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VOL. 5. ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1879. - NO. 24.
Sis Mmllu.
Tkra Moutk. .
These are th- turn. Cr thoM J Nig in ad
vance. Tle liiki-fc.iKXT oflbrs inn mJui-o-lutnt
la tivfrti.-r. T-rim reason..;. ...
E. R. MULLEP,
Watchmaker, and Jeweler,
OAKLAND, - - -
OREGON
Office in Dr. Page's Drag Store.
Canyonville Hotel,
D. A, LEV1N,,
FROPRIKTOK
HAVING RECENTLY PURCHASED THE
Canyonville Hotel, I am now prepared to
furnish travelers with the beat of accommodations.
Feed and stabling for stock. D. A. LEVIXri. j
D. WOODCQCK. H. W. CHURCHILL.
Woodcoc k & Churchill,
MYRTLE CREEK, - . OBEUOH
TEAMSTERS FROM JACKSONVILLE
and t)nn-jileoU in Myrtle Creek will find
tha best boraeislioers at this establishment. In
this line we claim to do work equal to any in the
blaie. new work tnanulactured and repairs
made on the shortest notice. Give us a trial, and
if wa cannot suit rou none ran.
WOODCOCK 4 CHURCHILL.
JAS. THOKNTOX.
W. H. ATKINSON.
JACOB WAQNEB.
E. K. ANDERSON
Ashland Woolen Manufacturing
Company,
Mannfucturers and Dealers in
White & Colored Blanket
Plain and Fancy CuluMRf, Donklai, ,
- l-llauel., Ktc aluo, i
OVER AND UNDERWEAR CLOTHING
Made to Order.
W. IT. AXICI1NNOIV. Sco'y
ASHLAND. Jackson County, Or-n.
H. C. STANTON i
Dealer in
Staple Dry Goods I
Keeps constantly on hand a general assort-
- , . ment of ;
EXTRA FINE GROCERIES, :
WOOD, WILLOW ISO ULASSWAKE!
ALSO
Crockery and Cordage
A full stock of
MOIIOOL B O O It
Buch as required by the Public County Sehoolb!
All kinds of STATIONERY, TOYS and
FANCY ARTICLES
To suit both Young and Old.
13UYS 'AND SELLS LEGAL TENDERS
furnishes Checks on Portland, and procures
DraiUonBan Francisco. v :
Metropolitan Hotel,
BOSKBVRO, - - ORSeOS.
Perkins & fleadrlck, Prop rs.
Tkt ObW Firt-Clau Hotel In the City
' AND
Itapa4 9t tne C. St O. Stage Co.
TtTZLh FURNISHED SLEEPING APART-
meets, the best of beds, and the most atien-
Vt housekeepers, ana a taoie suppi.eawuu m
Ustof trerytbing.
STAGES FOR RIDDIWC
XVmt the house every day on the arrival of the
gars from Portland.
Tha traveling public, and all who favor us with
their patronage, can rest assured that they will
he detained in the best possible manner.
r.lAHONEY'8 GALOON.
Nearest to tha Railroad Depot, Oakland.
Tea. Blahoney, Prop'r. ,
The finest of wines, liquors and cigars in Doug
las county, and the best
BXX.XiIA.BT TABLE
ia tha State kept In proper repair:
tfartiea traveling on tha railroad will find this
place very handy to visit during the stop-
ping of tha train at the Oak
land. Depot. Give me a call.
J A3. MAHONEY.
SAIxEM :
Foundry and Machine Shop
B. F. DRAKE, Proprietor.
BALEM, . OREGON.
Hteam X:ntrlns, Saw Mill" ,
Grist BHlla, XCeapr, Pumps
and stll kinds stud Styles ol
Machinery made to Order.
Maohlnery repaired on
Short ZVotloe.
Pattern maxing done in all its various forms,
and all kinds of brasa and iron castings fur
nished on short notice. Also manulae
i turer of Enterprise Plainer and
Matcher, and Suckers and
I Sharpers.
PATTERSON'S
TTTTTm
. . .
J a a. XX. Tipton Prop'r.
ALL KINDS OF LUMBER.
Including
gngar Xinet
Oedar,nr, l
Pine and Oalc ;
: Lumber,
V Alvayion band,
And Order promptly filled on
thedltortestHotloe :
AH kinds of dressed lumber constantly a
band. Lumber furnished at any
point in Roseburg without extra .
charge, and by application to . i
me it will b found that
Mr Lumber is not only the beat but
tne cneapeat ia mo
me and see. Address all letters to
JAB. H. TIPTON. Pattevaon'a MtlU. Or.
BLaciisomiuis.
WADIONS BROS.
VToiiM inform the public that they have leased
the large Blacksmithing shop lately occupied
i T- UVl .nil Ih.tthAV are
Uj uw5w . . '
. '.' ... :."...(.,... prepared to do
All Hinds of BlaokamUhiTig
. v . "jn Crst-cUss sljrle, .
". . lower than tha lowest. They have
AeapSe nthe line of
; Horse Shoeing!
roSiondo5 nd, of ; -.
.Machinery wpo ltow'
,Qi (hem a call. 8hop'opPu M,rk Ca
i soaums,
JOHN FRASER,
Home Made Fiirwtiire,
WaBUR,
OREGON.
Upholstery, Spring Mattrasses, Etc.,
Constantly on band.
FIRMTIBE.
I have the beat stock o
larnllura south of Portland
- And all of my own manufacture.
No two Prices to Customers j
Residents of Douglas county are requested to
give mo a can oeiore punuasing eisewnere.
I-ALL WORK WARBANTED.-a
Furniture Store !
JOIIPT GILDERHLEVE
sTsTAVIN'U PURCHASED THE FURNI-
uCl lure Establishment of John Lehnhcrr, is
now prepared to do any work in the ,
UPHOLSTERING LINE.
Ho is also prepared to furnish
In all styles, of the best inanufucture,and cheaper
than the cheapest, it is
ClinirM,
Tallies,
Bureaus,
I3etltealM,
"Wusristnntls,
ETC., ETC., ETC.
Are of superior make, and for low cost cannot be
equalled in the Slate. The
Finest of Spring
And tho : V' ;
Beds
Most Complete . ofas
Always on band. Everything In he line fur
nished, of the bcstquality.on the shortest
notice and at the lowest rates.
COFFINS MADE AND TRIMMED.
And orders filled cheaper and better than can
i any other establishment.
TWirin? a share of public patronage, the un
dersigned promises to offer extra inducement to
a11 patrons-
uive me a inui.
JOHN GILDERS LEV E.
DEPOT HOTEL-
AAKJUAXD,
OREGON.
Richard Thomas. Prop'r.
rrHIS HOTEL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED
for a number ot years, and has become very
popular with the traveling public. First-class
SLEEPING ACCOMMODATIONS.
And the table supplied with the best the market
affords. Hotel at the depot of the Railroad.
Fine Liquors and Cigars.
The undersigned has purchased the saloon form
erly kept by Mr. Tibbeta, Oakland, and
with new brands of wines, liquors
and cigars he is prepared to
hospitably entertain all who
may give him a ealh
j Fine Billiard Table
is kept in constant repair.
DAVID BAKER.
T. C. SMITH A CO. i
Chemists and Pharmacists I
Patton's Block, State Street,
SALEM
OREGON.
