. 1 M
TbcM are the terms for ti t7in9 '?
tum. Tbe l!DBPBinBirr offer fin iaaae
Baaata to a J vertiaer. Term reasonable.
F. R. MOLLEU,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
OAKLAXD,
OREGON
Office in Dr. Page' Prug Store.
Caiiyonville
Hotel,
PROPRIETOR
D. A. LEVI,
HAVING ft'ECEXTIiT PURCHASED THE
Cmmmvi le Hotel, 1 am now prepared to
Urnish travrlrra with the beet, of accommodation.
Feed and Mauling for stock. D. A. LEVINS.
1
W. D. WOODCOCK.
W. CHTBCHIIiL.
Woodcut k & Churchill,
MTRTLE TREEK, - - ORKGOJI
TEAMSTERS FROM JACKSONVILLE
and the resident in Myrtle Creek will find
the beet horseahoer at this establishment. In
this line we elaim to do work equal to any in the
State. New work manufactured and repairs
made on the shortest notice. Gir us a trial, and
if we cannot suit you none can. '
WOODCOCK & CHURCHILL.
J AS. THOBNTOK.
W. H. ATXIHSOH.
JACOB WAONEB.
E. K. ANPEBSON
Ashland Woolen Manufacturing
Company,
Manufacturers and Pealers in
Whits Colored Blankets
Plalsi ausd Faswy Cashmeres, DoeaJUsu,
FlatMcla, Kteralae,
OVER AND UNDERWEAR CLOTHING
Made to Order.
W. XI. ATKINSON, Heo'y
ASHLAND. Jackson County, Oregon.
H. C. STANTON,
Dealer in
Staple Dry
Keept constantly on band
ment of
Goods I
general assort-
EXTRA FINE GROCERIES
WOOD, WILLOW AND
GLASSWARE
ALSO
Crockery and
Cordage
A fail stock o
SCHOOL
BOOKS
Such as required by the Public County School
AU.klada of STATIONERY, TOTS mmd
FAHCT ARTICLES
To suit both Young and Old.
niTTS AND SELLS LBXlAL TENDERS
furnishea Cheek on Portland, and procures
ura ii on can rTanejsoo.
Metropolitan
Hotel,
ORKOOS.
ROSBBCKO,
Perkins & Headriek, Prop'rs.
Tkt Oily First-Class Hotel hi the City
AND
Depot at the C. at O.iStafe C.
XXTELL FURNISHED SLEEPING APART-
menu, the best of beds, aad the moat atten
tive housekeepers, and a table supplied with the
best of everyuiing. j
3TAOIB WOK RCODINO
tear the house erery day on ike arrival of the
m from Portland. I
Th traveling public, and i
1 all Who favor a with
their patron.ro, can rest assured that they will
an rest a
the beat do.
M anteUined In the beat poaaibie manner.
HKADRICK PERKINS
F1 A HONEY'S SALOON.
Nearest to the Railroad Depot, Oakland.
Taaj. Blahoney,) Prop'r.
The finest of wises, liquors and cigars in Doup
lu county, and the beat
bixxi.svrd iajbi.bi
in tht State kept in proper repair:
Parties traveling on the railroad will find this
place very handy to visit during the stop
ping of the train at the Oak
land, Depot. Give me a call.
JAB. MAHONEY.
SAL.EM
Foiindxy and Hackins Shop
B. P. DRAKE, Prsprletar.
8AL.EH,
OREGON,
team XBncrlne Saw ACI11.
Orlat mill, Reapers, Pamps
and all kinds and Htyleaj ox
ftf atoliliierjr made to Order.
Machinery repaired on
Snort NoUoe.
Pattern making dona in all its various forms,
and all kind of brass and iron casting far,
niahed on short notice. Alas manufac
turer of Enterprise Plainer and
sawner, ana Bowers Ma
Sharpen.
PATTERSON'S
Jasu ZX.OCtpton,
Prop'r.
ALL KINDS OF LUMBER,
Including
Hug-ax Pine,
Cedar, XTTr,1
Pine ondOak
i
Lumber,
Always on hand,
And Order promptly tilled on
the Hhorteat Kptloe
All kinds of dressed lumber constantly on
hand. Lumber furnished st sny
point in Rosebarg without extrs
charge, and by application to
ma it will bo found that
i
My Lumber is not only the best bnt
the cheapest in the market Try
ma and sea. Address all letters to
TIPWBT BROS., yttoreews's Mills, pr.
DLACilSMITlHriD,
WADKINS BROS.
'Would inform the public that they have leased
the large Blacksmithing shop lately occupied
by Oeorge Mickle, and that they are
prepared to do j
. All Kinds of Blacksmithing
In urst-claas atyley
And at prires lower than the lowest. They have
many year experience in be line of
Horse Shoeing I
And claim, on this point, in the trade, they are
competent to do the beat of work to the
satisfaction of patron. AS kinds of
Maohinerv repaired, Plow
. Work, Etc i
Give them a oaU. Shop opposite 8, Vlark A Co.
aesEBVJM. tiuwi.
utt j
Vtur Mlaa..
VOL 4.
JOHN FRA3ER,
Home Made Rirnto
WILBVR, I - OREGON.
Upholstery, Spring Mattresses, Etc.,
Constantly on hand.
t CRITIBE.
I have (tie best stock a
lurnltnre aoatli 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.
US' ALL WORK WABBANTED.-b
Furniture Store!
JOHN GILDEUBLEVE
HAVING PURCHASED THE FTJRNI
ture Establishment of John Lehnherr, is
now prepared to do any work in the
UPHOLSTERING LINE.
He is also prepared to furnish
In all styles, of the beet manufacture, and cheaper
than tue cheapest. ti:t
Chair,
Tables.
Bnreanfi,
Bedsteadai,
Washstands,
ETC., ETC., ETC.
Are of superior make, and for low coat cannot be
equalled in tne state, ine
Finest of Spring Beds
And the
Most Complete ofas
Always on band. Everything in .he line fur
nished, 01 tne DOStquanty ,on me iaoni
notice and at the lowest rates.
COFFINS MADE AND TRIMMED.
And orders filled cheaper and better than can
any other establishment.
T : I. f K,.VI1 i , , nn(M tViA tin.
dersigned promises to offer extra inducement to
all patrons. Give me a trial.
J. JASKULEK,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
AND JEWELER.
Rosebnrgi Oregon,
NO MORE USE TO SEND YOL'R FIJuE
Watches to Portland for repairs. A line
assortment of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Spec
tsclM and Eve-classes alwava on hand.
The only reliable Optometer in Boseburg for
the proper adjustment of Spectacle and Eye
glasses, which will preserve and strengthen the
eyeaignu
gGr All wora warraniea.
DEPOT HOTEL.
OASUXD,
OREtiOIT.
Richard 'Thomas, Prop'r.
nPHIS HOTEL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED
for a number of years, and has become very
papular with toe traveling public, t irstrctaaa
SLEtPINO ACCOMMODATIONS.
And the table supplied with the best the market
afford. Hotel at the depot of the Kailroau,
T. C. SMITH C5
Chemists and Pharmacists!
Patton's Block, State Street, .
