The Douglas independent., February 07, 1880, Image 4

THE INDEPENDENT.
' rrAtrryo ran baby.
They ratbr to solemn council,
?h. oUlf of bonsebolU band;
1 bey ! in ins darkened chamber.
A conclave proud aod graod;
Tbev peer Id the curtained cradle,
4 ndall, with one voice, exclaim,
A tbey point to lb new-found treasure,
"The baby matt bmve name."
Tbny brine forth (be gimn by dosens.
With many an am lout look;
Tbev scan all toe lals and novel,
Tbey aearcb thro' tbe Uood Old Book.
Till tbe bappy.raoed young molber,
uftitxorr prior claim.
jsTual 10 me idsvh accent.
"Oh, give him a pretty name!"
"Hie grandpa vu Ebeneser
Loot burled end gone, dear ool,"
Bays the irt-nibllog voice of grandma, .
As tbe qdlet tear-drop roll.
"Ob, call ulm Kugsoe Augustus,'
Orlea lheyounue of loa throng
"Plain Jon,"ay the happy father,. ,
"la an boueal name and strong."
- And thus Is the embryo statesman.
Perhaps, or the aoldler bold.
Respecting bis future litlo
Leit utterly out In the cold!
An yet It ean matter llul.
1o blm who In heedless of feme
For no name will honor the mortal.
If the mortal d Oooortbe name.
Eccentricities of Birds.
We are selilon discomposed by the
song of birds; all such music, however,
is not composing. We are pleased with
the song of the whippoorwill, especially
if no more than two or three are beard at
the same time and are far apart. This
measured music is pleasant, partly on
account of its formality, and yet for this
reason they fix our attention. A song is
not necessary to make the voice of a bird
" pleasant, Take the chickadee his note
is agreeable, though not measured or con
tinned; the call note of this bird is very
animated, from which it gets its name, i
Chickadee-dee-dee is always uttered at
regular intervals of two or three minutes
by each bird. This bird does not forage
in compact flocks, like sparrows and
other granivorons birds, whose food,
consisting of the Beeds of grasses, is dis
tributed over almost every field. The
food of the cliickadee being of insects and
their eggs and chrysalides, which are
lodged upon tbe wood and bark of trees,
. is not abundant at any one place, and has
to be obtained by diligent search; they
are compelled, therefore, to scatter; like
the woodpeckers, because their food is
scattered. Woodpeckers are much less
noisy than the chickadee; they have not
so many notes of greeting as the latter;
their hammering upon trees appears to
answer a similar purpose. Nature ap
pears to bestow on birds and1 animals
only just such an amount of language as
their wants require.
The downy woodpecker is almost al
ways associated with the chickadee; he is
distinguished by his speckled plumage,
his scarlet crown, and his sudden and
rapid flight. This smll bird appears,
as it were, a companion of the chicka
dee. In the season of winter, birds
; of like habits have a general inclination
to associate, for mutual protection; they
seem to be cheered by hearing the voices
of others around them. The small wood
peckers, the creepers, and the chickadees
have a sort of affinity; they keep within
hearing of each other, from a social feel
ing, of which they have no less than the
gregarious specimens.
A singular habit of the downy wood
1- .1 il 1 11 M .'1
iar7 is that which has gained him the
name of the "sapsucker." He bores lit
tle holes just through the bark of the
tree, usually an apple tree, not penetrat
ing into the wood. These holes form a
complete circle round the branch of the
tree, about half an inch apart. No the
ory has yet been advanced that satisfao-
toraty explains tbe object of jthe bird in
making these perforations. The theory
that they are made for the purpose of
sapsucking, is perhaps the mcst plausible
one. Admitting this theory, the cause of
tneir arrangement in a circle is still un
explained. Farmers were formerly dis
posed to consider these sapsnckers in
jurioas to the health of the trees, but
observations have proved their harmless
ness. .
The gregarious habits of certain spe
cies of birds, and the more solitary hab
its of others, are the necessary conse
quence of their different ways of feeding.
The insect feeders among land birds are
seldom associated in flocks; but they are
foryA of company, and do not like to be
;,4)ne. The granivorons birds, on
"ontrary, with few exceptions,
7"'ns. Such are the En--nd
bunting. Com-
German Sehool-Boy life.