Particular attention given to prescriptions, and
ail orders by mail or express filled
promptly and accurately.
Physicians and country dealers will save money
by examining our stock, or procuring
our prices, before purchasing else-
where. 0
Sugar Pine Mills
Located at Sugar Pine Mountain,
Poet Office address, Looking Glass, Oregon.
The Company owning these mills would say they
i . arc prepare w luminu w
BEST OF LUMBER
ki the most reasonable rates.
gngar Fine,
! JTir and Cedar
Lumber always on hand, and all persons wishing
purchase Lumber will do well to give us an
"pportuniiy I nuing meir oruera ueiyre guiug,
awwherc.
J. G. CALLIGHAN. President,
W. B. CIj VHK E. fWntHi-v and Treasurer
Oregon and California
STAGE I.ITVE !
TH1DUSH TO SAN FKANC1SC0
FOUB DAYS.
the quickest, safest and
I EASIEST BOTJTE.
STAQES LEAVE ROSEBURG
Every Xr at T-30 P. M.,
Vakint quick connection at Reading with the
cars of the C. A; O. R. R.
For full partioulars and passage apply to
PERKINS k HEADR1CK.
itgent.
MAMMOTH
LIVERY AUD FEED
STABLE.
This establishment is the
Best in the State T
and connected with it is a large ;
Wagon Yard and Shed Room I
Capable of
' accommodating any
horses and wagons.
number of
Beat of Hay and Grain
'always in full supply and at living prices. 1
and no one is allowed to go awxy diMitisfiod..
Don't fail to give ns a call. t"r we are
determined to suityou in quan
tity, quality aiM price
f , wm'S' ' 'Si.
fioTipe.
tSJOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO WHOM IT
mar concern that tho undersigned has btn
awarded the contract for keep...g we iug.
County panpers for a penod of two years.
person. In need of assisUnce -from "'couuty
mast first procures certificate " that effect from
any member of the Ce- ty Board and presentit
to one o the following-named persons, who are
anthoriasd to and wiU cars i for thow presenting
u iinunn A Perkins. Eoseburz; 1.
su tXtit -.r uithnrixftd to furnisb
Oakland: ars. jrewa,
vu-b r. Ti , i..
Was hail
RinT I? nil n nnin
iiiijouiiaraiu.
EASTERN.
Death from Hydrophobia.
PnnADEi.i'HM, sept. 15. Charles Mc
KeO)r. aged 7 yeurs, died in Manayunk to
day from hydrophobin. He was bitten by
a hound two montliHago. ! J ;
A DUtremina; Case.
New YoKK.Sepf 15. Adolph Bernnard,
seed seventeen, hanghed himself to-day.
His stepmother had forced himself and
brother to leave the house, and sorrow
at being generated from his father caused
the act. lie left a letter for "Dear Papa."
A Fatal Row.. ;
Columbus, O., Sept. 15. During an al
tercation in the northeastern suburbs of
this city to-night, Rev. Fleming was fa
tally shot by Jas. Kerr. The affair oc
curred near the Pan Handle round house,
and Kerr boarded an east bound freight
train immediately after the shooting and
escaped.
Another Call for Aid.
New York, Sept. 15. Langstaff, presi
dent of the Howard association here, is
asking help in the society's Memphis
work. The expenses of the association
are $1000 daily. The total contributions
received this season are under $17,000.
It is expected that the epidemic will con
tinue two months yet.
New York Responds.
New York, Sept 15. A. 1). Langstaff,
president of the Howard association re
ports a successful beginning iu raising
funds here.
Something Wrong in Georgia.
Atlanta, Sept. 15. Comptroller Gen
eral Goldsmith and Assistant Treasurer
Murphy sent their resignation to the gov
ernor to-day and he reiused to accept
them.
Fatal Explosion.
NAsnviLLE, Sept. 15. A boiler in O. C.
Powers' slaughter house exploded this
afternoon, tearing Frank Duiley to pieces,
killing him instantly, and fatally wound
ing Felix Cheatham (colored).
The Maine Election. . ..
AgcstA, Sept, 16. The Kennekc Journal
this morning publishes official returns
from the entire state with the exception
of twenty small towns and plantations,
with the following sesult: Davis, Rep.,
08,012: Smith, greenback, 47,088; Garce
lon, Dem., 21,181 ; republican plurality
over the greenback ticket, 20,024 ; over
the democratic ticket, 46,831. . As far as
heard from there has been 311 scattering
votes. Returns from remaining towns
will not essentially change the result. On
these figures the republican candidate
lacks 5ti8 of a majority over all.
A Daatardly Ontrace.
Quiscy, Ills., Sept 16. A tie bound
across the track wrecked an incoming C
B. & Q., train last night. The baggage,
postal and smoking cars left the track.
The fireman, A. S. Pease, was killed, and
Jas. McMillen, the engineer, was severely
hurt The passengers were badly shaken
up, but none were killed. The perpetra
tor oi tne outrage is unknown.
Trouble with the Indians.
Cheyenne, Sept. 16. On the 1 0th inet.,
Agent Meeker, at White river, Colorado
agency, wrote Gov. Pitkin a letter stating
that the Ute Indians objectexl to doing
more farming and that Chief Johnson bad
assaulted him, driving him from his house
and that be had conferred with other
chiefs and they laughed at the assault,
agreeing that Meeker might proceed with
the plowing, hut that they would do no
more of it Mr. Meeker says he feels
that none of the whites are safe, and has
no confidence in the Indians. Since this
letter, reports have reached here that the
agency buildings have been burned and
that the Indians are raging along White
and Bear rivers. No definite reports of
murders being commuted has been re
ceived. Troops have been ordered to the
agencr. It is supposed that the pros
pecting and the mining in the North
park, which is the hunting ground of the
utes, has excited the outbreak.
Pnblle Institution Bnrned.
Milwaukie, Sept. 1G. The Wisconsin
deaf and dumb institute at Delaven
burned this morning. Loss, $100,000.
Inmates all saved.
The Cental System.
Philadelphia, Sept. 16. The Commer
cial Lxchanee of this city to-day. by a
vote ot 06 to 64. adopted the cental sys
tern as a basis for the purchase and sale
of grain, flour and seeds, to take effect
January 1, 18SU.
Opening of the Creedinoor Fall Meeting.
New York, Sept. 15. The National Rifle
Association opened its fall meeting to-day
at t'reedraoor by a grand cannonade.
Raid on a Chinese, Gambling- Den.
New Yobk, Sept. 15. The police last
night made a raid upon a Chinese gamb
ling house and secured the proprietor,
an Americanized Mongolian named (Jhas.
Williams, 27 qucueless Mongolians and
gambling implements.
Jeff Davis Declines" In a Mild Way,
A letter from Jefferson Davis to the ed
itor of a Mississippi paper, replying to
one asking if he would consent to become
a can didate for I
been published
a candidate for the U. f. senate, has lately
A prominent Missis-
sippian, now in Washington, says that it
sets at rest forever the suggestion that
Davis will strain represent his state in
either branch of congress. His refusal,
however. is very mildly expressed. He
does not desire to be elected, does not
wish to reenter the senate, and is averse
to public station. His name will not be ,
with his consent, included among the can
didates. The reason alleged for the re
fusal is that he regards the doctrine of
state rights essential to the liberty and
safetvof the country, and fears that any
advocacv of that doctrine by him. would
only damage it in the eyes of the people
on account oi prejudice in me uunu
against him.