SALEM, - - ORKGOJI.
Particular attention given to prescriptions, and
ail orders By mail or express nuea
promptly and accurately.
Physicians and country dealers will save money
oy examining our butch, or procuring
our prices, oefore purchasing else
where. 40
Oregon and California
TRXOUSH TO SAM FRANCISCO
FOUIl DAYS.
THE QUICKEST, SAFEST AND
EASIEST ROUTE.
STAOES LEAVE ROSEBURG
Krerr Day a TS0 P. BI.,
Jtaking quick connection at Beading with the
cars oi ua u. u. i. a.
Per fun partionlara and passage apply to
PERKINS A HEADR1CK.
Agent
MAHMOTH
LIVERY AND FEED
STABLE.
This establishment is the
Best in the State!
and connected with it is a large
Wagon Yard and Shed Room !
Capable of accommodating any number of
norses ana wagon.
Beat or Hay and Grain
always in full supply snd atlivinir prices.
no one is allowed to go away li&mtisfied.
Don t rail to give ns a can. lor we aro
determined to suit you in quan
tity, quality and price.
W H Ml ' ? a
NOTICE.
1V0TICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO WHOM ft
may concern that the undersigned baj uHn
awarded the contract for keeping the Iwuglas
. - 1 t A - . J 11
county pauper ior a pnua vi wu ...
persons in need ofassisUnce from said co'inty
1 . . MHMnM . Mj-.t in t h.t fff frtttll
any stambar of the County Board snd present it
t on of the following named persons, who are
i . f A . .1 :iT . I. MUiil!tlS
SBUMXilBB w SOD W1U niv im vuwt. (.wvu-.j
uch eartifleatos: Button k Perkins, llcdeburg; L.
V. 1T-11 - A.L1.4. U. Rm.n. Tonkin,
Qlaas. Dr. Woodruff 'is authorised to furnish
nadirs! Sid to all persons in need oi tne same ana
who hsrs ban declared paupers of Douglas
SEEDS !"
8&-8EEDS
I
ILL KIDS OF Mhl QI ALIU
ALJLi ORDERS
Promptly attended to and Goods sbipoed
with care. ,
Address, Hackener k Bea
Portland, irxon
TELEGRAPHIC.
EASTERN.
The Atbaaiy City Hall Destroyed.
Albany, N. Y, Feb. 10. The city hall
was burned this morning. ben tne
dome fell seven firemen were crushed;
one named Kellv has since died, and two
or three aro expected to die. Judgment
records, chattel mortgages and records of
the proceedings ot supervisors were de
stroyed. Records of deeds, mortgages on
real estate, the portraits of the ex-govern-ors
and the books and papers of the offi
ces were saved.
The "CaaH " ;
Albany, Feb 10. The senate passed a
bill declaring women eligible to serve as
school trustees.
Decline la Kansas and Paxlne Stock.
Nsw York. Feb. 10. The Owimerciaf
says that near the close of the Exchange
to-day tne Kansas ana xexas soui uown
to 44J per cent., which is no doubt a sur
mise to the numerous following of Jay
Gould, who were (riven "a point" to buy
at 474 por cent. There may be a bitch in
the acquisition of property and its release
from trusteeship, but n so we nave not
hnart nf it. Hnnld himself mav be ill. as
rumored for a day or two past, but we do
not believe it. Uur private advices from
Boston lead ns to believe that the Topeka
and Santa Fe party have the means and
ability, as well as determination, to pat
through the 1100 miles of the Atlantic
and Pacific road.
An Outrage Foiled.
Memphis. Feb. 10. An usher in the St.
Peter's Catholic Church, early this morn
ing heard cries in the church, and went
in just in time to prevent a negro from
ravishing a young white girl, who had
gone to prayers. The negro earaped. '
A Reverend Roeme aw sparge.
New York. Feb. 10. Reverend Edward
Cowley, on trial for starving and ill treat
ing children under nis care at tne btiep
erd's Fold, was admitted to bail to-day in
$7,500, his bondsmen being Reverend Dr.
Monran Uix. of trinity cnurcn, ana itev.
Dr. Roberts. Ho wland, of the Church of
Heavenly Rest.
Suicide. - .
New York. Feb. 10. Last month, Geo.
Beck buried his wife in the Lutheran
cemetery, Queens county, Long Island,
and to-day went and lay down on her
grave and committed suicide by shooting
bimseif.
Kxtenaive Klre.
Philadelphia, Feb. 10. The Chatham
Mills, an extensive brick structure corner
of Howard and Berks street, burned this
evening. Loss, 175,000; mostlv insured.
The principal losers are Harpst, Monta
gue & Vo., ssa.uuu; Isaac Med. sou.uuu;
Dolan Brothers, $25,000, and Wm. Top-
ham, 15,000.
The Hew Hampshire Fiend.
Manchester, Feb. 10. Dillingham con
fesses that he first shot and tiien out
raged his sunt. The officials have taken
him to the Portsmouth jail. Mrs. Dil
lingham died to-night.
The Blae In Paper.
Washington, Feb. 10. Paper men are
actively righting Fort's bill. They say
that it is true that printing paper had ad-
vancea iu to ou per cent, in ix to eigne
months. The causes they insist is, that
the price ot domestic colored rags has in
creased from one and three-fourths to
three and three-fourths cents per pound.
Rags had never been so low as thev were
six months ago when rags of the best
quality could be purchased at one and a
half cents per pound. This price was not
sufficient to induce persons . to save and
sell razs or pav for their collection. Con
sequently the stock was very low, and
when tne ousiness revival pecan ana
paper was demanded by all reviving in
duatriea naner dealers were without anv
stock and the price immediately ad
vanced in this country and Lurope. Ca
blegrams have been received from Euro
pean dealers within a weeit, oiaenng
their agents here not to sell another
pound of rags, as the price of paper is rap
luiy auvsDcing mere, aouuici eaune is
the rise in the price of bleaching powder.
Eighteen months ago it could be pur
chased at one cent per pound: now it is
two cents. The same is true of soda, ash
and of caustic soda, the principal chemi
cals used in the manufacture of paper,
Bleaching powder is on the free list, so
that it is not a question of tariff ns to that
article, the price ot domestic alum, an
other important chemical nsed in makin?
paper, has not materially advanced.
Labor bas also advanced somewhat
Cenaa Supervisors.
Washixgeon, Feb. 10. In executive
session last evening the census committee
reported adversely on certain nomina
tions of census supervisors, including
some southern ones.
Major Reno'a Case.
Major Reno has sent a very nrgent
letter to the president asking permission
to resien his commission in the army
rather than suffer dismissal. Accom
panying the decision of the court was
recommendation for mercy, signed by all
its members, and as Reno has been
eallant soldier, and as his offenses have
been attributed to intoxicating liquors,
the president is disposed to give nim the
privilege of resigning in order to save liis
record. The president is very tender
hearted about these matters. Not long
ago he allowed Lieutenant Jerome, of the
seventh cavalry, to resign, wnen ne naa
been sentenced to dismissal by a court
martial, and will probably do the same in
the Keno case.