Tbey grow up to live in worlds of their
own creation, in ideas and theories
which are not brought to the test of prac
tical experience It is the "faculty" of
common sense, which is cultivated with
distinguished success in our play
grounds, which; redeems the English
schools from the sentence of utter bad
ness which they would otherwise de
serve. And it fs the absence of this
"faculty" in the German prospectus
which vitiates so much of the excellent
teaching imparted. Better give the
pupils a good play-ground and connne
them daily for I three hours within its
barriers than sent them for the same time
before a blackboard to study the theory
of political economy. German boys
have no public games. All their ener
gies are used up; in their studies. They
take no violent I exercise except on tbe
ice in winter. School work is exhaust
ing, and it takes all their energies
out of them. In it they do take an in
terest. And the reason or one princi
pal reason why! they do so is because
from early childhood it is impressed on
them that the whole future depends on
it. The Abiturienten-Examen is the Day
of Judgment looming before the chil
dren's eyes, and their childish life is a
solemn march to that Dies irte. At the
close of youth, before entering on man
hood, comes the terrible day which irre
vocably fixes their fate. Unless they
issue from that examination with a testi
monial of "ripeness," every learned pro
fession is closed to them, and three years
military drill instead of one is their
doom. As the boy goes to school he
possess the barrack yard, or the Platz,
where the recruit are drilling. He sees
them posturing ; goose-stepping, tum
bling, fencing, marching, in mud or
snow, and he thinks, "I shall have three
years of this unless I work," and it acts
as a daily stimulus to exertion. German
Paper.
Physicians Dmctssino Hanging.
At the meeting, last night, of the Medico
Legal Society at the Academy of Medi
cine, Dr. J. C. Peters reported for a
special committee on hanging. Dr. Pe
ters said he believed that the committee,
without exception, were in favor of capi
tal punishment for murder, and that
hanging, when properly conducted, was
satisfactory. It was quick, merciful and
sumciently ignominious, lucre was a
flash of light before the eyes, noises in
the ears, perhaps a feeling of heaviness
m tbe body, unconsciousness and death.
Death by hanging is caused by nervous
shock or paralysis, congestion of the
brain, suffocation and strangulation, and
sometimes by pressure on the spinal
cord in the neck. But even an expert like
Calcroft often failed, and his method was
now considered barbarous.The committee
would not recommend any mode of bang
ing, but thought that perhaps a plan by
which the bones of the spine in the neck
should be made to crush the spinal mar
row, would be the most advantageous,
as producing an instantaneous effect. In
any case, death should take place in two
minutes, 1 lve minutes was long, and
fifteen minute was unjustifiable. Dr.
Houghton, of Dublin, who was formerly
a clergyman, had devoted a great deal of
study to this subject. He was in favor
of a knot under the chin instead of at the
side of the neck. The knot arranged in
this manner would cause strangulation
and suffocation in the shortest time, and
the bead being thrown up by the drop,
the neck would probably be dislocated.
Dr. Houghton thought a long drop ten
feet, and, if possible, twelve or fourteen
feet better than a drop of five feet. N.
I.. World. .
" Straw;"
A street car full of passengers was
boarded by a man with a book and pen
cil in his hand, and he straightway began
taking a vote of the passengers. Some
answered and some didn't, and some
didn't exactly understand what he was up
to. When he came along to a little old
woman, with her lap full of parcels and
bundles, she called out:
"There is four of us in the family, and
we are all grown up; our Christian names
are John Henry, tJetsy Ann, Alelinda and
Aaron, and that's all the census you'll
get out oi me.
" I am not taking the census, madam,'
he explained, "I am simply "
"You raise on yeur water tax if you
dare!" she interrupted. "We'll dig a
well before we 11 pay another red cent.
"I am not the water tax man; I am
canvassing this car f
"Well, you can't j canvass me! " she
snapped. " I'm bothered to death with
'- 'vassers at the house, and I don't care
'angled clothes wringeryou've
'cribe!"
nV ' ,nd
Borrowed From the Babylonians.
We have only to look at our watches to
see that we are Babylonians. Why is
our hour divided into 60 mintes, our
minutes into 60 seconds? Would not a
division of the hour into 10, 50 or 100
minutes have been more natural? We
have CO divisions on the dials of our
watches simply because the Greek
astronomer Hipparchus, who lived in
the second century B. C. accepted the
Babylonian system of reckoning time,
that system being sexagesimal. The
Babylonians knew the decimal system,
but; for practical purposes, they counted
by gossi andar, the softsos representing
GO the euros 60x60, or 3600. From Hip
parchus that system found its way into
the works of Ptolemy, about I'M A. JJ.,
and thence was carried down the stream
of civilization, finding its last resting
place in the dial-plates of our clocks.
