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About The Douglas independent. (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1880)
And other priming, Inc'.udins Larga and Ueavy papers and Shwwy Ilaad-Ulllx. . " Neatly and exjUitiously Executed i Al POnfLAWDPaiCEcV -r V- -r M " Independent in all Things ; Neutral in Nothing." VOL. 4. 110SEBUKG, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1880. NO. 41. E. r. MULLET , Watchmaker and Jeveler, OAKLAND, A OREGON Office in Dr. Page's Drug Store. Canyonville Hotel, D. A. LEVIS, - - PROPRIETOR HAVING l:Kf EV'JIA' PURCHASED THE Canyonvi le Hotel, I am now prepared to urnian Iruvelcr wi.t int oesi oi acoommouaiinus. Feed exdstabliiiK for uk. D. A. LEVINS. W. D. 'WOODCOCK. H. W. CHURCHILL. WoodOfk& Churchill, MYRTLE (KEEK, - - ORECSOK TEAMBTERS FKOM JACKSONVILLE and the nwiwii in Myrtle Creek will find lb beet horse? Wn at this' establishment, in thii line we claim to do work equal to any in the State. New w. ik umiiulactured and repairs made on the sb' rust notice. Give us a trial, and if we cannot ui vmi none can. WOODCOCK A CHCRCHILL. JAS. THORNTON. w. H. aikihsos. JACOB WAGNER. E. Z. ANDERSON Ashland Woolen Manufacturing Company, Manufacturers and Dealers in White & Colored Blankets Plain and Vnry Cashmere, Doeskins, Flannels, Ktc. also, OVER AND UNDERWEAR CLOTHING Made to Order. W. II. ATKINSON. Hco'y ASHLAND. Jackson County, Oregon. H. C. STANTON, Dealer in Staple Dry Goods I Keeps constantly on hand a general assort ment of EXTRA FINE GROCERIES, WOOD, WILLOW A8D GLASSWARE! ALSO Crockery and Cordage A full iiock of SCHOOL BOOKS Such as required by the Fublic County Schools All. kinds of STATIONERY, TOY and FANCY ARTICLES To suit both Young and Old. OUTS AND SKLL8 LEGAL TESDEKS furnishes Checks on Portland, and procures liranaoa Ban rnincisco. Metropolitan Hotel, ROSKBUHG, - - 0RK90S. Perkins & neadrtek, Prop'rs. The Only First-Class Hotel in the City Pipes sfUU O. dk . c- Well furnished sleeping apart- Buna, the best of beds, and the most atteni housekeepers, and a table supplied with the beat of everything, j STAG'S FOR REDDING S Lure the house every day on the arrival of the sari from Portland. j The (ravelins: public, and all who favor ns with thair patronage, can rest assured that they will be entetaiued in the best possible manner. HEAD RICK A PERKINS MAHONEY'8 8ALOON. Nearest to the Railroad Depot,' Oakland. Jn. BfahoneYi Prop'r. The finest of wines, liqaors and cigars in Dong lu county, and the best BIX.XjIA.RI TAJBXsXl In the 8UU kept in proper repair: farties traveling en the railroad will find this place very handy to visit daring the stop ping of the train at the Oak land. Depot. Give me a call. . JA3. MAHONEY. SALEM Foundry and Machine Shop B. F. DRAKK, Proprietor. SA.X.EBdC. . ORKOON. Hteam X3nsjrlne. Bew BX111S. 3rlt Mill. Ilenpera, Pumpsj nd stll kinde and Stales ot AfmotUnery mad to Order. Machinery repaired on Snort NoUoe. ; Ffcttarn making done in ell Its various forma, end all kinds of brass and iron castings fur nished on short notice. Also manufac turer of Enterprise Plainer and Matcher, and Suckers and . Bharpers. PATTERSON'S - ' . - 1 Jas. H. Tipton, Prop'r. ALL KINDS OF LUMBER. Including j Sug-ar Pine, j Cedar, Fir, J Pine and Oak Lumber, Always on band, I And Order promptly filled on the eshorteat Motto AH kinds of dressed lumber constantly on band. Lumber furnished at any point in Roeeburg without extra charge, and by application to ma it will be found that My Lumber is not only the best bat the cheapest in , the market. Try me and see. Address all letters to TIPTOJIBROS Patterson's Mil la. Or BLACIlSMlTIIinG, WADKINS BROS. Would inform the public that they have leased the large Blacksmithing shop lately occupied by George Hickle, and that they are prepared to do j All Kinds of BlackamitMng: In first-elass style, I And at prices lower than the lowest. They have many years' experience in the line of Horse Shoeing! And claim, on tliis point, in the trade, they are competent to do the best of work to the . satisfaction of patrons. All kinds of Machinery repaired, Plow Work, Etc, i Give them a oalL Bhop opposite 8. Hark k Co. nMBBUKO, - JOHN FRASER, Home Made Furniture, WILBIR, . . OKUUOX. Upholstery, Spring Mattrasses, Etc., Constantly on hand. K'P I Tl'ft V have the best atocko Ilk I ItBDi lurnitureaoutli of Portland And all of my own manufacture. No two Prices to Customers Residents of Douglas county are requested to give me a call before purchasing elsewhere. tar ALL WORK WARRANTED.- Furniture Store! JOHN GI LDEUMLKVE jJAVING TURCUASED THE FCRNI- ture Establishment of John Lchnlierr, is now prepared to do any work in the UPHOLSTERING LINE. He is also prepared to furnish FURNITURE ! In all style?, of the best manufacture, aud cheaper than the cheapest, ills CliairH, Tables. Bureaus), Bedsteads, WultHtuml&, ETC., ETC., ETC. Are of superior make, and for low cost cannot be equalled in me euue. in Finest of Spring Beds I And the Most Complete fcofas Alwavs on band. Everything in vhe line fur- Dished, uf the bestquality,on tiiestioncsi notice and at the lowest rates. COFFINS MADE AND TRIMMED. And orders filled cheaper and better than can I any other estaDiisnmenu t i . : : A ei..M miHIi TMifmnnce. the un- jrrouiug m Buh K" ' i ' dersigneil promises to offer extra inducements to all patrons. Give me a trial. J. JASKULEK, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER, Boseburg, Oregon. NO MORE VSK TO BEND YOUR FINE Watches to Portland for repairs. A fine assortment of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Spec tacles and Eye-glasses always on hand. The only reliable Optometer in Roaebnrg for the proper adjustment of Spectacles and Eye glasses, which will preserve and strengthen the eyesight. fjr- AH work warranted. DEPOT HOTEL- OAKLAND, - ORKUOtl. Richard Thomas, Prop'r. rpHIS HOTEL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED . Sot a number ot years. "t, h wme yery popular witn the traveling puoiic. random SLEEPING ACCOMMODATIONS. And the table supplied with the best the market affords. Hotel at the depot of the Kailroad. T. C. SMITH C3.f DRUGGISTS Chemists and Pharmacists! Patton's Block, SUte Street, SALEM, - - OREGON. Particular attention given to prescriptions, and ail orders by man or express nuea promptly and accurately. Physicians and country dealers will save money by examining our biock, or procuring our rjrices. before purchasing else where. 