Fire at San Jose,
San Jose, California, Feb. 10. Soon
after 2 o'clock this morning the stato
normal school was discovered to be in
flames. Fire was first noticed in the cu
pola, which before the engines arrived
was a pyramid of flame rising in the still
t . r rpL. a :....,) :.i t ,
ulgui Sir. ins ure gaiucu iaJiu uduu-
wav. and the water pressure was so weak
that the firemen were delayed in getting
an efficient stream, wuuin iiueeu min
utes after the flames were first seen pour
ing from the cupola the whole interior of
me central paruun ui tue uuuuiug was
filled with flames, roaring and cracking
like an immense fa mace, the south
wing of the building rapidly became in
volved. and the flames were soon sweep
ing through the entire building, except
the north wing. 1 he roof tell in with
tremendous crash, and in a little while
beams and girders began to drop from
their resting places and in a very brief
space of time the whole building was in
ruins. The building was of wood, and the
main portion bad a frontage of 68 feet
and a depth of 160 feet. On each side of
the central building was an arm 52 feet
front by 70 deep. The height of the cen
tral building was 08 feet to the ridge,
the wings bad mansard roots, and were
67 feet in height to the cornice. The
tower was 22 feet square and rose from
the center to a height of 152 feet. The
basement walls were of concrete and
brick. The interior was divided into class
and recitation rooms, music room, mu
seum, laboratory and apparatus room
society rooms, gymnasium and lecture
room. etc. The building cost $280,000,
There is some reason to believe that
the fire was of incendiary origin. A fam
ilv residing in the rear of the school, re
port being awakened by two explosions
in quick succession, and upon getting np
and looking out seeing tne enure cupoi
inflames. Others assert that the chimney
flues of the building were defective from
the time they were put in, when the
bnildinz was constructed. There was
total insurance ef $50,000 on the boose,
divided into $2500 and $5000 risks among
the principal insurance companies doing
business in this state. The city market
ball has been temporarily secured for the
purposes of school.'
Tha Shepherd's Fold.
Saw York. Feb. 11. Reverend Edward
Cowley has sent in bis resignation as
nnerintendent or the Khepnerd's fold
and it has been accepted. A committee
of ladies have been appointed to take
charge of the institution. - -'Tha
Craft,
Denver, Feb. 11. The New office here
, .
IS OCcnpieu ny non-uiuvu uiuu tvuay.
ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1880.
HIM la the Price of Wagons.
r.T,.sm IToK 11 Wairnn mnVerK from
.J 1- f v. vy, I U . a .
all parts of the country met to-day and
decided to advance prices on wagons ten
per cent. The firms representee, iou.uuu
wagons last year.
Rend Propoan!.
Proposals to sell bonds to the govern
ment aggregated nearly $12,000,000 to
day, and prices ranged from $103 to $106.
Secretary Sherman accepted most of
the offers of the United States bonds.
' Strike Ended.
Mount Vernon. New Jersey, Feb. 11.
The striking hands of Vernon Brothers
shirt factory, 100 in number, resumed
work to-dav. their de nand for an in
crease of wages having been a-ceded to.
Most of the strikers were Chinamen.
Not n Sucre...
CniCAGO. Feb. 11. An exchange re
cently started here for the purpose of
trading in gram is not a very great suc
cess. Opera House Damaged by Wind.
Deadwood. Feb. 11. While a concert
and ball was in progress in the Opera
House, Ceutral City, last evening, a heavy
wind carried the entire front of the build
ing into the street. A scene of the wild
est confusion ensued, but fortunately no
lives were lost.
Chicago Hotels Will Mot Advance Price.
Chicago, Feb. 11. A thorough canvass
of the hotels clearlv reveals that the
statement recently telegraphed hence to
the enect that prices were being raised
enormously for the week of the Republi
can national convention is entirely un
founded. There will be no advance in
prices whatever, at any hotel. The pledge
made to the national convention will be
faithfully kept.
National Trotting Saaociatlon
New York, Feb. 11. The biennial
meeting of the National Trotting Asso
ciation commenced to-day. The commit
tee on tne revision rules reportea ana
most of them were adopted. Section 4 of
rule 5 was changed so that confirmation of
sentence for expulsson for fraudulent
practice could not be modified by a
board of review.
An Bxtmordlnary Rlae.
New York, Feb. 11. Wall street re
ports say that a subscription block for
the Sonora railroad, projected to ran from
uuaymas on the uulf of Culitorina, to tne
southern extension of the Atchison, To
peka & Santa le Railroad system in ew
Mexico and Arizona, was recently sold in
Boston for a bonus of $5000. Hie last
sale was at $350, and it may be interest
ing to some to know that the same block
was sold each time. The first thirty
mites of the road are to be constructed
immediately, beginning at Guayraas.
Kali road Rate.
Evert SU JoliuJ general passenger
agent of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pa
cific Railroad, notifies roads leading west
from Chicago, that since they are selling
tickets from Kansas City to Colorado
points at usually and unreasonably low
figures, the Rock Island will make no
further attempts to restore rates, and will
not be represented at to-morrow's meet
ing, which was called tor that purpose.
A Charge of Patricide.
Omaha. Feb. 10. On Januarv 29ih
there arrived at Grand Island, C. M. Lau
rence, an old gentleman from Bratlle-
boro, Vermont, with his son Frank, of
Chicago. The son claimed that the father
had met with an accident tn lowa, caus
ing insanity. On Thursday night last the
old gentleman died suddenly and mvster
iously. Suspicion of foul play being strong,
the son was arrested charged with poison'
ing bis father by adniintistering prussic
acid. The symptoms, circumstances and
the finding of the deadly drug in the pos
session of the son, go to prove that the
old man was poisoned. No cause is as
signed other tLan for the insurance on the
father s life, there being 11,000, 3o(XX) m
thelNew York Knickerbocker, ami $6000 in
tne travelers, or Hartford, x he son is in jail
awaiting an examination on the 24th of
February.
The Irlah famine.
New York, feb. 13. The Herald this
morning says: We regret to say that as
yet no returns have been made by a large
n u inner ot gentlemen and firms to whom
the HerauCi Irish famine blanks were in
trusted. In a great many instances we
know these blanks contain the names of
persons who in the aggregate have
subscribed a good ueai ot money
ana we are aware that they are
held back in order that their custodians
who are so generously co-operating with
tbe Herald may be able to make as good
a showing as possible in print. Their mo
tive is exceedingly creditable, but we are
suie they will not misinterpret our mean
ing when we say they are unwittingly put
ting back the cause thev so heartily hope
to advance. The Herald Will esteem it
a great favor on the part oi these gentle
men it they win make tbe returns as
early as possible to-morrow. The news
paper editors and other gentlemen in out
side towns and cities who are so nobly
aiding the Herald will also place ns under
obligations u tney win lorward us their
subscriptions and subscription list at tbe
same time. No doubt the telegraph com
panies will in all cases enable them to
transmit their money without waiting for
me Blow process oi mans.
Railroad Consolidation.