And why are there 20 shillings to our
sovereign? Again the real reason lies in
Babylon. 'The Greeks learned from the
Babylonians the art of dividing gold and
silver for the purpose of trade. it has
been proved that the current gold-piece
of Western Asia was exactly the sixteenth
part of a Babylon mha, or mina. It was
nearly equal to our sovereign. The
difficult problem of the relative value of
gold and" silver in adi-monetory currency
bad been solved to a certain extent in
the ancient Mesepotamian Kingdom, the
proportion between gold and silver being
at 1 to 131;. The silver shekel current
in Babylon was heavier than the gold
suehx't in iue proportion oi to; , to iu,
and had. therefore.the value of one tenth
of a gold shekel, called by the Greeks a
drachma, was worth one-twentieth of a
gold shekel. The drachma, or half
silver shekel, may therefore be looked
upon as the most anoiont type of our own
silver shilling in its relation of one
twentieth of our gold sovereign. Con
temporary Review.
Art Vestiges in Afghanistan. A
paper, entitled "Art Vestiges in Afghan
istan; the results of some recent explor
ations in the Jelalabed Valley," was read
on Wednesday night by William Simp
son of the Illustrated London News, at
the weekly meeting of the Society of
Arts. Sir T. Douglas Forsyth, K. C. S.
I., C. B., presided. Mr. Simpson stated
that, being for some months last winter
in the Jelalabad Valley with the force
under General Sir S. Browne, he visited
and sketched most of the Buddhist re
mains in that region. In addition, he
made excavations under the auspices of
the late Sir Louis Cavagnari, and had
brought materials on which might be
formed a knowledge of the Buddhist
architecture in the valley. The remains
are now little more than mounds, the
number of which was immense. As the
Buddhist establishments were monas
teries, there seemed to have been a pop
ulation of ascetics alone fur greater than
the whole population of to-day. At pres
ent there is neither art nor architecture
in the Jelalabad Valley. Iu the Budd
hist period, on the contrary, the country
must have been in a high state of civili
zation. A style of architecture was fol
lowed in which sculpture was largely
used, and the effect heightened by color
and gold. Mr. Simpson gave a large
number of interesting details respecting
the architectural styles of Afghanistan
and India, the various influences to be
traced in them, and his discoveries in
the Jelalabad Valley. A strangely com
posite character belonged to the archi
tecture of the Buddhist period in Afghan
istan. It had received a capital from
Persia, a Corinthian capital with frieze
and mouldings from Greece, and an arch
from India. At Venice the architecture
of Western Europe combined with that
of Byzantium. Afghanistan had some
points of resemblance to the City of the
Sea. . It was formerly a trade route and
a gate of conquest. These conditions
brought together in it the arts of West
ern and Eastern Asia. Some of the few
sculptures he found indicated that this
art had made considerable progress.
Having expressed the hope that further
explorations would be made, he specially
described his excavations at the Asm
Posh Tope, near Jelalabad, the date of
which he placed about 400 or 000 A. D.
Mr. Simpson's remarks were illustrated
by numerous sketches and photographs.
Leeds Mercury, December 12th.
Drunken Robins in Locisiana. I
live in North Louisiana. During the
early part of the season the robins feed
upon China berries, of which they are
very fond absolutely gorging them
selves with them. When I was a boy I
remember to have oaught a few almost
every day, lying on the ground, appar
ently stupefied or drunk, and it was quite
common for the little negroes to. watch
for and catch them. The general asser
tion of every one was that the robins
were drunk, and I thought it was so, un
til one winter, after I was grown, the
i-obins came in great numbers, and,
ile shooting enough to make a pie, I
vvered one on the ground, seemingly
-, though he could fly, but not very
caught him, and, upon examina
id his crop very much distend
"hina berries. He kept his
tpen, but made little noise,
'ently tried to. The ber
J the throat. I press-
and pulled
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The Cologne Cathedral.