404 ore iron and California TR.0U8H TO SAN FIAXCISCO FOUR DATS. THE QUICKEST, SAFEST AND EASIEST ROUTE. STAGE8 LEAVE ROSEBURQ Kvarr Day at T-30 P. M., Kaktng quick connection at Beading with the ! cars of the C. AO. R. B. For fun partioalan and passage apply to j PERKINS AHEADR1CK. " gent. j MAMMOTH LIVERY AND FEED STABLE. This establishment is the Best in the State I and connected with it is a large Wagon Yard and Shed Room I Capable of accommodating any number of horses and wagons. Seat of Hay nnd Grain always in full supplysnd at li vine prices, and no one is allowed to go awsy dissatisfied. Don't fail to give us a rail, for we arc determined to suit you iu quan tity, quality and price. WW " - 'K1X- . NOTICE. ICOTICE 13 HEREBY GIVtN TO WHOM IT may concern lhat the undirsi);u'd iias hiva awarded the contract for keepm;; ibe Uoulas County paupers for a period of two yearn, nil persons in need of assistance from sai county must first procure a certificate to that effect from any member of the County Board and present it to one ol the following named persons, who are aathorixed to and will care for those presenting each certificates: Button A Perkins, Roseburg; L. I Kellogg, Oakland) Mrs. Brown, Looking Glass. Dr. Woodruff is authorized to furnish aid to ail persons in need of the same and who hare been declared paupers of Douglas Oaonty. W.B.CLAHK. SEEDS tarSEEDS! I ALL KIDS OFUiMQlALnY. A.r.JL, ORDERS Promptly attended to and Goods shipped with ore. Address, ' Haihenty A Beno . , Portland,0 son. TELEGRAPHIC. EASTERN. The Villainous VJtes. Washishton, Jan. 8. Correspondence sent to the senate by Secretary 8churz to day in reganl to the Ute Indian trouble is extremely voluminous, covering hundreds of pages. Much ot it hus already been published, but a portion is now made pub lic for the first time. On November 4th last, Commissioner Adams, who was then at Denver, telegraphed Secretary Schurz that the examination under oath of the late captives disclosed most brutal treat men t of them, in which Douglas and John son were implicated, and which was un known and unexpected to Commissioner Adams, and as he' believed to Chief Ouray also ; that he feared that with living wit nesses against the Indian would not obey Ouray's orders. He also expressed an opinion after hearing these witnesses;, that troops would probably have to be used against them soon. He closed his dispatch by advising a forward movement of cav alry at Fort Garland to Indian creek. On JNovember otn. secretary bciiurz replied that he had conferred with General Sher man about the movement of troops, and savs that both himself and General Sher man agree in the opinion expressed in the dispatch which General Sherman had ' just received from Colonel Mackenzie, in which he says: My own experience and judgment lead me to believe that any such movement, until the peace commis sion has entirely completed its labors. will be particularly objectionable." secretary schurz also says in this dis patch, "Your apprehension that Douglas and Johnson with living witnesses against them will not obey Ouray's orders, and will make the use or troops necessary, seems to leave out of accounts the circum stances that those witnesses were in their power, and they surrendered them uncon ditionally." The future location of the Ltes will be calculated te somewhat miti gate the punishment of the guilty parties. un JNovember its. Commissioner Adams telegraphed the secretary that Agent Stanley at Los Pinos was interfering with the work of the commission by keeping up business with Chief Douglas and other White ltiver Utes. On the 30th, Agent Stanley was ordered by Secretary Schurz to report to Washington. Frand sutfl Remorse. Xkw York, Jan. 9. Fraud on the Pro duce Kxchange to the amount of $.310,000 have been discovered. 1 he defaulter was Benjamin C. Boeert. who had been treas urer of the Exchange for many years, aud was a highlv respected merchant, in whom general confidence was felt. Bogert did not appear at tne Exchange or at nis ollice. after the discovery was made, nnd died suddenly yesterday afternoon at the I 1 ' ., . 1 ' !. T . ! . 1 L I. 1 irouHU ui k irittiiu in una city, it lsiuuugiit that he was unable to bear his disgrace. He may have committed suicide. The disclosure of the defalcation was due to the determination of the finance com mittee of the Produce Exchange to trans fer the account of the Exchange from one bunk to another. Bogert is supposed to have used the money which he took in bis private, business. A ProAtable Business. New Yobk, Jan. 8. The Boston Tran- i ript says : The recent rise in the Atch ison Topeka & banta re railroad stocks has been looked upon by many as unpre cedented in the historv of the Bobton stock marker, and is therefore unwan an ted. This is a very superficial view or the case. The fact is that the increase ef the earnings of this road in 1873, over 509 miles, was $1 "IG.000, and in 1879 over $115,270. A cash dividend of 3 per cent. has been declared on the stock, which is the second cash dividend, the first havinc t?u pniu lit- An.not last. the livening fosl, in its financial article, savs: sew x ork has very little interest in this company, but the fact that an agreement to build the ucw Pacific rail road has been made between it aud the Lake Shore and San Francisco company. the securities of which are mostly held here, or have been until lately, makes whatever concerns the Atchison, Topeka & banta re of interest on this market. New Orlcsvna Great Das'. New Orleans, Jan. 8. The anniversary of the battle ot Tsew Orleans was ceie' braled by a solemn mass at the cathedral, parado or the military and the bring or salutes, flags were displayed throughout the city. Deadnrood Barely Karapes Devastation. Deaowood, I). T-, Jan. 8. The escape of Deadwood from being totally destroyed by tire a second time this morning was most miraculous. About midnight the timber on the hillside on Shoemaker Galch caught fire from a miner's torch and was funned bv a high wind, spiead throuzh that gulch into the "black tail" over the divide into City Creek and Forest Hill and inside the city limits, where by the superhuman enorts of the nremen and citizens, it was got under control with loss of only a few cabins and some cord- wood, the wind blew almost a hurricane and did considerable damage in different parts of the city. All stores were cleared of goods and if the fire had continued i would have burned empty buildings, lhe damage to property by hasty removal was great and will amount to many thousands of dollars. GeorKla Races. Augusta, Jan. 9. The dash of one and an eighth miles was won by Gabriel, Ben Hill second. Aaron third, time 1:50). Mile heats won by Round Dance, Leroi second time, AA'J, oAo. A Compliment to Thurman. Columbus, Jan. 9. The dtmocratic cau cus agreed to vote for thurman for sen a tor. The Chicago Strike. Chicago, Jan. 8. The butcher's uuion held an open air meeting at Dexter Park this afternoon, which was attended by all the strikers and workiogmen from all parts of the city, the aggregate attendance being about 100,000. The meeting was addressed by the prime movers in the strike, and was enthusiastic and unani moua on the Question of continuing the organization. A vote of confidence in the officers was passed and all the speeches were in favor ot ho ding out. mere was was an underlying sentiment wmcu looked strongly to compromise with the packers on any basis snort oi giving up the union, it is reported inai a man was shot in a quarrel growing outot tne striae 2to particulars. Death or Ktnperor notion s.v FniKi'iaro. Jan. 8. Emperor Ior ton, one of the best known characters of San Francisco, died suddenly io-aay. ne vaa walking nlons? uuDoni street, tno leu to the pavement He was assisted to bis feet and placed against a building to rest when he died witnoui a struggle. The Con. Va. Mine. At tha annual meeting of the Consoli AatnA Mininir Company, this afternoon 430.75.1 shares were represented, the ntfinnrs remain as heretofore. The secre tary's report showed rece-pts during the year of $2,963,617, of which ',4Bl,aos was the cross yield ror 17. ine Daiance on hand is S67.750. A resolution was passed indorsing the acts of the board of directors during the past year. Crop Prospects. New York. Jan. 9. The Commercial Bui letin says that the agricultural outlook for 1880 is as favorable as couw oe aesirea. Its cror correspondent in reviewing the situation savs that farmers, encouraged by the prevailing High prices, are increasing their grain acreage, aud are determined to grow a better crop man ever oeiore. Jlnt Keene bnjrs Some Bloooea H toe it James B. Keene