LiOUISville, reo. i;j. xtie intense ex
citement was created here by tbe an'
nonncement that a consolidation or con
tract for five years has been entered in be
tween the Louisvilie & Nashville and
Georgia Central roads. Each end of the
combination is to conduct its affairs in its
own way. The aim of it is to give through
bills of lading from St. Louis to New York
and Liverpool and from Louisville and
Nashville to the same points. The com
bination can carry freights that will be
ruinous to northern trunk lines, it ex
pects to have a large part of the grain that
goes from Chicago to New York and
Liverpool by the northern route to take
the southern route. It has large steamers
plying between f-avannah and Mew York,
and ocean freights are not only cheaper
than rail rates but cheaper than lake
rates. It will be a strike for a -great part
of tbe eastern business, and it will make
rates that will bring it to a great part of
the western business. Indeed, nearly
every article that Lonisvelle now imports
will come by wav of Savandab, Atlanta
and Nashville.
Railroad Matters.
Chicago, Feb. 13. The general passen
ger agents of the principal western roads
centering here, met hern to-day with rep
resentatives of the Fort Wayne and
Wabash roads to adjust rates. They had
net arrived at any satisfactory conclusion
but incidentally tbe following important
correspondence under date of Omaha,
13th, transpired: "Mr. Goodman of tbe
Central Pacific R. R. telegraphs me that
San Francisco is full of New York pas
sengers awaiting the departure of the
next steamer which sails February 20th
The P. M.S. 8. Company is offering
through rate of $75 cabin and $35 steer
age, ana paying nve dollars each com
mission to hotels, etc. Shall I say to
Goodman that the Central Pacific may
make such rates as may be necessary to
hold the business, and that you willshare
tne reduction on tre basis of the present
proportion. 1. L. KIMBALL.
General Passenger Agent, U. P. R. R,
After a full dlscusMon the roads lead
roe west from here sent tbe following
"The lines east of Lansas City and Omaha
win accept, a pro rata per mile upon any
rate which the Central Pacific makes, to
meet rates maae oy tue racinc Mail Com
oanv to aew York, provided thn ti-tot.
are limited to one day beyond the actual
schedule time, and to be sold at tariff
rates with a drawback on New York to
the amount of reduction." This answer
was probably entirely satisfactory to th
A 1 T" TT 1 .1 a .
central jrauue. u naer tne riciprocal ar
rangement the Central Pacific proposed
that the latter road would get a much
larger tans than nnder the one to which
the answer refers.
Syatenatle Rebntry.
Smith, of North Andover, defaulting town
treasurer, bas acknowledged that yearly
since his first election in 1360 he had
converted tha money of the town to his
own use. The amount of the defalcation
is omauest irregular town note,
$400; largest, $5300.
Death of Gov.! Arnold of Rhode Island.
Providence. Feb. 13. S. G. Arnold dirl
early this morning. He was thrice lieu
tepant.governdr, served a short term in
the U. S. senate, and was author of the
history of Rhode Island.
Dlaaatrosu Wind Storm at Nashville
NashviliIe. Tenn. Feb. 13. A cvclone.
accompanied by thunder, lightning and
heavy rain passed over the city at mid
night. The wind blew at the rate of forty
miles an hour. The spires of the First
Colored Baptist, St. John's Colored and
St. Paul's Colored Churches were blown
down, also the inside brick wall of the
new custom1 house. The roof of Shea A
Son's elevator, containing 20,000 bushels
of grain, was swept off. The third story
of the Edgefield Manufacturing Company,
building was blown away. The .roofs of
a large number or private residences were
blown off, and the damaee no to this hour
cannot be estimated.
Fatal Railroad Accident.
Dayton. Ohio, Feb. 13. A bridse on
the Dayton and Southeastern road, near
Chilicothe, was washed away this morn
ing. The engine and several cars were
thrown into the stream, the engineer and
firemen being killed instantly. Passen
ger coaches escaped and no other injuries
were sustained.
PACIFIC COAST.
Suicide of at SaHor. '
San Francisco. Feb. 11. rHenry Hart-
man, a Spanish sailor on the British ship
Pleicn, committed suicide this morning by
drinking carbolic acid. He swallowed the
poison while lying on his bunk and was
observed in the act by his shipmates,
who summoned assistance, but to no pur
pose.
A Hoodlum Billed by at Policeman.
Shortly arter midnight, Officer Dwyer
while attempting to arrest a suspicious
character on West Mission street near
Twelfth, was set upon by a crowd of hood
lums, knocked down and badly beaten.
In the melee the officer diew a pistol and
fired, bringing down Michael Wynne
with a bullet in the side. He was taken
to the city hospital where he died this
morning.
Burned lo Death.
Chico. Feb. 11. An Indian squaw, who
married a Chinaman in Red Bluffs three
or four weeks ago and who came to live at
Chico, was this morning burned to death
by the bursting of a kerosene lamp in her
room.
Suicide of a Convicted Murderer.
San Francisco. Feb. 12. Bonifacio Nu
nez confined in the county jail under con
viction of the murder of V tlliani i rev.
last April, was fonnd hanging in his cell at
about 1 this morning. He had torn his
shirt into strips which he soaked and
twisted in a rope. A piece of broomstick
set in the ventilator served lor the gal
lows. He made bis preparations so Quietly
that his two cell mates knew nothing of
tbe affair until on casually waking, one
of them discovered the body. Nunez had
been denied a new trial and was to have
been sentenced Saturday next. He was
Spaniard and aged about -o years.
(Quarrel between Editors.
Hollister, Feb. 12. A newspaper war
culminated this morning by the fatal
shooting of S. IL Burmmett, editor of the
JiMlerpnte, by U. W. Carlton, editor or the
Telegraph. This morning s issue or the
Teitgrapri calls Burmmett a horse-tmei.
At 10 o'clock Burmmett met Carlton on
the court house steps and asked him why
he published those lies about him. With
out speaking Carlton drew a pistol and
shot Brnrnmett, the ball penetrating his
head between tbe eyes, lie fell in his
tracks and still- lingers, but cannot live.
Carlton was arrested and locked up.
.later. lirummett, snot ov canton.
this morning died at If 11.
Trial, between Mining Companies.
San Francisco, Feb. 12. The case of the
North Noonday Mining Company vs. the
Orient Mining Company Is on trial before
jury in the U. S. circuit court. This is
an action for trespats on some three hun
dred feet of mining ground in the Bodie
district, valued at more than $1,000,000.
An injunction against tbe defendant was
granted pending tbe trial.
Marine Disasters During January,
The number of vessels beloneine to or
bound to or from porta in the United
States reported totally lost and missing
during January is 24. The list comprises
1 steamer, 2 ships. 13 barks, 2 brigs and 6
schooners. Their total value, exclusive of
cargoes, is estimated at $692,000.
Found Dead
Emma L. Warren was found dead in
the rear yard of her parent's residence,
Number 2603 Sacramento street, at half-
oast six o'clock this morning. She left
the house to make a visit at 8 o'clock last
evening, and her ou rents retired to bed
at 10 o clock. . On coming down stairs
this morning they found her dead as
stated.
FOREIGN-
A Chance for Hanlan.