Cologne Cathedral is at length ap
proaching completion, and it is confi
dently stated that August next year will
gee the mighty minster finished. Begun
in the very midst of the "ages of faith,"
when monarchs beggared themselves to
raise magnificent structures, of which
only picturesque ruins now remain for
the world to look at, this extraordinary
temple of the Christian faith lagged be
hind all its contemporaries in the work
of construction, saw them reach their
mature glory, decline, and sink to ruin,
itself being all the time an unfinished
fabric. The first stone of Cologne
Cathedral was laid in 1248, about the
time when all the grandest eclesiostical
edifices now left, perfect or ruined, in
Europe were either just finished, or,
like Notre Dame, in Paris, were in rapid
progress; but while the most elaborate of
them took only three centuries to bring
to perfection, Cologne Minster has ab
sorbed more than double the time, and
is not finished yet. It is unnecessary to
give all the reasons of this delay. Suffice
it to mention a "personage" not to be
mentioned without extreme caution to
ears polite, hindered the work from the
beginning with a pertinacity only
natural, perhaps, under the circumstan
ces, and that this supernatural "ob
structionist" succeeded so far that only
after a lapse of six hundred and thirty
two years will the great fabric be hailed
as a perfected christian temple. It took
nearly three centuries that is.from 1248
to 1517 to complete the choir, and since
that date it has requsred liberal aid from
nearly all the sovereigns of Europe to
keep the construction going. The
cathedral is 510 feet long and 230 feet
broad; the nave is supported by 100
columns, the four central of which are
no less than 40 feet in circumference;
the choir is lbu feet in height, and the
two great towers are each 500 feet high.
What now remains to be done is the last
stage and crowning decoration of the
stately towers. The massive caps ol
stonework have to be laid on, and then
on their summits have to be fixed the
gigantic "foliated crosses," almost 30 feet
high, which are to crown the towers and
proclaim to all the world the faith to
which the work is dedicated. This done.
Gothic architecture will be able to point
to an acknowledged masterpiece, and the
bones of the 11,000 virgins may rest
quiet in their shrine. It is only to be
hoped that when next August arrives
Europe will fatly celebrate the occasion
on own merits, without inquiring too
curiosity idki lue value oi uie accom
panying legends.
SHORT BITS.
Anna Dickinson is thirty-seven.
Joaquin Miller thinks of becoming a
lecturer.
The middle-aged person is liable to run
to waist.
There are nine women in the London
School Board.
Working between meals is what wears
out the tramp.
Sexton is probably the best billiard
player in the long run.
Wilkie Collins says he has earned
8150,000 with his pen.
reelings cannot be relied upon as
judges of right and wrong.
George MaoDonald, the novelist, will
not visit America till 1881.
Congressman Hawley, of Connecticut,
1 ' .T II . -
was oorn m north Carolina.
The present Governor of Colorado was
once a respectable carpenter.
Ex-Secretary Robeson's Boston resi'
dence has been sold for $30,000.
A little slang now and then is rel
ished by the most high-toned men.
Algernon Sartoris, husband of Nellie
urant, is again in this country.
Kjoi. urant, the explorer and com
panion of Speke, is seriously ill of
pleurisy.
T1 . a
vvuou a man is out ot money any
cnange mat may come to him is for the
oetter.
The the habitual drinker feels a de
pression of spirits when his demijohn
runs low.
The man who ' has mutton-choo
whiskers should not complain of hair in
Dutter.
Senator Bruce is the youngest mem
ber of the United States Senate, thirty-
iune.
The worst old toper in the world would
be glad to draw a sober breath, if he
n aa it.
Mr. Gladstone shows his age, and has
: -i , m .
iiluo wisps oi arygray nair tailing oeiore
nis ears.
Louisa M. Alcott, the actress, has sent
luu books to the newsboys reading-room
in Doston.
It will take 83,000.000 to take the cen
Bus, and then the people will not know
what to do with it. ,
Mr. Gorman, who is to be Senator
from Maryland, used to be a good catcher
in a base boll club.
The material for making yeast is rising
so much in the market that brewers must
lift np the price of beer.
'U who runs a push-cart, shout
"lo, is au orator who carries
-e him.
-and everything, if a
tr a fur cap he must
i loose his hair.
U in Paris have all
'hat city supports
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Railroads.
The Pall Mall Gazette points out that,
notwithstanding the increase in the
speod of railroad trains in France and
Germany, the rate is still below that of
several lines in England. The "light
ning train" on the Paris-Marseilles line
makes the distance of 539 miles between
these two cities in 15 hours and 21 min
utes, the average speed, including stop
pages, Deing oo miles an nonr. xne ex
press train on the Lehrter railway runs
troni lierlin to Cologne at the rate of
37 miles an hour, including stops,
making the entire distance of 364 miles
in 9 hours and 26 minutes.
The Scottish mail leaves Euston
Square at 8:50 in the evening and
reaches Edinbnrg at 6:45 the next morn
ing. The distance is 401 miles, the time
9 hours and 55 minutes, the rate of
speed, including stops, 44 miles an
hour. The express from King's Cross
runs to Edinbnrg, a distance of 397
miles, in hours, or at the rate of 42
miles an hour, including stops. The
fast train from Paddington to Plymouth,
and the Irish mail from London to
Holyhead, average between 41 and 42
miles an hour, about the same as the
Scottish trains.