has purchased eleven thoroughbred blood mares in England, the nucleus ot ins future sum. nn nas nut yet decided where he will locate, Bogarl's Defalcation The defalcation and death of Bogirt for 18 rears treasurer of the Produce Ex chance, is the sensation to-day in flnan cial circles. Bogart kept bis own bank account and that of the Exchange at the Merchants' Exchanee national Bank: ttis i . t : .L . v n l $nvaM scwinii wiiu uis uuit uu suj averaged more than $1000, and the Pro - dnce Exchange not more than $10,000, while of late the latter had not been more than a few hundred dollars. Bogart s death was, it is said, caused by laudanum. J. B. Bogart and Henry Meyers Bogart, sons and partners of the late Benjamin C. Bogart, tiled au assignment to-day for the benefit of the creditors. Atrocious Doings ot sta Inaaue Mast. Galvkstok. Jan. 9. A special fronffcam- bridge says: M. A. Seay. a man supposed to be insane, went to the residence oi j. N. Ladd. ten miles east from here, and shot Ladd dead without the least provoca tion. He then went to Samuel Tubbs' house and shot him five tunes. Tubbs is not expected to live. Seay then went to Logan's farm and informed Losian what he had done. Before he ovild be prevon el he placed the pistol to his head and blew his brains out. dutch Work. Wilmington. N.C.. Jan. 9. Allen Math- ias, (colored) was hanged here to-day for the murder of Reuben jllerreu. Within 25 minutes from the time the drop fell his body had been cut dowij, the funeral ser vices held and the remains were on tne way to the potter's field for interment. Railroad Readjustment. New York. Jan. 10. The suit of James G. Stephens and others jagainst the New xorlc and .Midland Kauroau company nd others, has at last : been decided in favor of the plaintifls, and a deed to the roperty rty has been executed to Conrad N. Jordan, cashier of the Third National Bank of this city, whol represented the bondholders of the defuuet corporation and the holders of receivers' certificates. The consideration expressed in the deed u $4,600,001). of which lM),ouu is cash ami the balance consists of bondj, receivers' certificates and oast due coupons. The purchasers intend to form a new company the JNew York. Ontario and western Railroad Company with a capital ol.fl0,- 000. of which $200,000 is to be used to pay outstanding bonds and receivers' certifi cates. The $10,000,000 stock is to be de- videdas follows: $2,000,000 preferred to stock holders of receivers' certificates, and the balance, 8,000,000, common stock of bondholders. The Irish Agitators In Boston. Boston, Jan. 13. 1'arnell aud Dillon received to-dav delegations from various associations and listened to the reading of addresses. An Ohio Colored Man. Columbus, Jan. 10. George W. Wil liams, a colored representative to the general assembly from Hamilton county, was relused his dinner at l. isreca 4 wi restaurant to-day on account of color. Mr. Williams has stated that he will bring suit under the civil acts bilL Ships Loading Slowly. New York, Jan. 10. Vessels' load ine for Portland are doing scarcely anything, as deliveries of railroad iron are very slow. San Francisco Collectorshlp. There is a brisk contest going on in the senate over the nomination of Morton to the collectorship of San Francisco. Booth opposed the confirmation with much Vigor. lie oases uia uujecuon iiiauuy uu the ground of the want of sufficient resi dence to justify such an important-p- among the old friends of the elder Morton, without regard to their relations to party or to the administration, to vote for the sons confirmation. Meanwhile. Booth stands on his rights as a senator, and claims that the courtesy usually extended to senators in case of obnoxious nomina tion!, shall be extended to himself and his democratic colleague whom he has induced to take sides with him. Some of the particular friends of Morton have also been among those who have often claimed thA sttma thinir in IKBoit whiau llootu now asks, and have always received con sideration, and the present contest places them in an embarrassing position. Bills In Commltt e. Washington, Jan. 13. The house bank ing committee has agreed to report Page's bill authorizing the conversion ol national banks. Thesenate committee on appropriations has agreed to recommend an increase of $500,000 on the amount voted by the house of representatives for the preserva tion and repair of fortifications; but to vote down the recommendation of a sub committee for increase of the amount ap propriated by the house $270,000) for their armament. The committee will also report for pas sage the bill of Senator Davis to relieve the U. S. treasury and severnl states from any further accountability for moneys de posited with the states under act of June 23, 182ti, making that disposition of sur plus revenue then accumulated in the federal treasury. V. S. Treasury Notes. A petition for the withdrawal of the legal tender power of U. S. treasury notes, presented in the senate to-day by Ker nan, is signed by over 1503 individuals and firms of New York City and state, representing all classes and parties. Discharged from Of lice. Major William Sweet, chief of the in ternal revenue division, in the office of the first comptroller of the treasury de partment has been dismissed for extrava gant expenditure while traveling on the government account. This is the gentle man who traveled in a stylo "befitting an emplovee of the grandest republicon the globe" The Chinese Immigration BUI to he Pushed. Washington, Jan. 18. The California delegation has resolved to push action on the Chinese immigration bill and run the chance of another presidential veto. The bill is more moderate than the one vetoed. No attempt is made to abrogate, the exist ing treaty with China. Some members of the delegation have had interviews with the president about the measure, but he declines to intimate what he would do if the bill is presented him for his signature. On account of the prolonged absence of Minister Seward from his post during the East year, Secretary Evarts says that he as been unable to consummate negotia tions for the modification of our treaty with China. Leeds, an Cte Indian. Washington Jan. 17. Leeds was before the commission about two hours. He as signed among the reasons and causes for disaffection, the failure of the Indian bu reau to send to the Indians subsistence supplies and agricultural implements as it had agreed to do ; prohibitions by the de partment of the sale of arms and ammu nition upon their reservation ; leaving them under the necessity of traveling ninety miles to.obtain lli'e necessities of life, as withouv means and ammunition for hunting they were unable to sustain themselves upon their reservation ; the delay of the department in furnishing their supplies to the starving White River U.tes, and notice given in two successive annual reports by Indian Commissioner Hayt that he proposed their removal to the Indian territory without making any mention of any proposition to compensate them for their lands. Jle attributed the disaffection of the Utes to the utter inat tention of Commissioner Hayt to their condition, claims and necessities. Active Work on the Southern Pacific. The Southern Pacific is making exten sive preparations to extend their road eastward from Casa Grande, and during the week a great deal of camp equipage, provisions, etc., were sent forward. Next Tuesday a detachment of 500 laborers will leave here for Casa Grande, to be 'ol lowed by others until two or three thous and are put at