London, Feb. 10. The SporUman an
nounces that Christepher Barraa has
authorized tbe editor of that journal to re
tain i or tne stakes in the Hoyd-Klliott
match and issue a challenge to Hanlan,
in behalf of Boyd, to row a race within a
stipulated time for 200 a side, the cham
pionship of Eneland and the kourttnan
challenge trophy, lianas is willing to add
X300 more to the stakes if Hanlan would
like to row for 500 aside.
licyti will row a race with itawdon- on
the Tyne on Saturday for 200.
in tne match on the Tvne next Satur
day, for 200, between Robert W. Boyd,
winner or the race with Elliott vesterdav
ana jonn uawdon, the former gives the
latter a start or four lengths.
The Theater Royal Fire.
Dublin, Feb. 10. One woman and
seven men were killed and thirteen work
men and firemen seriously injured by tbe
puruing oi tne Theater uovai. tverv
thing in the buildinz was consumed in
cluding a large and costly wardrobe. The
theater took fire at about one o'clock from
a lieht in the hands of a bov lighting the
gas. Most of the employes were at dinner
at tne time, ana tne names spread rap
idly. Alanager Eeerton lost bis lire by
remaining too long in the building in an
enort to arrest the flames.
Sentenced to Death.
Maprip, Feb. 10. Gonzalez the would
be regicide, has been sentenced to death
Terrible Accident.
Constantinople, Feb. 10. During a fete
a barrack three stories high near here,
collapsed. Two hundred soldiers were
killed and three hundred injured thereby.
"Bonaparte During
the Consulate.
Bonaparte's costume
at this period is
worthy of record. On ordinary days he
wor- one of the uniforms of bis sruard
but be had decreed, for himself and his
two colleagues, that on all occasions of
grand ceremonial each should wear a red
coat, made in Winter of velvet, in Sum
mer of some other material, and em
broidered in sold. The two consuls,
Cambaceres and Lebron, elderly, pow
dered and welt Bet np, wore this gorgeous
coat with lace, ruffles and a sword, after
tbe old fashion of full dress; but Bona
parte, who detested all such adornments,
got rid of them as much as possible His
hair was cot short, smoothed down, and
eenerallv ill arranged. With his crimson
and-gold coat he would wear a black cra
vat, a lace frill to bis shirt, bat no sleeves
ruffles. Sometimes he wore a white vest
embroidered in silver, but more fre
quently bis nniforn waistcoat, bis uniform
sword, breeches, silk stociunirs ana boots
This extraordinary costume and bis small
stature gavs him the oddest possible ap
pearance, which, however, no one ven
tnred to ridicule. When he became Em'
oeror. he wore a richlv-laced coat, with a
short cloak and a plumed bat; and this
costume becams mm very wait.
Did von ever notice that the man who
calls a baby "a brat" never knows as
much in a week aa a ten-pound baby
does in a minute.
Susie's Gift.
The days were growing dark for George
Graham. His studious habits had re
sulted in an affection of the eyes that
threatened to grow serious.
This was bis last term of school, and if
he passed his examination creditably, he
was to have a place in Solomon Grant's
store, with wages that would not only
take ears of himself, bat greatly help his
mother.
His mother was a widow, and George's
love for her was a sort of passion of devo
tion. He was very fond of Susie Hale bat
Susie was only a nice girl to him a dear,
sweet, good girl, such as any fellow
would like; but bis mother was the ladv
to whom was due his love, his care, his
uttermost dnty.
The plans he made in life were all for
his mother's sake.
What if this growing dizziness about
him was to increase until all was dark?
What if he mast be no help to his moth
er, but only a burden on her foreverf
His scholarship had been so fine that
his tutor hesitated to reprove h's now
continual failures; and George said noth
ing of the increasing darkness aronnd
him to bis mother, for ho felt that it
wonld break her heart; nothing to teach
er or schoolmates, for it seemed to him
that his grief would be nothing to them.
Bnt one afternoon the crisis came.
No one who was present that day not
even the smallest child will ever forget
the look of wild despair that swept over
George Graham's face, or the gesture of
helpless anguish with which be stretched'
ont his hands, as if to seek among them
all some friend, as he cried:
"God help me, I have been going'
blind, and now I cannot see one figure in '
my book!"
There was a silence after this; and
there came no sound but the audible
beating of George Graham's tortured,
despairing heart. . j
Then the master sent away others, for
school hours were nearly over, and tried
his best to comfort his stricken pupil.
The words of the teacher entered his
ears, but they did not reach bis heart or
kindle his hope.
As soon as he could he went away. He
did not go straight home. How could
he fane his mother and tell her what be
must tell her now?
He sat down on a bank a little removed
from the roadside, a bank which over
hang a swift, deep, yet narrow stream.
An awiui temptation came over him.
To be sure, to die wonld be to leave
his mother to fight bar battle of life
alone; but also it wonld relieve her from
the heavy burden he must needs be to
her if be lived.
The river rushing down there below
invited him with bis murmur.
He bent forward over the stream.
Then he drew back, for a longing came
over turn to go name nrst and see his
mother just once more.
See here! What am I talking about ?
Do I not know I shall never see her
again?"
And a girl s voice, soft and tender, an
unexpected voice, answered him:
xes, you will see her again. Surely
you will see her again!"
The boy turned his face toward the
sound.
"How did you come here. Susie Hale?"
be asked.
"Don't be angry, George." the erentle
voice entreated. "I waited for yon. I
could not go home until I had told you
now sorry 1 was, and tried to comfort
you. You must take heart and try to be
cured. I have known people who could
not see at all to be helped, and why not
your At least you muBt try.
An evil mood was upon George Gra
ham, and he answered harshly:
"Where is the money to come from.
if you please? It has been all mother
conld do just to live, and she straggled
on with the expectation of my being
able soon to help her. She has no
money for experiments. There is noth
ing for it bat lor me to rest a dead
weight upon her ban Is or die."
"xoa believe in God, George Graham.
and yon will not defy him. If he means
you to bear this, you will bear it like a
man, and not try to get rid of the bur
den, just now, it seems to me. you
ought to go home. Wonld you like your
mother to hear this from some one else?
He rose slowly.
"You are right," he said, "and you are
a good girl. Good-bye, Susie."
bhe did not try to go with him: she
followed him only with her eyes.
His mother met him at the Rate.
When she took his hand in hers the
poor fellow felt that she knew all. She
was very quiet and sell-controlled.
"lour tutor has been here, she said.
and has told me. My darling, why
have yon sat in the darkness, and shut
your mother out from any share in your
trouble?"
Oh, I couldn't tell you, mother." he
sobbed, "I couldn't. I thought it would
break your heart.
Meanwhile, Susie Male had gone home
full of an absorbing purpose.
somehow money must and should be
raised to try what a skillful occulist
could do for Gearge Graham.
Susie was the orphan niece of Solomon
Grant.
She knew that she had a modest little
fortune of her own, but it was all in her
uncle's hands, and without his consent
she could not dispose even of her Bmall
income.
But would he not be persuaded to let
ber have enough of her own money to
accomplish her desire? , . .. .
she asked him, using her utmost cow
er of persuasion to touch his heart, bat
he retused wnn peremptory decision.