Massachusetts Republican Convention,
Worcester. Sent 16. The republican
state convention met to-day, and after ap
pointment of tomporary committees Al
exander II. Butterick was chosen perma
nent chairman. A ballot for candidate
for governor resulted Long. 669 : Pierce,
505. The nomination of Long as candi
date for eovernor was made . unanimous
Viv acclamation, and amid great enthusi
iiKm the ticket was completed as follows:
Knr lieutenant sovernor. Byron Weston :
attorney general, George Marston ; audi
tor, Chas. R. Ladd secretary of state,
Henry B. Pierce ; treasurer and receiver,
Charles Endieott, :
Reoepelion to President Hayes.
Detroit, Sept 19. A reception given to
President Hayes by the members of the
Knarrl of trade and members of the mer
chants and manufacturers exchange at
Whitney's Opera House this forenoon was
onmerouiy attenueu. :
Slave ia Rebellion.
: New York, Sept. 19. A dispatch has
been received here from Havana, to the
pflect that the slaves of Cienfucgos In
i"i.,,;iiaQ r.n)i have risen in rebel
lion againat the Spaniards and have joined
the patriots, taking with them a large
their master's cattle. There is
great indignation in Cuba over the mas
sacre of about 170 officers who served in
the last Cuban resolution on the patriot
Hut havA nf late been residing in
AifrJrvnt nlnr-pn and following different
avocations. From their past records they
were suspected of being in sympathy
with tha present revCtaiion. Some were
killed in their homes befeie their wives
.n.i ohihlmn's eves bv Spanish troops,
and others were- taken into the -woods
and slaughtered '
Troon Defeated by Indians.
Washington, Sept, 19.- The following
dispatch ia from Col. Hatch at Santa le,
New Mexico : I have just received the
following from McEvors. near Hillsboro:
"We had a five hours' fight with all of a
100 Indians. We have 10 killed and SCV
eral wounded. Alt ow stock is gone. I
have sent every available soldier out with
Dawson and Day. I hear, that Bcver,
t nQSO Riia ijieuu u ukuv re uu mine vi
Hogo and Lieut Wright are ull in the vi-
Hanced on the Anniversary of the Mar- i
aer os nis iCTim.
Indianapolis. Sept. 19. Louis Guetig.
aged 22 years, was hanged at noon for the
murder or Mary Mcuiew, commuted a
year ago to-day. Miss McGlew was a dining-room
girl in the Spencer House in
which Gneug was employed as a clerk,
and had been engaged to him. She sub
sequently refused Guetig's suit on account
of his continued drunkenness. On the
night of Sept 19, 1878, Guetig went to the
dining-room door, called Miss McGluw
into the hall, and tired with a revolver,
the shot taking effect in her thigh. She
fell on her knees and begged piteously
for her life. Guetig fired three more
shots, as he expressed it, "just to see the
d d squirm." One shot proved
fatal. Guetig. was tried and sentenced
to be hung Jan. 30. He obtained a new
trial and was again sentenced to death.
. Personal. . . .
Cheyenne. Sept. 19 Carl Schurz. re
turning from a visit to the various Indian
agencies iu this vicinity, arrived here this
morning, and was entertained by uov.
Hovt. the several territorial officials. Gen.
Merritt and army officers, together with
a large number of citizens, and departed
for Denver at 3 P. M.
Jay Gould arrived at 2 P. M. and left
for the same point on the Denver Pacific
train at 3:20 P. M.
Movement of Troop..
Two companies of the 5th cavalry left
Fort Russell this afternoon for Fort Steele,
whence they will march to White river
agency, the scene of the late Ute Indian
trouble.
Doc. Mlddleton Convicted.
Doc. Middleton, a notorious horse and
cattle thief, has been sentenced to live
years in the Nebraska penitentiary for
stealing four horses from Carev Bros., in
this territory There are other indict
ments against him in Nebraska.
Exports of Petroleum for July.
New York. Sept. 19. Durintr Julv.
1879, there were exported from Boston.
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, San
Francisco, and other United States ports.
50,032,580 gallons of petroleum and petro
leum products, the airgrecate value of
which is $4,238,461.
Mrs. Sprague'e Application in Court
Providencb, R. I., Sept. 20. In the Su
preme Court this morning, hearing becun
upon the application of Mrs. Catherine
Chase Sprague for the appointment of a
trustee for her property,. Counsel for pe
titioner stated that ex-Gov. Sprague and-
wife were not living toi-ether. and that
there was no reasonable probability that
they will live together in the future. This
declaration he based upon the sa vines and
sets of both persons. He nominated Rob
ert ihompson for trustee. Counsel for
ex-Uov. fcpragne agreed with the other
side as to the law in the case that Mrs.
Sprague had a right to a trustee, but he
objected to the nomination of Thompson,
anu moveu us reierence. inis motion
the court overruled, and counsel for Mr.
Sprague nominated Arthur Watson for
trustee, and asked the postponement un
til tnday next to enable him to hie a
reason for his motion. The case went
over to Friday. Various parcels of the A.
& W. bprague estate recentlv sold under
execution to tho New York Bank of Com
merce for a nominal sum were struck off
again to-day to satisfy a judgment claim
of the Franklin Institution. The receiver
of the bank was the only bidder.
President Hayes and Party to Visit Kan.
Chicago. Sept 21. President Haves and
Gen. Sherman are expected to arrive in
this city to-morrow evening about8o'clock
en rout lor iNeosho falls, Kansas. They
will remain over night and leave in the
morning. A reception will be tendered
the president at both Galesbnrg and
tjumcy. After the entertainment . at
Quincy, the presidential car will be at
tacned to a special train on the Missouri,
Kansas fc Texas Railroad at Hannibal.
At Sedalia the party will be met by ftov
ernor St John and other state officers of
Kansas, and escorted to Fort Scott and
Neosho tails.
The Fever Abating.
Memphis, Sapt. 50. Only two case3 re
ported this morning.
Memphis, bept. 20. One additional casa
nas been reported ; two deaths have oc
curred. ,
Memphis, Sept 21. Eight Aiew case
were reported to-day. -
Murdered for his Money.
Omaha, Neb.. Sept 21. James Dailev.
en route irom umatia to riattemouth, to
obtain work on a railroad bridge, in com
pauy witn John ward and James Win
ters, was attacked by hiscompanionsnear
lieiieviue last night and fatally shot in the
breast. Dailey escaped to a farm house
but died this morning. His murderers'
object was robbery as Dailey had some
money, ward and Winters took a team
and made their escape. .
Walking Match for the Championship of
tne woriu.
New York, Sept 21. Arrangements fot
the great six day '"go as you please" con
test for the Astley belt and championship
of the world are completed. The start
will be made at 1 o'clock to-morrow morn
ing. There are 13 contestants.
After Marauding Indians.
Galveston, Sept. 20. Capt Courtney
with a detachment of troops pursued a
party of Indians towards Del Norte, cap
turing their horses and plunder and break
ing up a camp evidently used as relay
camp for marauding in. Mexico. One In
cian was killed.
Punishment for Murder.