The fastest short distance trains in Ger
many are those which run from Spandau
to Stendal, 57 miles, without stopping,
in 1 hour and 17 minutes, or at the rate
of 45 miles an hour, and the express,
which makes the distance between Berlin
and Magdeburg, 88 miles, in 2 hours
and 7 minutes, or at the rate of 42 miles
an hour, including two stops. In Eng
land, a much higher rate of speed is at
tained on short distances. The Great
Western trains run through from Lon
don to Swindon, at the rate of 53 miles
an hour, making the entire distance of
77 miles, in 1 hour and 27 minutes,
while nearly 50 miles an hour is made
by the special express which runs from
London to Wanlhom, 105 miles in 2
hours and 5 minutes. This is, doubtless,
a much higher rate of speed than the
usual schedule time on roads in tho
United States. .
The Washington limited express leaves
New York at 10 a. m., and reaches Wash
ington at 4 p. if. The distance, 230 miles,
is made in six hours, or at the rate of
38 miles an hour, including stops.
Between New York and Philadelphia but
two stops are made; the rate of speed is
40 miles an hour. The Boston express,
which leaves New York at 11 a. m., runs
to Boston, 233 miles, in seven hours and
eleven minutes, which is about 32 miles
an hour, including the six stops that are
made. The special mail and express train
on the New York Central and Hudson
river rood makes the distance at night
between New York and Albany, 143
miles, in four hours and five minutes, or
nearly 36 miles an hour. Only one stop
is made.
The Cincinnati express on tho Penn
sylvania railroad leaves New York at
six in the evening and reaches Pittsburg,
a distance of 444 miles, at half past
eight on the following morning, and
Cincinnati, 757 miles, at eight p. m. of
I the same day. The rate of speed, in
cluding stops, is about thirty miles an
hour between New York and Pittsburg,
and twenty-nine miles an hour between
New York and Cincinnati. The distance
between Harrisburg and Pittsburg, 249
miles, is run in 7 hours and thirty-five
minutes, with three stops, or about thirty-three
miles an hour. The fast line to
Chicago, byl way of the Pennsylvania
road, leaves New York at nine a. m., and
reaches Chicago at 7:20 on the following
evening. Tbje distance is 912 miles, the
time thirty-fojur hours and twenty min
utes, and the rate of speed less than
twenty-seven miles an hour.
Swarm of Bees on Board.
The following particulars relating to
the conduct of a swarm of bees, illustra
ting the peculiar instinct of these insect?,
appears in Land, anil aler: On Mon
day, June 23d, while at anchor in the
harbor of Penang, a swarm of bees flow
on board in such numbers as to drive
everybody off the decks, several of the
omcers and lascars being severely stung,
However, in the course of half an hour
the insects settled down on the foretop.
sail gaff, the mass being about the dimen
sions of an ordinary beer barrel. We
sailed at 4 p.m. The bees showed no in
clination of quitting their quarters, but
during the night, the wind being favora!
uie, me trysail was set, wnen tne wnoie
mass fell on the main-deck awning, re
maining there till our arrival at Mom-
mem, June 27th, when, the awning being
furled, they were disturbed, and left the
ship, after a few circles round, and
made for shore. We saw nq more of
them till our return on a subsequent
voyage, August 25th, when, being an
chored near the same place atMoulmien,
the swarm (evidentlv the same) took
possession of the decks, but being pre
vented from settling down on the
awning, the bees took up their
quarters on the foreyard, forming a
bunch equally as large as before. We
remained in port ten days, and then sailed
via Rangoon for Calcutta; still the insects
kept their post, though, being the height
of the southwest monsoon, with heavy
gales, doubtless many were destroyed.
it was most interesting to watch their
movements, dodging the rain and wind
by shifting to leeward of the spar, and
sometimes hanging in a pendulous moss
some feet below. During our stay of
fourteen days at Calcutta, their appear
ance and movements were the cause of
much curiosity and speculation on the
part of the natives, as they had begun
a comb. We sailed on September 20th
again for the Straits of Malacca, a voy
age of about 1500 miles, our singular
passengers remaining by us, though we
touched at Rangoon, Moulmein, Penang
and Singapore, but on our return to Pe
nang, on October 11th, the whole swarm
took their departure for shore, this being
the port at which they originally em
barked. A small quantity of fine white
wax was taken from their late location.