work. Fifty miles of steel rails and 200 miles of ties are now col lected at the point where track-laying will commence. A Blow at the Chattean Scheme for Free Wine Importation. Judge Kelly, of Pennsylvania, expects to get the floor in the house of represen tatives to morrow to offer his resolution declarirg that any and all commercial treaties providing for changes in the rates of tariff duties, must receive the approval of the house as well a the senate before they cam go into effect. This resolution which is aimed at the Chatteau project, will be offered for adoption under suspen sion of rules, and Kelly is sanguine of its receiving the necessary two-thirds vote, and perhaps considerable more. Leon Chatteau is again in Washington indus triously distributing documentsin support of his project, and apparently prepared to "fight it out on this line if it takes him all summer." It does not, as yet, appear that the sctiesue has made any progress in Washington since Chatteau was here last year, but it will doubtless be unsafe to assume that no progress is being made because none is visible in a matter of this sort, as the movement is to a large extent, likely to be conducted under the surface. Bound Over to Answer. Washington, Jan. 18. Lucy Walton alia Hhett Hortou, who shot John H. Morgan, has been held for $1000 for action before the grand jury. Indian , Commission Church. Tho board of Indian commissioners cdled upon the president and after dis cussing the Indian question with him, offered a recommendation that religious bodies be permitted to select agents for the Indians. A conference was held be tween the members of the board and Sec retary Schurz. .The charges of misman agement preferred against Indian Com missioner Hayt were considered, and a committee appointed to investigate them I and rejiort to the board to-morrow. Justiflab'e Homicide. Franklin, La., Jan. 14: To day. Sidney Cole.aged about 19, owner of three-fourths of the Chatworth plantation, rode up to the gate of C. B. Wafford, manager of the plantation, and informed Watford that he had come to kill him. Wafford expostnlaU edin vain. Cole dismount, d and advaavsed, pistol in hand, toward the house. Mis. Watioru, realizing the danger of her husband, called out to him to arm himself, which he did by seizing a shotgun, and stepping out confronted Cole, who contin ued advancing said, "I have to kill you, d n you ; 1 mean business;" whereupon Watford remarked to him, "If you mean business, here it is," at the same time discharging his weapon, the load taking e fleet in Cole so least killing him instantly. Wafford immediately came to town and surrendered himself to the sheriff, but was afterwards discharged from custody. the coroner's jury having returned a verdict of excusable homicide. Burksdale Ahead Jackson, Miss., Jan. 14. Thedemocratie caucus was resultless. Barksdsle is ahead- Outrages by Strikers in Chicago. Chicago, Jan. -13. There was consider able excitement at the stock yards this morning, owing to assaults made by union men, who, unable to secure their old places iu packing houses, busied them selves in going about the yards abusing non-uniou men, stoning them and strik ing them with sticks as they passed iu- Rallway'SIatters. Chicago. Jan. 15. Chartering of vessels for grain storage continues; but there is still a scarcity of storage as receipts are heavv. There is beginning to be serious talk of a reduction in the excessively high charges on gram from Chicago to the eastern cities. It is complained that if tateskeep np until spring most of the grain in storehouses will go forward to Buffalo by lake, and that one or two roads will get all the transportation from there to the seaboard. For this reason the other roads begin to agitate 20 or 25 per cent, tier 100 lbs., or about hall pet cent, rate. The joint executive committee of the trunk lines meet in New York on the 2(ith. when a reduction in freight rates will be considered, and it is predicted that it will be ordered on about rebruary 1st. At present all the western roads are suf fering greatlv on account of slackened business in grain. A railroad war of some proportions is brewing among west era roads, over tho apportionment of the Colorado 1 business. The Northwestern road having set upa claim for a partner ship in the pool which carries Colorado freight to Missouri river points; and that request having been retused, it has threat ened a large cut in rates to Chicago aud Uock Island, by declaring the lines open between Chit-ago and St. Paul for busi ness. The Chicago, Burlington & Quiney , and the Milwaukee ot St. Paul have also joined in the fight against the Northwest ern, and it is intended to force the issue and its i-eltlcment immediately. Pend ing the settlement a general western rail road war is probable. Commissioner Fink nas been informed or the situation. Tehanntrpee Railway. New York, Jan. 15. The Commercial Bulletin says a cable dispatch received at the office of the Tehauntepec Company in this city, dated January 10th, says that the consulting engineer and chief : en gineer had arrived at the City of Mexico and were cordially received by President Diaz and memoers ot fits cabinet. : Ar rangements were being made to send en ginecrs to the isthmus under escort of government officials, who were instructed to give every aid in the prosecution of the work in hand. The dispatch also stated that the former railroad stall previously sent out had arrived in safety, and that the work was progressing most favorably President Learned is convinced that there will be no difficulty whatever in securing all the money required to complete the enterprise, as he believes the railroad is bound to be a success, and will open up the most direct route from Great Britain to Australia, as well as China and Japan and the Indian possessions. He has not much faith in the Nicaraguan canal scheme, and savs that even should it be finally constructed, the Tehauntepec rail road could put down rates to such i low figure that it would not pny to send business bv canal. So far there has been over $500,000 sub' scribed bv private parties to carry on the work. The entire amount to bo raised is between $5,000,000 and $6,000,000, and the balance required will be obtained by the issue of preferred certificates, or 7 percetit. bonds and mortgages. It is believed that more than 3,000,000 will be required to complete the road should the Mexican government pay the subsidy agreed upon in the charter, namely, $12,000 per mile on the completion of each three miles of the road. It is estimated that a good por tion of the road can be built for that sum per mile. It is also calculated that the harbor of Goalzocolas will be completed within the next twelve months so as to admit vessels drawing 25 feet of wa'er, and with wharfage accomodation at the mouth of the river measuring over 2000 feet face. It is then intended that summer shall ply between New York and ports in Great Britain and Goalzacolaa direct, and also to have branch steamers running along the coast. At Goalzacolas steps are now being taken for surveying and ar ranging for a harbor on the Pacific side which will be the means of a canal into the lake at that point. Railroad Consolidation Scheme. New Yonic, Jan. 15. The Suu says that it transpired about noon yesterday, that the Boston directors of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, were here holding a session in conference with Jay Gould in reference to a consolidation of the Union Pacific with the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company. , It