Susie had in the world one treasure, i
diamond ring, which had been her moth'
er's, with a stone, white and clear as i
dewdrop. i
This mast, she knew, be worth hun
dreds, s
It was ber own.
She had meant to keep it all her life.
for her mother's sake, but surelv this
great neea oi u-eorge uranam s justified
her in partins? with it.
She had one friend in whose good faith
and judicious management she felt im
plicit confidence, and to him she sent her
mother's ring, with the request that ha
would sen it as speedily and on aa good
terms as possible, and remit her the
price of it in bank notes, and keep for
her the secret that Bhe had disposed of it.
It was a week after George Graham
naa given np nope, when a most nnei
pec ted nope came to him.
A neighbor, going by from tbe post
office, handed in at the door a letter ad
dressed to him. Mrs. Graham onenad it
"George,' she cried, after a moment.
in an eager, tremblinjr Yoioe. "hera aro
one hundred dollars, and that is the let
ter that comes with them:
"This money is from a true friend of
George Graham's and is to be annlind tn
taking him to an oculist, in tha hops that
bis sight may! be restored. Tha Hvr
withholds his name, both because he de
serves no thanks, and because be wishes
to make tha return of tha money impos
sible." "It is from Heaven iteelf," the mother
cried. "George, I feel it in my soul that
;wu are w oe enna.
The next day the mother and her blind
son sought rooms at a quiet little house
in the city, and the day after that they
were among tne earliest patients oi .voo
tor Annesly. ; i
Tha first nTatninalinn nf CUioraa't, eves
were unpromising enough, and t'ae doc
tor wanted to soe nim daily.
There were weary day and weeks that
followed, and it was curious that, tbe
mother was always hopeful and the son
always despairing.
At last it almost irritated him to bear
ber speak of hope to him, and one day he
rarnea on ner wita tne nrst burst ox pas
sionate impatience she bad ever experi
enced irom turn.
"Mother," be said, "for the Iots of
heaven do not talk to me as if it was a
sore thing that I am going to sea
again. I want to think it doubtful,
almost impossible. If you should make
me expect a cure, and then it should
not come, don't yon see that I should
go mad? I think I should dash my
ead against the wall. I can only live
by expecting nothing.''
After that the mother held her peace,
bnt whenever she went out of that
darkened room, those who saw her
marveled at the light of joy ia ber
eyes.-"-'" k
At last the time came: the bandage
was removed, there was just one wild
cry: - ;
Mother. I see vou!" and then Georra
lay at the doctor's feet, swoonino- m
his great joy.
it was weeks before be went home
again, bat the good news preceded
him... ;.'
The mother wrote to Solomon Grant
who had agreed to keen tbe place c-nen
while awaiting the result of the exper
iment. ' - (;
Solomon read the letter in full fam
ily conclave. He little knew how bis
niece longed to snatch the paper from
his hand and read it for herself; nor
did he heed the tears that swam in
her dark eyes, tears of such deep, un
selfish joy as only a loving woman
knows. .
Another letter came afterwards to
tell when the widow and her son were
to return.
It was Susie who waked over earlv
in the afternoon, carrying with ber a
basket of dainties for the traveller's
supper.
busies bla k eves dans!, anil thn
heart sank within her as she set tha
table in the little parlor, and lighted a
mo iii ub utcnen stove, ready to make
a rresn cup of tea whenever the widow
and her son should arrive.
And at last the travelers ainn as at
last everything does come, if we wait
long enough for it.
1 hey had expected to find an emntv
house, and they found instead warmth
and brightness", good cheer and Snsia
Hale,
Had George Graham erown throus-h
his trial into a man's perception of a
girl's charms, or bad bis eyes been
holden before that he conld not see?
I only know that that night, for tbe
first time in bis life, it dawned upon
nun inat anotner woman might some
day dispute with bis mother the em
pire of his heart.
ISut it was not until five rears af
terwards, when Mr. Grant had taken
him into partnership, and Mr. Grant's
niece, Susie, had become bis wife, that
George Graham ever guessed from
whose tender hands had come the sift
by means oi which he had been re
stored fd hope and happyiess.
Which is Best!
"O.dearr'
Little Nan opened her eves and
stretched out her arms with a sleepv
yawn, as the summer morning, all rosy
and sweet, peeped into her garret cham
ber.
"I wish I didn't have to get np so soon !
wish the fire would make itself, and a
Pitcher Fairy would bring the water from
the spring, and a Broom Fairy would
sweep the kitchen and grind the coffee,
ana a goou ttrownie would bring ns a
lovely breakfast already cooked! I'm
tired or sifting cinders and washing disne.
1 wish I was a lady, like Miss Antasia!"
But she wasn't a lady, and Pitcher
Fairies and Brownies didn't grow in her
neighborhood; so little Nan bad to shake
off her sleepiness, and jump up to ber
work. i ne sun was just com inn up over
the edges of the rosy clouds; the robin"
and tbe orioles were singing with all their
might; tbe morning glories bad hune out
a thousand pink and purple and speckled
bells, to welcome the sunshine, and the
pinks and mignonette in tbe garden were
sparkling with dewdrops. How sweet
they smelled, and how lovely everything
was in the cool, fresh, beautiful morning.!
Little Nan came back from tbe spring
with her cheeks like roses and ber eyes
as bright as stars.. She danced about ber
work as lightly as any Broom Fairy ever
did; and the fire was made, the breakfast
cooked for grandmother, and the dishes
washed up afterward, long before Miss
Antasia raised ber drowsy head from her
great soft feather pillows. When she did
the sun was streaming across her bed,
hot and bright. The flowers on her
dressing-table drooped in the heat; the
dew was dried up on the roses outside.
Miss Antasia yawned and stretched her
self. "O, dear, how hot it is ! How tire
some to have to get np and dress one's
self! I won't do it. I'll have my break
fast in bed."
And so she lounecd amonorst her nil-
lows, and drank her coffee, and nibbled
at her toast, and had no appetite, and
complained of tbe heat, and sighed and
fretted like a person oppressed with wiet.
Sbe bad nothing in the world to do but
to amuse herself and take her ease, and
now nothing aroused ber. and she tossed
about in her fine bed, and did not find
nan tne rest there that little Nan took on
her hard cot in the earret.
If only she had some nseful work to do,
how much better she would hava felt!
She missed all the dew and freshness of
the morn in j,; she loses all tbe purest
of life, for no one can be haoov that
walks throii''h the world with idla hands
and a selfish heart.
Little Nan had the best of it: for hon
est work briogs a double blessins-. and we
serve God best when we do our duty to
men. naptut netuy.
A Fable.
A wolf, who was known amon? his
friends as sagacious, swift, slv and endur
ing, and who seldom went to bed hungry.
one cay met a wooa choppers son in the
toresu Hostilities between boys and
wolves had been suspended for a short
time on account of a camp-meeting in that
neignoornood. snd the wolf and the bov
therefore sat down on a loir to discuss the
weather and draw each other out on the
transformation theory.
ihe wolf never had a fair chance to
look a boy over. His rule had been to
eat them nrst and look them over after
ward. He now observed that bis com
panion was twice as handsome as he was.
and the fact rankled in his jealous
mina. ne forgot mat ne nad been dioer-
enuy graded bv nature in tne besinnins.
snd he began casting about to see bow he
could get even. He finally made no bis
mind that it was the boy's red coat that
mane an the dinerence, and so ne c
lessly observed : -
i don't suppose vou'd like to cart with
tbatold patched coat of yours, would you?"
i ne boy was np to string games and
balloon ascensions, and closed with an
offer to lend the wolf his coat for a week
if tbe latter would guide him to a den
where three young foxes could be secured.
