has a small
farm of his own, and I'm going to give bun
half the money from them hogs to furnish
his houe with, 'cause he's to marry soon.
Robert, the next, has the best team in our
county, aud the Jbaadaoxuest gal. My boya
have seen Chicago with their eyi open, and
are satisfied to stay at home, behave them
selves, and take the old farm when I get
through with it. I believe this keeping of
boys iu ignorance of what a great city really
is is wrong, so I do." : . ".
Can & ten lie Jteaaon f . ,
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Out at the Zoo thers Is a small hols prob
ably some rat owns it in the rear comsr of
the blacksnake's cage. , A good fat toad had
crowded into this hole, and the snake darted
in his head after hint and speedily swallowed
him. But with this incumbrance he found
be could not withdraw himself. " Then he at
once disgorged the toad, which, finding him
self free, began to movs off, . This was too
much for snake philosophy, and the snake
again swallowed him, and a second tuns wai
compelled to disgorge him, for he could not
get his head out. But he reflected. He had
learned something. He reached out a third
time, and grabbing the toad by the leg backed
out with ease.
If la Proulnenee Accounted For.
New York Letter.
Thi is not because Gen. Sickles is so dis
tinguished, but rather from the manner of
bis imtracce at the opera. You probably
know that Gen. Sickles has but one leg, and
has been unable to wear an artificial one, so
that he is naturally obliged to walk on
crutches. After the bouse is comfortably
seated and the opera is going smoothly along,
just as the prima donna reaches her most
florid passage, or the tenor touches his high
C, you hear a dull thud down the main aislo
of the opera house, and, looking around, you
see a rather fine-looking man on crutches
swinging himself into his seat You naturally
ask "Who is thatP and you soon get your
answer that it is Gen. Sickles.
food for the British Lien.
Exchange.
"Mamma," said Beatrice, running into her
mother's room in her girlish, over-30-year-old
way, "there's a man down-stairs who wants
to see you." "What's 'is bloomin' namef
asked the queen. "He didn't say." "Are his
pantaloons fringed at the bottom T "Yes,
mamma," replied Beatrice, "and be has a roll
of manuscript under his arm." "Ilanother
John Brown poem, or my naire h isn't Vic
toria Wettin. Tell 'im I'm not a', 'ome, and
if he won't take no for an answer 'ave your
brothe. Halbert feed him to the British liou."
Uon't Cio to Italy.
Exchange.
The eminent bas4o, Karl Formes, tells
American parents that they make a grave
mistake in sending their children to Italy to
study music when they can attain much bet
ter reunite at home. He says musiaal science
is at its lowest level In Italy, and the great
singers are aot Italians
Boston Commercial Bulletin: . TeopU art
getting so suspicious now that it would not be
surprUli g any Sunday to see the deacons
using a bell-punch with the contribution
box.