is learned that the consoli dation in its essentials was practically de cided upon three months ago, and only details remained to be settled. These de tails were the subject of discussion yes terday, bnt apparently final actiou was not taken upon them. Probably the stock of the two companies will be taken up on equal footing as they are selling at nearly the same price in the market, but the ar rangement of debt will cause more trouble. A prominent director in both companies ventured a remark that there was some grounds for reports about consolidation, but he was not at liberty to speak upon the subject until details are formally agreed npon. Am Important Railroad Project. New York, Jan. 15. A new railroad project was launched here to-day, the Pueblo & St. Louis Railroad ; to build from Pueblo, Colorado, down the Arkan e.Valley to the great bend in the Kansas 340 niitW ; to rr!f h -"'flint a short con nection is in the meanwhile to be -built by the Kansas Pacific Company from ifs Salinas extension at McPheraon, and by the Missouri Pacific from Wichita, Ks, which is expected to be reached by the latter during the coming summer. The portion of the line in Colorado, 150 miles, it is understood, will be built by the Den ver & Hio Grande Railroad Company, and the cost of the line is estimated at $10,000 per mile. A peculiar feature is that it is contemplated to build the road by the is sue of stock without bonds. The primary object of the line is to supply the large demand of emigration in the treeless val leys of the Arkansas for coal and limber from the foothills of the Rocky mount ains, and a counter demand for hay, grain and provisions for the mines of Colorado. By the connections named the line be comes a short central line from St. Louis to Pueblo, and puta the Denver & Rio Grande and the mountain lines of Color ado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah into connection by a water grade across the plains with the Missouri & Kansas Pacific and the rest of the Gould system in the east. The 8. L,. K. &. A. R. K. Osawatomib, Kan. Jan. 14. At the an nual meeting of the directors and stock holders of the St. Louis, Kansas & Arizona Railroad here to-day the follow' ng offi cers were elected : S. H. II. Clark, presi dent; A. A. Talmage, vice president; C. G. Warner, secretary; O. L. Garrison, treasurer. PACIFIC COAST. Death from Narcotlo Pelaon. Mrs. Mitchell, widow of the late William Mitchell, tax collector, died last evening. The death of Mitchell a few months ago so upset the nervous system of Mrs. Mitchell that she had been induced to resort to the use of a narcotic to quiet ber nerves. At 10 o'clock last night it was noticed by the members of her family that she was laboring under the influence of narcotics to a dangerous degree, having evidently taken an overdose. Dr. O'Neil, who resides close by, was summoned, but pronounced the case hopeless, the drug aving found its way into the blood. She died in about an hour afterwards. lior, Perkins' Inauguration. Governor Perkins was inaugurated at Sacramento 'to-day at 1 o'clock, with grea t ceremony. The procession was large and mposiug. the trovernor delivered bis naugnral in the assembly chamber. Fatal Explosion at Virginia City. Virginia City, Jan. 8. This afternoon an old boiler which had been prepared as the receptical of compressed acid, was be ing tested at the Ophir works, its head blew out, striking J. W. Sonunstine in the breast, tie cannot live. James Brown, chief engineer of the mine was cnt in the head, but not dangerously, and Thomas woiv was also hurt. Dividend. San Francisco, Jan. 17. Bodie declares a dividend of 25 cents. Deaths In San Francisco. Richard Sullivan, a well known writer and journalist, and brother of T. D. Sulli van, editor of the Dublin Nation, died here to-dav Senora Maria Madrez de Montafar. wife of the minister of foreign affairs of Guate mala, visiting this city for her health, died to-day. Senor Montafar has for many years been engaged in a feud with the society or Jesuits, he being a prominent Mason, and was twice exiled from Guate mala by Jesuit influence : but finally ac complished their expulsion. In recogni tion of his devotion to the craft, Masons will attend the luneral en masse to-mor row. i Contributions for Ireland. j The Irish relief committee will to morrow remit $1500 to Dublin. Mayor Kalloch has tendered the Metropolitan lempie and bis services as a lecturer on Ireland for the benefit of the fund. Los Angeles contributes $000, and Stockton flOOO. FOREIGN. A Direct Insult. Berlin-, Jan. 14. Hamburger Correspon.- wnce puuiisneaa siory oi a leanul quarrel at Klisch, Poland, between Russian and Oerman officers. The officers of a Russian regiment stationed at Kalisch invited the officers of the Russian regiment stationed on the other side of the frontier to dinner, and in the course of political argument nic uuoniiiun uoeu lusuiiing language lo- warus ine vjerraans. Bloodshed was averted by a Russian colonel sending nome me uerraan omcers under escort. Germany wanta Russia to:Eiplain. Ix)ndon, Jan. 15. A Berlin dispatch says that the Kussinn officers who be came involved in a quarrel with their en tertainers at Kalisch, immediately com municated the incident to the military authorities at Berlin, who were much shocked at hearing the news. The Ger man amlinssador at St. Petersburg has been instructed to ask an explanation from uussia. uouoni nas given most assuring explanations to Emperor William regard ing the concentration of Russian troops in Poland. j. A Disgrace to the Military Profession Berlin, Jan. 15. The quarrel at Kalisch Poland, between the officers of the Rus sian officers and their German cuests. is regarded here as a striking revelation of ine present tone of Kussian military circles. j Vienna, Jan. 15. Baron Von lleimerl president of the council, in the course of a long statement upon foreign questions oeiore mo unugei committee ot the Aus trian delegation to-day, said that the understanding between Germany and Austria was as firm as it it were in writing. A Denial. Berlin, Jan. 15. The Korth German Ga- zeue puDiisiies an article denvine certain Statements of the French press that Ger. many has interfered in the internal affairs ot r ranee. Ihe Wages of Farm Hands. The Department of Agriculture has been collecting some figures of wide interest regarding the rate of wages paid for farm laborers in different parte of the country. The statistics show that, with the exception of Minnesota and some Btates and Territories still further West, the average monthly rate of pay declined from 3 to 15 per cent, dnnng the year ending last April. Bnt this decline in was more than compensated for by an equal reduction in tha expense of, living so that the relative condition" of the laborer improved during the year. : The pay of farm laborers in New England on yearly engagements, without board, averages 820 31 per month, and the average cost of living 88 02. The average for the Middle Statea is $10 60; the South Atlantic States Sll 19; and Gulf States, $15 80; in the nine inland States east of the Mississippi, from $49 50; south of the Ohio to $29 90 in North. West of the Mississippi the present average is $23 81 per month, a alight increase over, a year ago, while the price of subsistence has fallen off. In California and Washington Territory, the increase has been still larger, and now reaches $38 25, but is more than offset by a much greater increase in the cost of living. There is almost every where a good demand for labor, and there seems no doubt that the condition of tho agricultural class is! steadily improving along with the rest of the country. The plnmber fell twenty-six feet in a house in Washington and lay for ten hours in an unconscious condition, and the owner of the house had to pay for it at the rate of twenty cents an hour. So many societies for the promotion of things are established that Johnnie wants to know why somebody doesn't get np a society for the promotion . of dots in schools, without making them study so. ; Professor: "Can yon multiply to gether concrete numbers?" The class are uncertain. Professor: "What will be Iherproduct of five apples multiplied by six pofaioesy Pupil triumphantly) Hme. de Malotenon as a School Mistress. TIia nnlv M,a.ras?tal in vlliph TVf mA. dA Maintenon becomes) really lovable is as a school mistress. Her first foundation at Rneil was chiefly for poor children, and to do her justice, she loved and tended them as carefully as ever she did the young ladies of St. Cyr; bnt in the end the greater and more aristocratio es tablishment swallowed np the less. Her children are to be well fed; to have as much bread as they can eat. This she insists on several times. They are to be warmly clad, in uniform, if possible, for Mme. de Maintenon loves order in all things; bnt if the expense would be great she will be content with a partial one as that all the girls should wear the same headdress and aprons, or handkerchiefs of the same cnt and color. She wishes them to bo early dressed, and indeed this element of brightness and cheerful ness is a leading feature in her scheme of education. -"I think the black aprons very lugubrious," she writes to Mme. de Brinon; "let's give them green or bine serge." St. Cyr was brilliant with light and color and song. Madame has a hearty contempt for "the meannesses and littlenesses of convents." She wishes her dear children to grow np to be "rea sonable persons." They are to, live in the world, and accordingly even their school frocks are to be cut in the fashion and their "coiffuir" to be that of the day. When the so-called "reform" took place at St. Cyr she thought jit very hard that "the tailors were henceforth excluded. We find mnslins and ribbons and even "a trimming ef lace" as part of the uniform. Nay, pea. Is and girdles were not un known. The education was as uncon- ventual as the dress. "A solid piety, far removed from the trivialities of the con vents, perfect freedom in conversation, an agreeable spirit of raillery in society, elevation in our religions feelings and a great contempt for the ways of other schools." The young ladies read Moliere and Scudery; the religious world held np his hands in holy horror. There was a reaction for a time, bnt the blow had been struck; a new ideal rose before the world, and the sable throne of Ignorance and Routine received a shock from which it will never recover. Madame is always writing little notes to Mme. de Brinon. Now it is to beg a holiday, now to an nounce a sudden visit and to ask "for some little treat for our Sisters of Char ity. Let me see them dine properly." When the children were ill she sends M. Fagon, the first physician in Europe, to prescribe for them and a whole list of curious remedies for their disorder. When they are well she despatches by bearer "one pot of butter and eight pots of jam, but the careful soul begs to have her jam-pots returned, and the "demoiselles" are to get twice as much jam as the little peasants, for is not noble blood to be respected in all things? No wonder the children were free with her, as she boasts with pardonable pride. She has a special fondness for the naughty girls. "1 don t too much dislike." she says, "what are called naughty children 1 mean self-satisfied, boastful, quick tempered children, a little wilful and obstinate, for these faults may be cor rected by reason of piety. However. they won't get these rosaries they are so i . . .7 . anxious ior, n tney are not "better tnan they were Monday at work-time." They must nave been better" behaved when Madame wrote to the school mistress. "Haven't you some pastry-cook at Noisy or Bailly whom you can help to a job when your children are to have a colla tion?" The woman who habitually wrote and thought in this strain cannot have been altogether bad and heartless, as her enemies would have ns believe. It is in trifles like these, where there can be no hope of publicity and no desire to de ceive, that we can best discern the natu ral working of Mme. de Maintenon's heart. ' These things which seem noth ing and which are nothing really mark character too much to be overlooked." This pregnant sentence from her arch foe must be our apology, and with it we close our article on one of the most inter esting characters in modern history. The English Country UenUeman. The English country gentleman not iiessuru.- uuuie, noi ncn, not clever vet rroml TAnvwlalila 1; ' , ' I , UWA.,, Ai.J , whether as Sheriff or as member of Par liament, or as county magistrate, with a sigh, grumbling at his hard fate, yet who would not change places with the king of any other conntry not only exists now in England, bnt has existed amid various vicissitudes oi ;state lor six cen f uries, and possibly for ; tlmt nvii His counterpart is the equally persistent tuuoinucuuj nuicu goes on iroin century to century, preferring, though with re enrring fits of willfulness, to repose its Annf1Ana in wV a r n ai,a a i vvuuuvm-v as hub XCpiCDCUUtUVQ OI lUtJ old stock rather than go afield for the new lhzhts of some new order of fhimm His people came in with Hengist and jiursa, wnn r.ua ana uissa, with Uedric and Cvnric, and where they sat down, there they siiid, and there they are still. "Jy mijy reste," was and is the motto which they share with Ufai-alml MV. Mahon, but with the difference that they have kept their work for some three times as many centuries as he took years to rnn awav f rnm )ir Tfora n ,3 ,1.,, the names are changed, here and there uie oiooa. xjui, like tne celebrated knife, nhnfi anil liltuln mav nJ sn bnt the class, the folk, the position to be filled, are the same. From it are re cruited at once the orders socially above and below. The squire grows into an Earl, or degenerates into a yeoman, only to rise again, and perhaps to go np higher. A few families retain the lands their fathers won from the Romanized Briton, a few those which came to them from the gift of William the Norman; bnt, in the majority of instances, lands have not been held in any one place by any one family for any great length of time, but have been transferred bv marriage and barter from family to family; one going down in the world and another going np, yet all, as it were, floating in the same temperate zone of the stream of time. In the House of Commons we have to-day men whose an cestors were in the House of Ijords six centuries ago; and. on the other hand, we have men in the House of Lords, and even on the bench of Dukes, whose fore fathers were yeomen under Henry ILL The burgesses have become squires; the squires have become burgesses. There has been a constant interchange between town and country the town seeking to the conntry for position, the conntry seeking to the town for wealth. London drew" its supply of Mayors and Aldermen from the younger sons of the same families that sent their elder sons to Par liament The younger became squires in their turn, and the process was re peated by their descendents, and still goes on ca c,p , People who complain that the accumulation of land