As soon as tbe wolf secured the coat be
wrapped it around him and declared tbe
truce between the wolves and the boys at
an end. That had been his little game
from tbe start. Sounding bis war-howl,
tbe wolf summoned bis friends to help
make bologna of poor Tom, but, as the
eager brutes came up, they went for the
red coat and the bov went for a tree.
No wolf bas any business wearing a
boy's outfit, even if it would add to bis
beauty, and this one was soon clawed
into bag-atrings, and bis bones bang on a
iack-pine for the wind to fool witb.
Looking down from bis perch in the
tree, the bov remarked .
"In tbe first place, don't try to play a
swine game. In tbe second place, don't
go on the principle that everybody else is
a lOOU" :
Moral Preserves won't last without
sugar, and your neighbor has just as much
right to keep clue kens as yon have to
keep a dog. Lktrott tree I'rett
NO. 45.
The Brig Somerg.
la November, 1842, occurred one
of tho most noted mutinies in the his
tory of the American navy While
in mid-ocean the officers of the Uni.
ted States brig-of-warSomersdiscov.
ered that a conspiracy existed on
board the vessel to murder them
selves and turn tho vessel into a
privateer for the purpose of piracy;
bat the ring-leaders were discovered
and executed and the crime frus
trated. The leader in tbe affair was
Philip Spencer, son of the Hon. J. C.
Spencer, the distinguished statesman
of New York, then Secretary of War
in tho Cabinet of. President Tyler.
On account ot the prominence thus
given . the event, the ; mutiny was
everywhere a topic . of discussion,
and reviews of the case were writ
ten by a number of noted men, in
cluding J. Pen i more Cooper. The
Cleveland Zcader thus tells the story
from tbe lips of one of tbe crew:
Captain William Boffington, well
known along tbe lakes and who last
season sailed the schooner Pelican,
was one of the crew of the Somers.
He was visited at bis residence on
the Detroit road, yesterday after
noon, by a Leader reporter, and re
lated tbe story, though modestly Pre
ferring -not to bare anything publish
ed as coming from him. At the time
ot the mutiny Captain Baffinmon
was eighteen or nineteen years of
age, and many of tbe facts hare es
caped his memory. The Somers
sailed from New York for Liberia,
Africa, witb dispatches, but was
obliged to put back on account of j
insumcioncy of crew, and other sea- j
men were obtained from the receiv
ing ship North Carolina, Mr, Buffing-
ton oeing a member ot the second
crew. On the return from Liberia,
before reaching St. Thomas, where it
was the intention to stop and take on
coal and provisions, : word - was
brought to Captain Alexander Slidell
Mackenzie, the commander of the
Somers, that a conspiracy existed to
capture the vessel and take her to
the Isle of Pines, where she wonld
be joined by a Mexican pivateer, and
the two would commence a career of
piracy.-''
In those days, comparatively few
steamers sailed the ocean, and of
coarse the security of the pirates
was much better than it wonld be at
present. Wr. Wales, the steward of
the brig, was first brought tbe affair
to notice. On the night of Novem
ber 25th, Mr. Wales was asked by
Spencer, who was a midshipman, to
go alolt with him to the rigging,
where he wanted to converse with
him confidentially. ; When alone the
midshipman accosted ales with, a
question: "Do you fear death: do
you fear s dead man ; are you afraid
to kill a man I -Somewhat sur
prised, though still cool and collect
ed, the steward listened attentively
to what followed, taking the oath of
secresy imposed upon him by
spencer. The latter then nntolded
tho plan for tbe mutiny, stating that
it was written out on paper and then
under bis collar, back of bis cravat,
and be would show it in the morning
when it was tight so as to read it
Twenty of the crew, he claimed,
were leagued with him, and the mur
der of tbe captain and the officers
of the vessel would be an easy
matter.
When fully apprised of what bad
taken place, Captain Mackenzie or
dered a strict watch kept of tbe
movements of Spencer. In a day or
two the Captain encountered Spencer
on deck, and asked him what be
meant by such talk to Wales, but tbe
young man explained it was an
joke, and no barm intended. The
written plot was demanded, but
Spencer denied its existence, and
careful search of his person failed to
disclose it. It was found, however,
secreted in Spencer s razor case,
written in tbe Greek language; but
one oi tho otneers understood tne
characters and translated them into
English. The names of tbe number
of the crew were written who wonld
be given a chance to "walk tbe
plank" that is, bo dropped over
board and others who were to be
given their choice between compul
sory service as pirates, or a watery
grave. r.Urom well, tbe boatswains
mate, and Elisba bmall, a seaman
from Boston, were also arrested
they being frequently discorered in
conversation with Spencer. The
three were doable-ironed and taken
below. They were speedily tried by
court-martial and found guilty, the
sentence being that tbe prisoners be
executed from tho yardarm. I hey
were brought np on the, morning of
.November ZDth lor execution, smau
was unmoved and asked his mates to
give him a good jerk, so as to make
sure, but Spencer was quite broken
down. He was exhorted by Captain
Mackenzie to set his companions a
good example by brarely dying, the
remark having the uesirea enecs.
Cantain Mackenzie briefly addressed
tho condemned upon the enormity of
their crimo. Spencer road from tbe
bible and prayer-book, begged for
giveness of all, and then said hi was
ready to die. it
Black caps were made from black
handkerchiefs. Tho colors were to be
hoisted at tbe moment to give solem
nity to the occasion, and then the
gun was to be fired as a signal at the
ropes to pull. . Spencer wanted to
give tho signal, but afterward he re
quested Captain Mackenzie to do it
for hi m. When all was ready, tbe
condemned men sitting in tbeir ham
mock", awaiting the dreadful sum
mons to another world.tbe gun belch
ed forth its thunder, the men at the
three ropes drew in, and the three
unfortunates shot aloft, tho sadden
contact with tbe blocks above break
ing their necks, and hurrying them
into the presence of tho trreai white
throne. Two of the men were hong
to one of tbe main yards, and the
third to the other. The bodies were
sewn up in sailcloth, tbe feet weigh
ed with shot, and the earthly re
mains ot tho reckless youths were
slid on a plank through the oortholes
and disappeared in the depth of ihe
ocean.
When New York was reached
court of inciairy. composed of Com
modores Stewart, Jacob, Jones and
Dallas, examined the case, und ap
proved the course of Captain Mack
enzie. A court-martial was also held,
Commodore Downee being president.
and the action of Captain Mackenzie
waa endorsed. Captain .uuniiuijwu
HmiMl-BiSi.
Neatly and expeditioaaly Executed
AT POHTLAnS
says that after reaching New York "
the ship physician 6bot himself,
tbrogh it did not appear that he had
been concerned in the mutiny; Capt.