The constant disturbance must have pro
vented the -accumulation of their sweeter
treasure.
Remarkable Rides.
More remarkable rides than the famous
nde to York are upon record. By dint
oi Keeping constantly in the saddle and
having relays of horses all along the
road, the Prince de Ligne contrived to
cover the miles between Vienna and
Paris over five hundred, as the crow
flies in six days. This performance was
outdone by the Count de Maintenay,
who rode tbe whole distance on one
horse, without dismounting. The Count,
one of the most accomplished horsemen
of his day, was attached to the mission
sent by Napoleon to negotiate for the
hand of Mary Louise; and was deputed
to carry to his impatient master the
formal consent of the Emperor of Aus
tria to the marriage, and the miniature
of the unwilling bride-elect. To expe
dite his journey, six of the finest horses
in the Imperial stables were dispatched
to different places on the route, that the
Count might change his mount; but
the Hungarian roadster he bestrode at
starting went so fast and stayed so well
that the relays were not called into ser
vice, and the matrimonial messenger ar
rived at his destination long before he
was expected, but so exhausted that
he was fain to crave permission; to be
seated in the Emperor's presence as he
delivered up the all important mission,
and repeated the Archduchess' message
to her future lord. A jeweled snuff box,
sixty thousand francs and the good steed
he had ridden, rewarded the Count for
his expedition. The Count de Mainte
nay's feat was repeated in 1874 by an
Austrian lieutenant, who undertook to
ride his horse, Cardoc, from Vienna to
Paris in fourteen days. He was unlucky
enough to lose bis way in the Black For
est, and so waste seven hours, and was
further delayed by an accident to his
horse; nevertheless, he accomplished his
task, with more than two hours to the
good. . : ' ::
"Is this the place," she asked, as she
wandered down the barren sands, "where
a young lady a beautiful young lady
fell in the water last season, and was
rescued by a gallant young man, whom
she afterwards married?" He looked at
her carefully and estimated her at a
square 47, with false teeth, and said;
"Yes, madame, but I do not know how
Bates of
syedon
to swim.
Slayery at Hongkong.
Governor Hennessy, on his return
to the seat of his Government, will
have found a subject demanding in
vestigation, and one with which he
will, no doubt, deal promptly. It is
hard to imagine that, in this instance,
any reforms which ho may insist
upon instituting will be objected to
or met with opposition on tbe part of
tho residents of Hongkong; yet re
calcitrancy, as inexplicable as it
would be now, in view ot recent oc
currences, has before been manifested
in the same locality. The Dailv
Press makes the astonishing revela
tion that, in the island of fragrant
streams, a trade in human flesh aud
blood is so unblushingly carriod on
that premiums for the recovery of
runaway slaves are openly adver.
tiseu. A Chinese placard, whereof a
translation is mado by our contem
porary, has been publicly posted in
the town of Victoria, ottering a re
ward for information leading to the
restoration to her owner of a girl, 14
years ot ago, who had absconded.
The word used to designate this child
is said to be an exact equivalent of
tbe term "slave," and in no way re
lated to that, applied to offspring
placed ly parents in families in bet
ter posi ;ion than their own. A ter
rible conditionj of affairs is disclosed.
Bands cf pirates make organized de
scents upon the mainland, and carry
off all iho young women and chil
dren) of whole villages. Tho captives
are then put upon passage boats and
conv sydd to Hongkong. It is stated
that thej wretched victims consider
then selves wholly in the power of
their captors, and allow thoir bodies
to bd, disposed of without offering
any resistance. Occasionally a case
is detected by the police, and severely
panisbed in the courts. Immunity,
however, is apparently tbe rule, and
convictieo the exception, in tbe case
of the ruffian robbers, lor there is
much force in the suggestion that as
the number of prisoners charged last
year before the British magistrates
with abduction and sale of women
and female children was no less than
i'orty-scven, the trade must be both
extensive and profitable in order to
cover the risk it involves. The Press
goes on to remark that, as persons of
position and outward respectability
are more or less directly concerned,
one remedy might be applied, name
ly, to make the purchase of children
as dangerous an undertaking as tho
sale. If there is a case in which the
receiver is worse than tho thief, aud
should incur a severer penalty, this
is such a one. Tho attention of the
Chief Justice has been attracted to
tho iniquitous traffic; and there is
hope that Mr. Hennessy, acting in
concert with tho provincial authori
ties on the mainland, may devise
some effective method to remove this
new stigma from the record, ot a col
ony whoso annals are, unfortunately,
connected with the worst results ot
tho intercourse which Great Britain
has forced upon reluctant China.