New York. Sept. 20. Francisco Porcel
lo. who murdered Michael Balender,
July 24th, in Fulton street, by stabbing
him to the heart, was sentenced to the
Btalea prison for life yesterday, the distriu.
attorney accepting tne pieaoi muraer in
the second degree, eeverai meuicai ex
perts testified that Porcello, demented by
starvation of self, wife and child, commit
ted the crime while under acute mama.
The sentence causes considerable surprise
as the murder was apparently wholly nn
provoked and deliberate.
Movements of American Wheat.
New York. Sept: 20. E. II. Walker,
statistician of the produce exchange, iu
his weekly report of outward movements
of cereals from seaboard ports for the
week endina the 17th, shows them larger
than any week previous, amounting in
wheat and flour to nearly 7.0O0.000 bush
els. Deliveries at Atlantic and Pacific
ports durintr the last eieht weeks of wheat
-and Hour, have been about 50,000,000 Dusn
els anl exports about 40,000,000.
FOREIGN'
Movements of British Troops In Central
r rv Ana.
London. Sept. 14. Every special dis
patch received from Afghanistan reiter
ates complaints concerning transportation
difficulties. A telegram from the vice
roy shows that Shutargardan pass was
onlv thorouirblv occupied Thursday oven
ing. as the necessity oi occupying mis
point was urgent, and British troops were
stationed only 25 miles distant it is in
terred that tno Indian government
through a desire to economize at the
close of the last campaign must have ut
terly " disbanded and disorganized its
transport service. Camels have become
practically extinct in Kiiram valley oe-
chiira nf the ?reat mortality amofae them.
Additional regiments which Gen. Roberts
teleeraphed from All Kheyl are to
strengthen his line of communication, as
tribes though not hostile, show great ex
citement , .
The force which is advancing on Cabul
will consist of 2000 Europeans and 3000
natives. The attention of the commissary
ia almost exclusively devoted to supply
ing thir-force. Other "columns will be
held in reserve force at present. There
is a large proportion f sick among. Eu
ropean troops on tTie-frvntier, except
those regiments which are in a particular
neaituy auuawuu. - ?
Stoppage In Fsmsa
Glasgow, Sept-15. In consequence of
a resolution passed by Scoth iron masters
last week, not to accede to the wish of
workingmeu till the price of iron exceeds
Siiy BUMiiugs per ton, tuiy-iour uu
have been blown out in various uarU of I
fecotlaud, rendering i thousands of men
idle.
A Cargo of English Pig Iron for America.
West Hartlepool.!
Sept 15. Tho first
full cargo of pig iron
sent to America in
eight years will be despatched this week,
Why Slavery la Tolerated in Cuba.
Madrid Sept. 15. A liberal newspaper
says that the government would have
submitted a bill abolishing slavery in
Cuba forthwith, but it was feared that se
rious trouble to agriculturists would ensue
from a lack of laborers.
The Difficulty of Capturing King Ccte-
London. Sept 14. A dispateh from
Durban says that much doubt exists as to
whether King Cetewayo will be caught
or not. bir Garnet Wolesley has in
formed the chiefs that on the capture of
the king their peace and prosperity will
depend, and that the districts affording
him shelter would be punished by the
burning of their kraals. A correspon
dent at Ulundi states that the system of
burning kraals must force Cetewayo to
yield or die.
Parole Backed for tha Csarewitch Stakes.
London. Sent 15. Parole is larsrelv
backed at 20 to 1 for the Czarewith stakes,
on uri. vtn.
Is the Ameer True to the British 1
The military correspondent of the
Tunes says that it is difficult in the face
of the overwhelming evidence to the
contrary to believe that Yukoob Khan
played the honorable part in the recent
shameful deeds at Cabul. It is significant
that Major Cavagnari's principal native
assistant is believed to have died a short
time before the outbreak under suspi
cious circumstances, .being an Afghan
and well acquainted with the workings
of the oriental court, his presence in the
British residency was dangerous to those
plotting the outbreak.
Yakoob Khan Talks Loyally.
London. Sept 15. -Yakoob Kahn has
sent another letter to Ali Kehl, ex pi eas
ing his deep grief and distress at the re
cent events. He says he has confidence
in the British government and announces
his intention to punish the onenders.
Forty officers and over 1100 men leave
Queenstown promptly to engage in oper
ations against Afghanistan.
Emperor William Snubbed by the Peo
ple oi strauaonrg.
STRArsBURO, Sept' 19. Upon the entrv
into this city of the Emperor of Ger
many, shops were closed and a multitude
of houses closed their shutters. Only offi
cial buildings were profusely decorated.
The German-speaking inhabitants formed
the bulK of the crowd in the streets.
Though the French speaking element in
Strauaburg is still very strong, French
newspapers have become more outspoken
concerning Alsace-Lorraine. The inhab
itants have become much more estranged
from Germany than they were two years
ago, wnen tne .mnorer visited btraus
burg and met with a comparatively cor
dial reception.
Saving a Sunken Vessel.
An iron shield has been successfully se
cured over tne tracture in the side or the
sunken ironclad Grower Kurfurst. and
there is now every probability of raing
her. .
The Capture of Cetewayo.
LONDON. SeDt 19. A rnrrpunnnHonf nt
Cape Town telegaaphs that Cetewayo had
tweuiy-inree ionowers wnen captured
a aispatcn irom uape Town says that
Sir Garnet Wolesley hopes that Chief
Becoconi will yield without fighting, but
mose on tne spot say mat it is doubtful,
as it is known that he has lately only
with difficulty been dissauded, after a five
nours- council, irom murdering two offi
cers sent to treat witn him concerning
prisoners. Details of the capture of King
Cetewayo show thafcwhile he was being
watched on one side by Lord Giflbrd and
some scouts, Major Marter with a detach
ment ot the 1st dragoons approached from
the other. Lord Gilford, whose presence
was unknown to the King, intended to
defer the attack until nightfall, so as to
prevent the King from escaping in the
uense orusu. ueiewayo had caught a
glimpse of dragoons, but thought that in
consequence ot the bad condition of the
ground they could not approach quietly.
Major Marter. However, directed the re
moval of all noisy accoutrements and sent
the native contingent ahead. These stir-
rounded fake kraal where the Kins had
taken refuge, and Major Marter then rode
up and called to Cetewayo to come out of
ins tent nd the King after some nailev
complied, lie preserved a dignified de
meanor and asked to be shot.
Affairs In Afghanistan.
London, Sept 21. The Indian office
confirms the report of an outbreak at He
rat on tne otn mst. iSpeciai dispatches
state that the troops of the garrison plun
dered and burned the governor's house
and murdered the commanding general,
who was a friend and supporter of the
ameer. Ibe affair throws suspicion on
the Ioyality of Ayoob Khan, a brother of
tne ameer. A special dispatch Irom L
hore savs that the Afchan tribes occupy
ing Jundamak threaten Dukka. The Ca
bul rebels are levying forced loans on
merchants.
PACIFIC COAST.
Serious
Adventure with Northern In.
dlans. -
Victoria. Sept. 13. Several months
ago three men named Bradshaw, Keeley
and Murphy, who had been engaged to
cut wood on one of the islands off the
northwest coast, became discontended
with the nature of their employment and
lett the island in a dugout, hoping to be
able to reach one of the fishing estab
lishments not far distant They failed,
however, to accomplish their perilous
task, and as days and weeks passed by
and no tidings of them were received it
was surmised that they had been carried
out to sea and were drowned or had per
ished from sheer want. But such yas
not the case. A gentleman who arrived
here from the northwest coast on board
the steamer Western Slope reports that the
men after drifting south thirteen days
were upset near Cape farewell and res
cued by Klitkata Indians, who took them
to Kitamat arm and there held them in
slavery, compelling them to assist in
making salmon traps, ana allowing tnem
but one meal or me very coarsest de
scription , per day. ihey remained in
this condition oi servitude lor three
weeks, suffering very severe privations;
but at last the Kitkatas, either from fear
of being detected in their act or from
other motives, took the captives to the
establishment of the Windsor canning
company, fekeona river, where thev have
arrived in s nan lamisuea ana almost
nude condition.
V A Horrible story.
San Francisco, Sept. 16. In connection
with the arrest of Vra, Roddau and wife,
at Wheatland yesterday, charged with the
recent attack on Ida Dunn and Cora Ues-
lep, the Call publishes a statement of
facts in the case gathered from authentic
sources, which are in brief: that on the
night of the anair Mrs. Roddau discov
ered criminal intimacy between her hus
band and Ida Dunn ; that the latter fled
to her room where Mrs. Roddan attacked
her with an iron stake, ifllcting wounds
which so nearly caused her death and in
bo doinir by accident struck her own sis
ter, Miss lleslep, who occupied the same
bed. Mr. and Mrs, Koddan then, beiore
notifying the neighbors, consummated ar
rangements to ward - off suspicion irora
tne real assailant,
PreparlM to Receive Grant.
Sak Fbascisco, Sepl. 16. The board of
trade has issued a circular requesting that
on the arrival of Grant puces oi uuamesa
h closed, suitably decorated, and mer-
fhanta and emnloves take Dart in the re
Mtntion demonstration. The board lias
also reoneated the mayor to sign Us di
rectors a olace on the reception commit
tee. The work of decorating begun to
day, and Keirny slid Montgomery streets
are already lewtyonvwisn nags.
Scalded to Death, j
Stockton. Sent. 15". -A little Bon of L
K. Matteson. while nlavtngabout bis fath
rr'a house, fell into a tub of boiling water,
submerging his whole body, except nis
bead and shoulders, and died two hours
after the accident.
Row and Murder.
Phenix, Sept 16. A barber named
Martin was shot dead in a Mexican row
yesterday morning at Tempe. The mur
derer and his companion escaped on two
stolen animals.
Testimony of James C. Flood.
San Francisco. Sept 15. James C.
Flood, in obedience to an order of court
appeared to-day before George T. Knox.
a notary public, and was sworn as. a wit
ness in one or toe six suits brought by
Jno. H. Burke. He admitted to being a
director of the Nevada bank, but had no
knowledge of its business. Did not know
without consulting the books how much
stock he owned of the incorporation.
Declined to state how much of the stock
was owned by himself, or by O'Brien,
Mackeyor Fair, or whether any divi
dends bad been paid since ' O'Brien's
death. Was a director of the Consoli
dated Virginia from Nov. 5th 1875 , to
i-eby. om 1877, he, Mackey and uurien
being a majority of the board. Admitted
that Geo, R. Wells was appointed direc
tor of the Consolidated Virginia mine at
instance, and that Wells was at that time
and still is his attorney on a salary. Did
not know that Wells owned any stock.
Refused to state what were Well's duties
or whether he had him appointed direc
tor in the Mexican, Union, Best, Belcher,
Pacific mill and mining company, Pacific
wood, lumber and nume company, and
Virginia and Gold Hill water company
and other companies under control of
Mackey, Fair, Flood, O'Brien, and in
winch Wells had no ttock. Refused to
answer many questions on the ground
that they were attempts to pry into bis
private business. He was on the stand
about three hours when examination was
continued to the 18th iust Application
will be made to the court to compel wit
ness to make answer to questions he re
fused to answer.
Blew Development In the Wheatland Out
rage.
Wheatland. Sept 15. Wm. B. Roddan
and his wife Lena, at whose house the
two girls Ida Dunn and Cora lleslep were
so brutally assaulted some montus ago,
were to-day arrested charged with the
crime, anamination to-morrow.
A Horrible Death.
Virginia City. Sept. 15. Wni. Becker-
ly, a miner employed in Sutro tunnel,
was round dead in the ravage incline
this morning. Yesterday a party of tun
nel miners came into the Savage to nx
some waterpipe, and one of them on re
turning to the tunnel lost his way and
was overcome by the great heat now pre-
vading the Savage mine. His body was
horribly bloated and discolored, the flesh
being fairly cooked.
Welcome Home.
San Francisco, Sept, 15. The various
committees engaged in making prepara
tions for the reception of General
Grant held a meeting this evening. A
communication was received from the
Pacific Mail Company to the effect that on
the arrival of the City of Tokio, as soon as
the agent of the company and the quar
antine oiheer had boarded her, captain
Maury would be instructed to hold the
steamer subject to the orders of the re
ception committee. Instructions will
also be sent to Capt Maury to announce
his arrival outside by the discharge or
guns, which will be answered from tort
Point, which will serve as signal for
steamers and yachts intending to partic
ipate in the nautical reception to get
under way. Gen. W. L. r.liiott a class
mate of Gen. Grant, has been appointed
grand marshal.
Invitations have been extended to the
authorities and citizens of Oakland and
interior cities to join in the parade. Kear
ney and Montgomery streets from Market
to Washington and tip Market as far as
Seventh street, which will be the ronteof
procession, will be festooned with flags
and an arch will be erected at the Juno
tion of New Montgomery and Market
streets. Communications have been re
ceived Irom various societies, asking to be
assigned places in the procession, and
Lincoln Post No. 1. G. A. R., asked per
mission to appoint orderlies and a guard
of honor to be in constant attendance
upon Gen. Grant during his stay in the
city. It had been proposed to give a
great public banquet but it is probable
that the project will be abandoned,
although several reception and dinner
parties will be tendered by prominent
citizens. )
The Stock Boards wilt Adjourn.
San Francisco. Sept. 15 The big
board held an execntive session at noon
to-day and resolved that oil news of the
approach of the steamer City of Tokio
with Grant on board, being received, they
would at once adjourn for the day to
enable the members to take part in the
demonstration. The Pacific board is ex
pected to take similar action.
vasal Accident.
Stockton. Sept 13. Jacob Martin, aged
15, a son of Charles Martin living near
Messick's bridge, while hunting acciden
tally shot himself. The charge entered
the body under the right arm. He died
half an hour after the accident.
San Francisco on Dress Parade.
San Francisco, Sept. 19. In default of
the arrival of the City of Tokio this morn
ing, citizens have been utilizing the time
in adding to the decorative display, and
the principal streets now present a most
inextricable maze of parti-colored orna
mentation. Thousands ot small flags are
stretched from building to building, cau
sing the thoroughfares, as one prosaic in.
dividual remarked, to look like the buck
yard of a Chinese wash house. 1 o a great
extent, however, the designs are in good
taste and have a brilliant effect. There is
but little probability of any demonstration
to-dav. as. uuless the steamer is tele
graphed within the next half hour, the
reception will be postponed till to mor
row in case sue arrives later iu me uay
San Francisco on tne "nagged stage."
San Francisco, Sept' 19. The City of
Tokio has been expected hourly dunne
the day, but as yet nothing has been beard
from her. The weatherstui remains very
foggy- The feeling of expectancy which
has prevailed has had the effect of almost
paralyzine general business, and the
streets have been crowded with a throng
of idlers eager for the first intimation of
tho arrival of the steamer. There has
been a large influx of visitors, official and
unofficial, from the interior, including a
number of military companies, municipal
representatives of the interior cities and
various organizations.- Many additions
have been made to decorations and tout
ensemble of the streets on tho proposed
Hue of march are brilliant and pictnr
esoue. There is little doubt that the To
lin will arrive outside durinz the night.
as her average time of passage is almost
up, ' -
Murder by Indians In Idaho.
, ' Sjf Fbancisoo, Sept.' 19. A Boise City
CApatch says that day before yesterday
the Indians snot a young man namea
Ballantine. herdine stock on the upper
Kmnw creek. 50 miles northwest or here.
He gave the alarm and eight citizens
bartad for the scene : but finding tne In
dians from 40 to 60 strong retired. Col.
Bernard with 50 cavalrymen left this
morning in search of the hostiles.
Beaity in South Africa. The English
call Satan black, the Hottentots call him
white, the Cape Colonists, when Lord
Grey was Colonial Secretary, proposed
to split the difference and call him Grey.
The Kaffirs themselves, though not gen
erally PlacK, admire the complexion;
there bos been among them a man so fair
that no girl would marry, him. One of the
titles of the Zulu King is, "You that
are black." To be black, then, is to pos
sess a physical virtne. Still more im
portant is it to be corpulent- Fatness is
a sign of eood feeding and. good breed-
ina. and. therefore. of high social position.
Besides, as a Karar saw to air. onooier.
in the event of a famine, a fat person
might survive till the next season, while
a lean one would- Barely die. A very
obese noble was -once condemned, in
Zulu, to be hurled from a precipice; being
padded by nature, ne prose no pones
whereas, had he been slim, his whole
anatomy must have been dislocated.
Trwxlt tn Africa.
The Bale of the Road.
INew York Times Kdltorial.J
Throughout this country the general
rale of the road, for persons meeting up
on a street or highway, is, that each one
"shall keep to the right." It is not as
well settled for foot passengers on side
walks as for "Vehicles. In many country
places the sidewalks are not defined or
continuous, and in others many persona
will cling to the old-fashioned idea of
complimenting a lady or old person by
giving them the wall. In the cities, the
custom of Keeping on the right nana
side of the sidewalk should be nnvaring
ly observed: any one who persists in
taking the left hand may be deemed ig
norant or rude, unless there are very
special reasons for his conduct. For ve
hicles, the right hand side is the right
side, alike in town and country.
Some of the States have statute
laws commanding this. In others
the rule rests upon custom. Yet it is
not an absolute rule which every driver
is to follow under all circumstances.
There is a higher duty, that of using
common sense to avoid injury. If driver
A sees that driver B, approaching, will
not turn to the right, he himself may
and should turn to the left, in that par
ticular instance. This might occur
through perverseness, or through igno
rance. By all accounts, the English cus
tom is the reverse of the American; ve
hicles pass to the left. The English
practice is recommended by one consid
eration; as the drivers, sit, by custom,
on the right hand seat in the wagon or
chaise, they have, by keeping to the left,
a mnch better opportunity of watching
the wheels which might collide. An
Englishman driving in this country, be
fore being informed of the American
custom, might persist in driving to the
left, in the belief that lie ought to do so.
The American driver cannot, in such a
case, justify himself in doggedly keeping
to the right and running into the other
carriage. The rule is given for avoiding
collisions, not for producing them. It
only means keep to the right unless you
see special reasons for dome differently.
There was a man in Nashua, N. H., who
undertook to ham his wooden dwelling
house through the streets to another lot.
The Surveyors of Highways interfered,
and he appealed to the court. One of the
law points against him was that the house
was so large it would fill the street; he
could not "keep to the right," as the
law directed. The court said that in
that part of the country it was common
to move buildings, and a man had the
right to do so if he did not occupy the
road unreasonably long; and that it was
nonsense to apply the statute about keep
ing to the right about house moving.
The same thing has been said about the
horse cars. An Lighth-avenue railroad
car met a cart. The cart attempted to
turn out to the left." and there was a
smash. The railroad company complain
ed becanse the ourtman did not turn to
the right, but the conrt said that the rule
does not apply to street cars, but only
where both vehicles can turn out. A
cart which meets a horse car may turn to
either side where there is the best chance
to pass. In Michigan the proprietor of
a steam threshing machine was travel
ing in it (it ran by steam power) along
the road when a horse and wagon ap
proached. The threshing machine man
steered over to the extreme right side,
and stopped his engine to avoid frighten
ing me horse. Uut the horse took fright,
and ran away. His owner sued for dam
ages. But the Judges said the owner of
the machine had the right to travel with
it, and had done his whole duty. : Other
very common cases are where one of the
travelers can turn out mnch more easily
than the other. If a man on horseback.
or a pedestrian, or a light, easily man
aged carriage - meets a heavily laden,
clnmsy team or wagon, the dnty of turn
ing out is almost wholly on the first
named. But there is no cast-iron rule
for all cases; each traveler must do the
wisest and best thing indicated by cir
cumstances to avoid mischief.
There is a law of Contrress which
makes it an offense for any person to
stop or hinder a vehicle carrying the
mail; and the usefulness of having the
mail wagons which run to and fro
through the city streets so gorgeously
painted and gilded as they are. no doubt
is mat u prevents cartmen irom getting
in the way and then saying they did not
know the concern behind was a mail
wagon. No one can mistake the big red
and vellow affair, havinar the sliane of a
hearse, the size of an ark, and the colors
of a cirens chariot, which flashes along
tne streets oi this metropolis, for any
thing but a United States mail cart. The
courts have said that these must not be
stopped, but they have no other nrivi-
lege; they must obey the law of the road.
as other vehicles. In . Pennsylvania,
years ago, a man in a wagon was jogging
along, when a stage carrying mail bags
came up behind and wanted to pass. He
turned out as far to one side as the width
of the road allowed, and the stage might
have passed by turning out on the other
side. lint the driver drove straitrht on
in the middle of the road, and the heavy
stage crushed the wagon and severely in
jured its occupant. The conrt held the
stage-driver responsible for lawless
driving.
The rule of the road as to foot passen
gers who want to cross streets where
vehicles are passing is somewhat perplex
ing. While pedestrians are walking on
the sidewalk they have the best right; a
vehicle which should come upon the side
walk and injure a walker would be al
most sure to be cast in damages. A man
in Troy allowed a kicking horse to come
out from his stable unattended, and the
horse strayed along the sidewalk, and
kicked a boy who was walking there. The
eonrt said the horse owner mnst pay dam
ages as matter of conre; he had no busi
ness to let such a horse run loose on the
walk. Along the middle of the block, in
the street, the horses and vehicles have
the best right; a foot passenger who tries
to cross takes his risk, and must look out
for himself; he could hardly recover dam
ages for being run over, unless it was
done almost willfully. At the crossings,
neither has any distinct right Of way;
walkers and drivers have eqnal privi
lege, and each mnst take all reasonable
pains to avoid a run over. Foot passen
gers can generally stop, or turn aside, or
hasten forward more easily than carts
and carriages; this is some reason why
they should take more responsibility and
care against accidents,
Tibed Men. The Colton Setni-Tronic
contains the following paragraph, which
is applicable to a great many localities
on the Pacific coast: We have no room
for men who are too proud or too tired
to work. We have now a large surplus
of "Resting men" who would be fright
ened to death if they found a job of
work. These we certainly have enough
of. But men who can come with a small
amount of ready money, and who are
able and willing to work and economize
as they do in other States, we can safely
promise them a good living and a com
petence in the near future. To be sure
there is the same depression existing
here that, just now is world-wide, bnt it
arises from no local cans and will soon
pass away. - Even now cheering reports
reach ns from the East, and another
twelve-month will see the tide of pros
perity commencing its glad work among
ns. - .