in the hands of a few great land-owners is a modern anomaly, forget, or never learned, the names of Earl Harold or the Earl or Warvick, of the Bohnns or Staffords, of the Wentworths or Villier ses, of the Holleses or Harleys, who," at various times and in various places ac cumulated great estates, and then, cul minating, faded away into obscurity again. No entail is sufficient to pre serve a family from decay. Sooner or later the wheel goes round. The middle-class man of to-day is the millionaire of to-morrow, the duke of the next generation. One great estate becomes disintegrated, and another is formed. Bnt the great middle class re mains ridiculed, admired, trusted, despised the most peculiar English of all our ancient institutions. Saturday Jteview. Criminal Code of the Jews. The rabbins were the first among an cient legists to render the infliction of the death penalty as painless as possible. The manner in which the sentence of the law in capital cases was cairied into ef. feet was regulated by a series of enact ments. i.very detail was preordained. The place of execution was always be yond the limits of the town; generally at some distance from the hall where judg ment had been pronounced. There were two reasons for this first, that a certain interval of time should elapse between sentence and execution, so as to permit ii Pn.rf i. ... J . frUC Vlfttl . W WIJ CVldCnCO that might yet be forthcoming.and. secondly. that the Synhedrin should not witness the execution. As soon as the punish ment of death was decreed, the criminal j was conducted from the court. Two el-! ders, the witnesses and the officers of the tribunal accompanied him. In advance of the cortege, walked an attendent pro claiming aloud. "So-and-so is to be ex ecuted for such and such and such an offense; so-and-so are the witnesses; the crime was committed at such a place, on such a day, at such an hour. If any per son can urge anything against the inflic tion of the punishment, let him go to the Synhedrin now sitting and state his ar guments." Thus the party proceeded through the town. Arrived within six yards of the place of execution the sages i who were with the culprit pressed him to confess his crime. They told him who so ever makes confession is privileged to share in the olam haba future exist ence, since death was an expiation of all iniquities, If he refused to acknowledge his guilt he was asked to say: "May my death prove an atonement for all my in iquities." He was then conducted to within four yards of the place where the sentence was to be carried into effect. The death-draught was here administer ed. This beverage was composed of myrrh and frankincense ilebana) . in a cup of vinegar or light wine. It produc ed in the prisoner a kind of stupefaction a semi-conscious condition of mind and body that rendered him indifferent to his fate, and scarcely sensible to pain. The drink was in Jerusalem, provided by the women, who considered this one of the greatest mitzvoth meritorious deeds, la provincial towns the local communal an thonties were required to furnish the criminal with the draught, as soon as the culprit had drank of the stupefying draught the execution took place. In ac cordance with the Masaic code, four kinds of death were inflicted, each appro priate to a distinct series of crimes ston- lug, strangling, Donuag ana aecapita tion. Nothing can be more absurd than the notions generally current respecting the manner in which these punishments were carried out among the Jews. The ston ing of the Bible and of the Talinnd were not, as vulgarly supposed, a pell-mell casting of stones at criminal; the burn ing had nothing whatever in common with the process of consulting by fire a living person, as practiced uy church men of the Middle Ages; nor did the strangling bear any resemblance to onr English mode of putting criminals to death. Ihe stoning, to death of Talmud was performed as follows: ine. criminal was conducted to an elevated place, divested of bis attire if a man, and there hurled to the gronnd below. The height of the eminence from which he was thrown was always more tnan niteen leet; the higher, within cer tain limits, the better. . It was not, how ever, to be so - high as to smash or greatly disfigure the body. This was tender point with the Jews: man was created in God's image, and it was not permitted to desecrate the temple shaped by Heaven's own hand. The first of the witnesses who had testified against the condemned man acted as executioner, in accordance with Deut. xvii. 7. If the convict fell face downward he was turned on his back. If he was not quite dead, a stone, so heavy as to require two persona to carry it, was taken to the top or an eminence whence he had been thrown: the second of the witnesses then hnrled the stone so as to fall upon the culprit below, lhis process, however, was set dom necessary: the semi-stupefied condi tion of the convict and the height from which he was cast insuring instant death. The bodies of those condemned for blas phemy or idolatry were subsequently hung upon a gallows until dusk; in other cases immediately after execution tne corpse wss interred. Ontside every town there were two cemeteries for crim inals one for those sentenced to be stoned or burned: one for those decani tated or hanged. As soon as the flesh had disappeared the skeleton could be removed to the family bnrving-place. A few days after an execution the friends and relatives of the dead man he was no longer regarded as an offender called npon the judge who had tried him. This was a tacit acknowledgment that the punishment had been instlv awarded. and that those charged with the adminis tration of the law were regarded with no revengeful feeling by the family and connections of the unfortunate man. A criminal sentenced to death by burning was executed in the following manner: A shallow pit some two feet deep was dug in tho gronnd. . In this the culprit was placed standing upright. Around his legs earth was shoveled and" bat tened firmly down nntil he was fixed np to his knees in the soil. A strong cord was now brought, and a very soft cloth wrapped around it." This was placed once round the offender's neck. Then two men came forward, each grasped an end of the rope and pulled hard. Suffo cation was immediate. As the con demned man felt the strain of the cord, and insensibility supervened, the lower jaw dropped. Into the mouth thus opened a lighted wick was quickly thrown. This constituted the burning. Decapitation was performed by the Jews after the fashion of the surround ing nations. It was considered the most ignominious and degrading death that any man could suffer. It was the penalty in cases of assassination and deliberate murder. It was incurred by those who wilfully and wantonly slew a fellow-man with a stone or with an implement of stone or iron. It was likewise the pun ishment meted ont to all persons guilty of paganism and living in a town. Strangulation was a form of death by suffocation. It was effected as in burn ing. The culprit stood np to his knees in loose earth. A soft cloth containing a cord was wound once round the neck. The ends being tightly pulled in oppo site directions, life was soon extinct. rail Mall Gazette. - Bangor Whig: "The sweetest voice I ever heard, said the Bishop, "was a wo" man's. It was soft and low, bnt pene trating, musical and , measured in its accents bnt not precise. We were on a steamer and she murmured some com monplace words about the scenery. I do not remember what she said, but I can never forget the exquisitely tender, musical voice." "The sweetest voice I ever heard," said the Professor, "was a man's. I had been ont fishing nearly all day and got to the hotel about 8 o'clock. The man came out and roared, 'Dnt NEB' till it soured the milk in the cellar. I have heard other voices since then, bnt I never" But the Bishop with a look of intense disgust all over his face, had al ready walked away out of hearing, and was lighting a fresh cigar by himself. . An apology: "But, Ereddy, how could yon ever think of calling aunty stupid? Immediately go to her and tell her that you are sorry." Freddy goes to aunty and says: "Aunty, I am sorry that yon srs stupid." Parts Higk Life. The curtain rinm 7 - wuui liivti ei :30. It is true that the adorers of the diva are always certain of seeing a good deal of her from their avant scene toward the middle of tha nicvw lint th;. ... not sufficient for Theo. She desires that they should also see her in the first act. in which lien thn rrimirval fautn i - - f- f v4 attraction. It is an appearance so mar- velonsly lovely that it suffices to explain the DOPnlarir.-r nt tha naw "(tanWll. The pretty head of Theo rises suddenly - - v 1.-1 yji 9 cui iwuiH oi iiowers mnininated by electric light. The coup d'oeil is imlownKaVtl-v Hunt,'fni. . , vuwuuaux, SJ effect like it has ever been seen at the ueater. w hen any one goes to her box to Conirratnlata her mum Viav nrtnrm- ance she always eagerly inquires: "Did you come to see me in my corbeille?" When she receives a reply in the nega tive she usually dismisses her visitor without further remark. lhis peculiarity has naturally caused a great deal of disturbance in the gastro nomic habits of the jennes elegants, who wuuiu uo anything rather than displease) the star of their A fast later, some dine earlier, and all amsugB m one way or other to go to the Porte St. Martin before 8 o'clock so as not to miss tha corhflillA Tf a a utii habit When the Russian Grand Tin km passed through Paris they twice ad vanoed t.llA li nr, i-m rf .1 : n A 3 . v. nw), uiuuci w ku sua see Theo in her corbeille a couple of even ings in (succession. I'nnce Vladimar even made Theo promise that she would introduce this lnminnna AnrliAi'llA ,n ti! all her operettas when she goes to sina: iu ot. r-eiersourg. uut this is not all. Theo is daily invited to go and give seances de corbeille at parties or at larcre nuuoui me capital. ine newspaper nave given the name of corbeiUomanie. From all this Theo derives a fresh celebrity. It bad enabled her again to raiiy round her that court of platonic adorers which for some time past had been on the point of deserting her. "4cm a, a nuu, intelligent ana well educated young men, the bearers of great names, and who for the last six ,.ir. I. I. 1 1 i. 1 1 .. JC1.U..C11K1 uut one lues, one ooject in Life that of devoting themselves to Theo. It is a devotion more inexpli ble from the fact that they derive but uuie sausiaction irom it. The diva of their affeetinna ia f.itif,ilk Kn... a working tailor, and she wiU not permit any one to mase love to her. Not with standing that tha fact is in,lianrif.Klo i sighing swains persist in ther attentions. iu uiey eacn entertain the secret hope that some day or other Theo will be less Cruel to them? Tt in nrrKaVlA TV, w oontinne, despite all discouragement, tcT ocuu Juki, uuwera sua presents. one rieiirna in aiwrot f,Am nA IU o j. wui- menoe over again the same game without ever nring or uttering the least complaint. She has organized and regulated the whole of her little court,establishing and ueumug cieany tne auties ana rights or each of its members. The -visits which she receives at the theater are divided into series. Certain admirers can come to her dressing-room on the Mondays, others on the Tuesdays. and so on dnrinc the week. These visits are more or hiss lontz. accordinir tn tha itMrm. alterations m which the visitors are held. And -she presides over their receptions with themosPpYfrSiact, taking care aiwaya to mar a tne rights tsj ancients ana to avoid brincinsr tnovt.hArVeotile who detest each other or adorer a l 1aTr.. to tne same clique. All these couriers obey Theo as conscripts obey their in structing captain. The diva mores about, and powders and dresses herself in the midst of the dazzled faithf uL She places them all under contribution, and is careful not to be ceremonious with any of them, knowing that this off-hand mode of proceeding renders her still more seductive and charming in their eyes. One holds a looking-glass before her, an other searches for something she has lost on the carpet. She asks for infor mation of this gentleman and for her her powder box of that, and orders them all to close their eyes while she changes her costume. There is no court, even a court d'amour, without a certain degree of discipline. Theo frequently exhibit great severity for the slightest infraction nf lior mini TV,a Uinf,n.ni. . '.-.i" tv H l MiVflO who in despite of their pledges try to t make love to her or to kiss the tips of her fingers are immediately punished with a suspension of their privilege of visiting her, more or less prolonged in proportion to the gravity of the offense, l'hose who repeat it are liable to be sen tenced to perpetual exclusion. Corr. X. V. Herald. SHOUT M0P4. . - - . Slight of hand Refusing an offer of marriage. A nominal luxury A private table in a boarding-house. Blaine's home-made bloody shirt seems to be only a "Dickey" Edison is lighthearted now that he has electrified a reporter again. ; An egotistical man has great presence of mind He never forgets himself. f Why not tfJJie.natjXffi fttS'bTak. ruptcy auf $WcA Grant receiver. "Thf-father who forgot to fill lis child's stocking is worse than Bob Ingersoll. The man who shrinks from responding to a sentiment offered at the festive board is a case of quail on toast. . A New York woman makes pets of crickets. It's just such foolish customs as this that discourage cradle manufac turers. ; . In these days of gigantic combinations no railroad can go to bed at night feel ing entirely safe. She certainly had a pretty foot, bnt after all it didn't make half so much im pression on him as the old man's. Door-bells are not favored in Lead ville. If a man is too proud to kick U in he's to high-toned for that locality. . The- English army is ont on a go-as-you-please expedition, capturing small African towns and not knowing what to do with them. - The Popular (SciVncw Monthly asks: "Do animals resist temptation?" The Man who tempted a mule with a straw is ready to swear that they do. It's cheaper to advertise a colege by getting np a fight between the faculty and the students than it is to pay 'for no tices in the newspapers. It it difficult to understand why a wife never asks her husband "if tie doors are all locked" nntil after he is snugly covered up in lied. . One hunter in Utah claims ' to have lulled 1000 rabbits in one day, but any body could do the same thing, with a club and the poor little rabbits. Nothing having been heard from Mr. Courtney for the past few days there is hope that somebody has taken the popu lar advice and sawed him in two. ; The Boston Past says: - "Tennyson al ways smells of tobacco." What does he smell it fort Why doesn't Le pet it in his month and chew it like newsboy? Nobady expects any C " ''-n&n to distinguish himself for ', - - t ti weeks.''- After that it is . ti they w ill throw tleir w! ; "here" at roll-c&il. An English peper entitle 1 "The Aaiat f thing in t'ae w.y c Burgh rs" and''I..i? t may at on be xpco ; I . i