Tohio Times, Sept. 27th.
Endurance op the Diogeu Indians.
While the thermometer has been hugging
zero; while the ears and noses and hands
of the white man have been tingling
with cold; while the earth has been
covered with snow, and ice has formed
on exposed bodies of water, the Digger
Indian has lieen displaying his utter
lock of sensitiveness to cold. Several of
the red men of the forest who come to
town dai'y from the adjacent oampooda
are conspicuous lor thin bodily attire.
With a pair of gausy pants, and a shirt,
all ragged and torn, barefooted and
bareheaded, they wander about without
any apparent regard for the frigid
atmosphere which surrounds them. A
kind-hearted lady saw one of them in
this condition passing her house the
other day, and asked him if he didn't
want a wair of shoes to keep his feet off
the ice and snow. "Ugh, he answered
"white mahala she wear 'em. Injun he
no papoose. He all same big pine tree."
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Exhacsttso the Sorxt. There are no.
soils, however rich, that with continuous
cropping will not in time wear out,
With some soils, it is true, great liber
ties may be taken in the cultivation of
crops without regard to a judicious ro
tation, and even growing the same crop
several years years in succession on
them; but this cannot be kept up con
tinually. A doy will surely come when
the richest soil under such treatment
will be despoiled of its fertility and fail
to respond to the drafts made upon it,
It is the inexorable penalty that follows
an abused law of nature. It is a lesson
which science long since taught, but
which has to be learned by dear bought
experience again andugain as one gener
ation ioiiows another.
"How far is it to Butler if I keep
straight on?" "Wall, if you're a goin' to
keep straight on, it's about twenty-five
thousand miles, but if you turn round
t other way it s about half a niiler
Winchester and Ballard Rifles.
The sportsmen's emporium, No. 49
First street,. C. D. Ladd & Co. proprie
tors, is becoming the resort of ail whose
principal aim is to procure the best am
munition, and shot guns and rifles of the
latest improved pattern. The Nimrods
of the city, and country too, all agree
that this hrm oilers very superior induce
ments and the figures are so low that no
other house can successfully compete
it. ao magnificent a collection of W in
Chester and Ballard rifles and Daly shot
guns cannot be found on the coast,
Breech and muzzle loaders of all kinds
are in abundance and gentlemen who
contemplate a purchase are advised to
give this house a call. Satisfaction is
guaranteed.
Any one fiarr-rlrv with nervous debility,
exhausted vitality, or from the effect of
youturui routes or exceme in maturer years,
can be thoroughly and quickly oared by ulng
the great Engllab remedy, '8lr Atley Cooper's
Vital Rsktosiativb.' II ' not ao excitant,
bat an honest care. Prloe, (3 a boHle, or four
times the quantity, f 10, and oan be obtained
of Bodqb, Davis A Co., Mr boleaale Aeents, or
direct of A. K. Mlntle, M. D 11 Kearney Street,
San Francisco, Cal.
neys and Bladder always follow tbe rj) of tbe
Jreat Bacbn Compound, "Dr. M In tie's Nephre
leura." Brlghl's Disease, Diabetes, Inflamma
tion, Smarting and rlvMt lliaeiues are
equal. Don't be persuaded to take SDy other
preparation. Every one who has tried it
Hodge, Davis A Co. , wholesale agents, fries
11.00 per bottle or six bottles for 15.00.
Forewarned Forearnstd.
Physicians and invalids use with confidenc
The Kaiser Celebrated German Elixir for Con
sumption and throat and lung diseases. It is
rich in the medical properties as tar, wild
cherry, etc. Is rendered perfectly harmless to
the youngest child. This would have proved an
Angel of mercy in the household of those un
happy parents'at Vallcjo, Dixon, Beaver, Utah,
and numerous other places, whose children were
slaughtered by a quack medicine recommended
by its owner to cure croup, possessing no prop
erties calculated to cure it, but instead a
deadly drug which has slain its thousands Be
sure you get only German Elixir. The genuine
bears tho Prussian coat of arms and tbe fac-simile
signiture of Dr. Kaiser. Samples at all drug
stores. Large size, 75 cents. For sale by all re
spectable druggists.
aria making- any psreaass er la writ
tactareanonaeta say adverttaemeatia
this paper yoa will pleas mention I he
aatna ar tne paper.
Portland Business Directory
PHT8ICIAJC ASD SURGKOS.
CA RDWELL, W. B.S. e; cor. First and Mor
rison, over Morse's Paiaet, of Art,
DEJfTIST,
SMITH. DB. E. O.-lCT .First street,
Portland,
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Draft Stallions at Hood's East Barn, at The Dalles, Oregon.
EIGHT HEAD OF AS FISE HORSES AS EVER CAME TO THIS CGCYTRY.
Parties wisJiinz Stallions this spring will find it to their interest to call and see this stock. We have an Imported Norman
one Imported Clyde, fine Clyde and Norman and English Coach, one saddle Stallion, Denmark, the subject of this sketch,
among the lot, and is as fine a9 the picture. They are all for sale and will be sold way down if sold soon. We guarantee onr
stock to be just as represented. We would refer any one wishing Information about us to Mr. Lee Cor, of Portland Evening
Telegram, Mr. Andrew Clarno, Mr. Henry Steers, Antelope, Wasco Co., Or,; also, D. M. Funk, Pres. First National Bank; A.
Crruiley, McLean Co. Bank or E. B. Stew Mayer, all of Uloomington, Illinois. Please call and see the stock for yourself.
DENMARK weighs 1930 lbs.; tire others will make horses of 1700 to 1800 lbs., the saddle Stallion about 1000 lbs.
Yours respectfully, GEO. W. STUBBLEFIELD A CO, The Dalles, Or.
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Ml Kearny street, Kan Francisco, for the lnte-t
lapnveil Wlaebeater stifles, of all mod
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solid brad cutndges of the Winchester make.
A large stock of C. D. Ladd's improved loaclirg;
Implements for all kinds and sizes of cmt
rides, !., and sole agents for the HalUnl
Rifle and Daly shot ttuna on tbe PaciQc
CotD-t. Also, a large stock of other kluds on
hand. Breech and mntzle loaders. A large
stock of Cartridges or all kinds constantly
kept on hand. Don't fail to give them a call.
Country orders promptly attended to.
ONLY 190!
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10.000
or which have been sold on tbe Paciflo Coast
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PORTLAND, OS,
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A. C. GIBBS.
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CIBBS & BINGHAM,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law
Portland, : : : Oregon.
Office, 8 and 9, over First National Bank
Particular alien Hon paid to business In the
United Slates courts.
NEW BOOK STORE.
THE LEADING
STATIONERS,
J. IC. OiLL &, CO.,
Have moved into their Splendid Establishment
in Union Block, on Stark and First streets. An
inexhaustible stock of well-selected
STATIONERY,
And an unlimited supply of books are always
on hand This houe has a comprehensive as-sortu-ent
of everything known to tbe trade, and
U prices are always reasonable.
Drop in and see the" premises.
Dr. SPINNEY
NO. I I KEARNY ST.
Treats all Chronic and Special Diseases.
YOUNG MEN
WHO MAY BE BUFFERING FROM
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the greatest boon ever laid at the altar of suffer
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MIDDLE-AGED MEN.
There are many men at the age or thirty to
sixty who are troubled with too frequent evac
uations of tbe bladder, often accompanied bv
hsllKbt smartlncor burning sensation and
weakening or the system id a manner tbe pa
tient cannot aooount for. On examining the
urinary deposits a ropy sediment will often be
round, and sometimes small particles or albu
men will appear, or Ike color will be of a tbin
mllklnh bue, again changlnft to a dark and
lornld aDoearsnce. There re many men who
die or this difficulty, Ignoiant of tbe cause.
wnicnistnesecona stage oisemioai weaKness.
Dr S. will cnarautee a perfect care In all sncn
cases, and a healthy restoration or the genito
urinary organs.
Office Honrs-10 to i and 6 to 8. Sundays
from 10 to Ha m. Consultation free. Thorough
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Call or address,
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My Kidneys were in a very lwil condition
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Having a severe back aohs last wintet, I was
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Portland, Oregon, July 31, 1879.
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,- J. H. P. DOWNING at P. Selling's).
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I hereby certify that I was suffering from an
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UAERisBi ia;, Oregon, Doc 31, 1879.
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lias opened new Music Rooms at tbe
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Harbisbi-rg, Oregon, Dec. 31, 1879.
I have used the OREGON KIDNEY TEA for
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Hmaisscag. Oregon. Dec. 31. 1879.
Borne three months aeo i was attacked
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Both myself and wife have been for autue years
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1,4. Four cases of consumption two of them
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3. Mr. T. E. G., of Bay Centre, W. TV, Chronic
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, 7. Two oases of marked Wood poisoning.
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8, . Two oases of nervous debility of women
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