. A country natx I savs that one minister
in the locality recently said to another:
'I came near selling my boots to-day,"
The other one marveled, and' made the
onef but sage remark. "Ah I" Then.
seeing that further comment was expect
ed, lie added: "How was that?" "Oh, I
had them half-Boled,' replied his friend.
lite Tosnr Kerchants.
Two country lads came at an early hour
to a country town, and arraneine thoir
little stands, sat down to wait for custom
ers, one was airmailed with fruit and
vegetables of the boy's own cultivation
and the other supplied with lobsters and
fish. The market hours passed along, and
each little merchant saw with measure
his stores steadily decreasing, and n
equivalent in shining silver in his little
money cup. The last melon lay on Har
ry's stand, when a gentleman came bv, I
and placing his hand upon it, said:
"What a fine, large melon ! What do
you ask for it, my boy ?"
"The melon is the last I have, sir; and
though it looks very fair, there is an un
sound spot in it," said the boy, turning it
over.
"So there is," Baid the man; "I think I
will not take it But," he added, looking
into the boy's fine open countenance, "is j
it very business like to point out the de
fects of your fruit to the customers ?"
"It is better than being dishonest" said
the boy, modestly.
You are right, little teilow; always re
member that principle, and you will find
favor with God and man also. I shall re
member your little stand in the future.
Are those lobsters fresh ?" he continued.
turning to Ben Williams.
"Yes, sir, fresh this morning; I caught
them myself," was the reply, and a pur
chase being made, the gentleman went
away. -
"liarry, what a fool yon were to show
the gentleman that spot- in the melon.
Now you can take it home for your pains,
or throw it away. How much wiser is he
about those lobsters I caught yesterday ?
Sold them for the same price I did the
fresh ones. He would never have looked
at the melon until he had gone away."
"Ben, I would not tell a fie. or act one.
either, for twice what I earned this morn
ing. Besides I shall be better off in the
end, for I have gained a customer and you
nave lost one.
The next market day. Ben and Harry
were on band again, one with his fruit
and vegetables, the other with fish, lob
sters, etc.
"Harry" said Ben, "don't be such a fool
to-day as you was last time. Let custo
mers find out the bad spots themselves.
You'll never make any money that way."
"I am going to be honest and trus, if I
never make any morey." said Harry.
Just then they espied their customer of
the preceding day approaching, accom-
: i i . - I, i - c i i i i
imuieu uy a tan, uigmneu, ueuevoieni
looking man. with eray hair und wearing
gold spectacles, and carrying a gold-headed
cane.
"These are the bovs.' said the custo
mer as they drew near the boys' stand.
"Which is the honest one," said the
benevoleut looking man. "This one T"
"No, indeed 1 I bought some lobsters
of him, on his word that they were fresh,
and they were not fit to eat. This is the
honest boy (pointing to Horry), and he
shows it in his face."-.
The upshot of this affair was that Harry
was then and there eneaeed to be office
boy, in the First National Bank, and be
made his way by his faithfulnessand hon
esty, from office boy to cashier, and is
now filling that position at a Salary of
$4000 a year.
Ail boys cannot become cashiers of
banks and make lots of money, but they
can all grow up to be useful, honored
citizens, respected by all, which alone is
reward enough.
isen is a poor, worthless, drunken
hanger-on at the market still, and there
is no prospect of anything better for him
in the future. A man who bv lvimr and
cheating, drives away one customer a
day, will, in a little while, have verr few
leit, and tney will soon find Him out and
leave him. -
Mississippi's Lazy Peuple.
The negroes are in rags, shoeless, desti-
tude, and worse than ali, not desirous of
working. By their neglected education
during slavery, always directed what to
do by their owners and not thinking for
themselves, it could not be expected that
ireeoom would bring in its tram intelli
gence anu administrative ability. As a
consequence meir ignorance has destroy
ed the fruit of their labors for years naat
and they have been the prey too often of
unscrupulous men, who have amassed
fortunes at the expense of the negroes
who traded with them. The rise has been
so great in crediting the negro that from
too to dou per cent has been asked and
paid for advances of supplies. As
consequent's the negroes, seeing that
they worked hard throughout - the
year and had nothing at the
end, have become demoralized and
suspicious of everybody and everything
don't wish to work, and would prefer to
sit in the sun or fish all day rather than
attempt to work, it is my firm opinion
mat under present circumstances, if any
locality was surrendered to them for ex
clusive residence, without interference
from the whites, it would not require five
years' time to bring the special commu
nity into assimilation with the African
tribes. For ten days I have been offer
ing steady work at remunerative prices
for a dozen laborers, and I have not yet
secured them. I have wanted fences
built and houses erected, and I cannot
find one, or even a company of them
ready or capable or prepared to do the
wora. Ana l nave to hunt up
white man to take uo tne con
tract at 100 per cent higher
man actual cost or superintend
the matter myself. The women wish
to ape the habits of the rich
whites. The poor white women have to
work as bard as the men. But the major
ity of the negro women seem determined
to do no work in the field as tbey former
ly did. If a man can get a cabin and an
acre or two of ground lie can live bv rais
ing enough vegetables, poultry and a lot
vi uujjc, ruivu are pruiuic iivro. vuit
about ten or twelve acres require cultiva
tion for such laborer. The country would
grow up into weeds and the inhabitants
would relapse into barbarism. The thrifty
wmte race nas not come lorward to re-
E lace the other labor. The whites now
ere, as a general rule, are the sons of the
foi iner land-owners. Reared in luxury
and without experience ia work nor
accustomed to labor, the result of ten
years has brought them to nearly the
same condition of impoverishment as
the black race. Prices on cotton
have been steadily dropping each year,
but the insatiate interest and commissions
have not abated. And so the merchants
have accumulated the load of debt to the
point of probably half the value of the
land, and thus the mortgage is foreclosed
and the former owner is homeless and
destitute. In a stretch of nearly eight
miles of splendid cotton land in front of
my window, this is the record of nearly
every plantation, formerly producing
thousands of dollars of revenue, and now
owned by the commission merchant
Thus a new phase has been inaugurated, j
The merchants must do something to
make the land available, and a system of ,
absentee landlordism like that of Ireland
comes in. Agents must run the lands
and employ the labor, and each successive
year will witness tbe same scene of bare
subsistence by the laborer with not a
nickie to store away for old age or sick
ness. . - .
i Dr. Landerer, a Hungarian naturalist,
writes from Athens thai a dead African
eagle, Gypactet bar bat us, ; was lately
found at Mains, on the southern Greek
coast. On examining the bird an iron
headed arrow over a foot long was found
transfixed nnder one of its wintrs. Evi
dently the eagle had been fired at and
struck in Africa by some native, and had
borne the arrow in its body in its flight
over the Mediterranean , until it fell dead
from exhaustion on touching land at
Maina. Scientific American.
An infant daughter of John Wagner
was, without his consent, baptised by a
Catholic priest, in Indianapolis. W agner,
being a Protestant, was displeased, and
has sued to compel the erasure of the
child 'b name from the baptismal record
i of the church.
The August Meteors.
rseentlfie American !
On the 10th of August last the earth,
in its accustomed journey through space,
reached the outer edge of the supposed
meteoric ring which it annually passes
uirongu at tms period of the year- In
the vicinity of New York large num
bers of meteors were seen during the
night of August 10th, some of mem be
ing of comparatively large size, very
bright, and leaving long trails. Doctor
Lewis Swift, in a recent letter to the
Rochester Express, gives the following
information concerning these remarkable
heavenly bodies: -
Meteoric astronomy how takes rank as
a distinctive branch of astronomical
science. Not forty yeyrs have elapsed
since it was ascertained that star showers,
are periodical. Even then, and for many
years after, it was supposed there were
but two, called the August and Novem
ber showers. Now, not less than one
hundred have been detected, and others
are constantly being added to the list.
The accounts of the showers that occur
red in ancient times came down to ns
clothed in such extravagant language
that, until the great star shower of No
vember 13, 1833, astronomers were loth -to
believe them. Now they know not
only the cause, bnt are able to predict
their recurrence with almost as mteh
exactness as eclipses, and the popular
mind observes these displays with equa
nimity and delight instead of fear and
alarm, or thinking the day of judgment
has come. Science has "disarmed not
only them, but eclipses and comets as
well, of their terrors.
All know what a shooting star - looks
like, bnt no living man can tell ns what ' :
it reanv is. for not one has ever been
known to reach the earth, - Those heavy;
stony, and still more weighty metallic
masses, called meteorites, meteoric
stones, etc., which occasionally fall to
the earth from the celestial regions, of
which the one that recently fell in Iowa
was a remarkable example, belong to
another class of objects entirely, of the
origin of which man knows nothing.
A shooting star is only visible whJw .
undergoing the process of combustion.
which lasts from one to three seconds.
seldom longer. Previous to this they
exist in a dark, probably solid condition,
not much, if any, larger than peas, too
small to be seen by daylight,' and at
night, being in the earth's shadow, are
eclipsed and consequently invisible.
Only while being burned are they visi
ble to ns, as then they shine by their own
light. , -
Each meteoroid moves in an orbit, re
volving around the sun with as much
regularity as the larger planets. In fact,
each is in every sense of the word a
planet, obeying strictly the laws of grav
itation and planetary motion. All space
is filled with them; they are as numerous
as the sand. The earth and they in their
journey around tbe sun encounter each
other; the earth, by its superior attrac
tion, draws them toward it, but to reach
it they must pass through the atmos
phere, which not one is able to do. Only '
meteoric stones are able to reach the
earth, and they have their surfaces black
ened and converted to scoria oy the ter
rible heat engendered by the friction
with the atmosphere and by arrested mo
tion.
Shootine stars move in all directions.
and at velocities probably equal to the
earth s, nearly nineteen miles a second.
One moving retrograde, therefore (from .
urf 4sk v-MI wrnlfl nlnncrA intn 1.V.A nt ,-
mospbere at a relative velocitiptjeSis
thirtv-piirlit. milAS a AVCOnd-anil if k)!av.
ance be made for accelerated motion
caused by the earth's attraction, proba
bly double that, or seventy-five miles a .
second. The encounter is fearful, and
but for the atmosphere which acts as a .
enshion, the effect would be disastrous,
for not less than oo,ooo,ooo would rain
upon the earth every day.
The source from whence these, me-
teoroids come is comets, especially from
their tails. The tail of the great comet .
of 1811 was 150,000,000 miles in length
and 15,000,000 in di&ineter. It is im
probable in the highest degree that the
comet could gather its tail to itself again.
It is left behind, forming part of a ring,
which in time may become continuous.
Another comet comes and it does the
same, and during the ages which are past
this process has been going on till the
interplanetary spaces are filled with not
only meteoroids, but something still more
marvelous.
In about three thousand years that
great comet will return again and repeat
the prooess, forming -part of another
ring, or aaamg to tne ursi, aepeuiuug '
circumstances which need not be consid
ered here. Whenever the earth, in its
annual journey, passes through anv ring
made by some comet, no man knows
when, we get a star shower. The four
most notable ones in our times
take place at the following dates,
namely, on the mornings of August 1?
and November 14, and the evenings of
November 24 and 27. The last two are
caused by the earth passing through tho
track of meteoroids left behind by the
fragments of Bida's comet, which di
vided into two parte in 1845. In thiaf
way meteoric rings are formed, of which
the solar system is filled, but none are
visible to us, except those the earth
passes through. By some such process
was the August ring formed, which the
earth passed diagonally throngh on the
evening uio ium mm hivi uuig v tu?
11th of the present month.
The first August shower mentioned in
history occurred on July 25, A. IX 811,
and has appeared with unfailing regular
ity down to onr time, except a break of
eitrhtv-three Years between 841 and: 924,
and another and mnch longer one ci
three hundred and ten years, between
933 and 1243, owing, probably, to breaks
in the ring, or, which is more likely, to
a failure to record them. The period of
the above comet is about one hundred
and twenty-three years, and it will there
fore make its next appearance about the
year 1985. ; '
The eccentricity of thai August nag
is very great, its perihelion distance be
ing eqnal to that of the earth, and its
aphelion distance far beyond the orbit
of Neptune, making the circumference
of the ring more than 11,000,000,000
miles, and as the earth is ten days pass
ing through it, its thickness must be at
least 16,000,000 miles. .
A Joke Returned.
The Palmyra Enterprise, published in
Jefferson county, Wisconsin, relates tha
the new dog story and a pretty good
one: ...
A gentleman connected with the United
Stfctes hike survey, in this city, was en
gaged one day on the skirt of a wood in
Indiana. Near him, sleeping lazily in
tho sun, lay his faithful dog, Tiger.
Thinking to have some fun with the dog,
he gave a about and a jnmp into the
thicketas if ail the game ever protracts!
by game laws from marauumg hunter
was dashing throngh the bnsLes.
The surveyor resumed his duties, and
was hard at work far two or tLree horrs,
when, aB at once, the dog rose from Lis
sleep set his ears and eyes in the c- v
tion of the wood, gave a bark, and iJs
a, rush to ibe forest depths.
The surveyor followed tee nulla s. .1
ml to a tree, np which he h-jv '
canine congratulations to timprcy; t-
wfcen the surveyor came and 1 -
iot ly to scan the boughs for l i
gKAe, Tiger gave a satisfied "A'. V -bestowed
a glance of covA-- ; t t j
suiveyor, and .striking a iv '
sU Iked back to his cout h v ?' - : -pexxanceof
a dog that h&X ajn-.- 1 1
all accounts with the UJia &irpjt i t
ha-1 loft notliUig dua ca 1 . . -.
IM&ty.