Buffiington knew of no other enrviv-,
ors of tbe crew. A colored m&a em
ployed at the Union depot, who died
last summer, was on board the Somers
f I.. : v. - i.i i . . t , . .
are some living, s the crew, which
consisted of eighty persons, was com
posed ot only eight able-bodied sea
men, the remainder being boys of tbe
first and second class. The excite
ment OTer the affair in tbe United
States was intense, and opinions were
given for and against Captain ilaok
enezie's coarse.
.Talleyrand and Foncbet.
In the second volume of her memoirs
Mme. Bemusat indulges in this compara
tive study of Talleyrand and Foucuet:
Talleyrand and Fouchet were two very
remarkable men, and both were exceed
ingly useful to Bonaparte. Bnt it would .
be difficult to find less resemblance and
fewer points of contact between any two
persons placed in such close and continn- -ous
relations. The former had studiously
preserved the carelessly resolute manner
if I may use that expression of the no
bles of the old regime. Acute, taciturn,
measured in bis speech, cold in bis bear
ing, pleasing in conversation, deriving a!! -his
power from himself alone for he held
no party in his hand his verv faulu
and even the stigma of his abandonment
or his former sacred state of life, were
sufficient guaranty to revolutionists, who
knew him to-be so adroit and so supple
that they believed him to be always keep
ing the means of escaping them in re
serve, xl -sides, be opened his mind to .
no one. He was quite impenetrable upon
tbe affairs with which be was charged,
and upon his own opinion of tbe master
Whom be served; and, as a final touch to
this picture, he neglected nothing for bis
own comfort, was careful ia bis dress.
used perfumes, and was a lover of good
cheer and all the pleasures of the senses.
tie was never subservient to Bonaparte,
but he knew how to make himself neces
sary to him, and never flattered him in
public
ouchet,on the contrary, wasa genuine
product of the revolution. Careless of bis
appearance, he wore the gold lace and
the ribbons which were the insignia of
bis dignities as if he disdained to arrange
them. He could laugh at himself on oo- .
casion ; he was active, animated, always
restless, talkative, affecting a sort of
frankness which was merely the last de
gree of conceit ; boastful ; disposed to
seek the opinion of others upon his con-.
duct by talking about it, and sought no
justification except in bis contempt of a
certain class or morality, or his careless
ness of a certain order of approbation. '
But he carefully maintained, to Bona
parte's occasional disquiet, relations with
a party whom the Emperor felt himself
was obliged to conciliate in his person.
With all this. Fouchet was not deficient
in a sort of good fellowship. ' He bad even
some estimable qualities. He waa a good
husband to an ugly and stupid wife, and
a very good even a too indulgent father.
tie looked at revolution as a whole; he
hated small schemes and constantly re-:
curring suspicions, and ; it was because
this was bis way ot thinking mat his pot
icy did not suffice for the Emperor.
Where Fouchet recognized merit, be did
it justice. It is not recorded of him that
ha was guilty of any peracnaVjvengiv
nor did he show bimseif ca pftIeyPpe r -sistent
jealousy. It is eveniite.iy that,
although be remained seveG-al years au
enemy of lalleyrand s, ltJSls less because
he had MasonJt2jxrMfIaia ot him than
because the Emperor look pains to keep
up a division between two man whose
friendship he thought dangerous to him
self; and, indeed, it was when they were
reconciled that be began to distrust tberu
both and to exclude them from a Hairs,
Singular Fatality.
Oo Tuesday last Dr. Fisher, at the New
York hospital, was called opoa to render
bis professional services in what bas
proven to be a most remarkable case. At
nooa on the day named a lady called at
tbe hospital and avowed that she bad
swallowed a full set of teeth. She request
ed tbe physician to examine her for
traces of them, and said that she was Mrs.
Cora S. Nourse, aged 47, an artist, who
contributed sketches and articles to tbe
Floral Cabinet. She resided at In o. 56 West
Ninth street with ber two daughters, and
on Tuesday last visited some relatives on
the Hudson.'.
; When making her toilet on Tuesday
morning she missed bet teeth, and being
unable to find them about her room she
came to the conclusion that during her
sleep she must have swallowed them, as
sbe remembered distinctly their presence
ia uer mouth when retiring. A tickling
sensation in her throat seemed to corrob
orate this belief. Dressing in hasto she
hurried off to a resident physician, who
examined her for traces of the lost mo
lars, but failed to find them. He ad vised
her to search for them, assuring her thu
if she felt no distress in her stomach it
was not possible that they were located as
she supposed. r ,
, She inquired as to the result in case her
fears proved true, and was informed that
if she had swallowed them the result
would prove fatal. Alarmed at this, tha
lady hastened to her apartments, but be
ing unable to find her teeth, she boarded
strain ior this city and sought relief at
the New York hospital. She was in a
considerable state of trepidation, and ap
peared to suffer great mental anxiety.
After a thorough examination Dr. Fisher
declared that she could not possibly'ul''"
swallowed the teeth. She seemed co
scarcely left the hospital when she sud
denly dropped in the street, and was i ar
ried back to tbe hospital insensible. Vr.
Fisher was proceeding'to examine ber
when she turned on her side and expired.
A female attendant was called to audnwa
the poor lady In order to make an investi
gation as to tbe cause ot ner oeatn, wueu
the missing teeth were discovered loired
in her undergarments. A po morU-ttt
examination revealed the lactthat ber
doath had resulted from no other cauw
than complete exhaustion of her mental
faculties, brought about by the force of
imagination. KY.Nevt.
Arthur Uoebcck. There never lathi
world was a better assailant of a job, a
more resolute critic of odministratlva
bungling, than Jobs Arthur Koebut.
Dog Tear- era, as ne cnrisieneu
on one memorable occasion, n
hon in tn flv at the throat of minister
or private member when the public inter-
ant seemed to aemana vigorous
this kind. The pity is that ha hitnseli
should hive suffered so grievously from
the unrestrained Indulgence oi p
dictiveness, bis jealousy, his morbid scir
consciousness. A career which jnigh
have been a great one has been brou;u
to nothing by bis own faults, and talenit
which millit have been loccessiouy uel
fcr the advancement of many nobl
causes bava been utterly wasted. il oi'
Udans of To-day-Wemyss Betd.
; Some Skkixtonx. At Higne9te,fe-7
London, stands a public hoa-, from th
w indow of which a skeleton cat ebailengpi
the notice of passers-by. la its tecui it
h ilds a skeleton rat,canght no one knoa 1
how long ago. Just as we ee them no-,
c t and rat were taken from tbe chimney
undergoing a:ur-
they disturbed was a puu.u v. -..
b inking buainess a atone t.nis
oi ia the houae.to the bones wr
d wn to belong to a th; f r. -tl
e chimney, either prc.m.r a-y
nit felony, or to escape yurv, , r
n it'jng it, bad been etsLscs. -.i t
bus' Journal.
aUon. A roost grisiy cm mnF; -.' '
i'me workmen a few .years s.nce in t .
o'd house in ti.e High f ;"V!-
n table as tha birthplace) of V 7
ti e slave emancipator, lot lia ...: