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.THE INDEPENDENT
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Saturday Slornlnar
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JOHN W. KELLY, Publisher.
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VOL.5. 1
aBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1880.
NO. 28.
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E. fl; rVtULLER, ',
' Watchmaker and Jeweler,
V OAKUID, . - - - '-, OKKGOJI
Offiee w Dr. Page's Drag tore.
Caiiyonvillo ilotel,
.-, 0. A. LKVINS, -
: PROPRIETOR
HAVING RECENTLY rURCHASEDTHE
Canyenville Hotel, 1 am now prepared to
Ornish traveler with the best of accom mediations,
feed and (tabling for stock. . X). fi. LEVINS.
JAS. THOBNTOIf.
V. B. ATKINSON.
AOOB WAOKT5B.
E. K. ANDEBSON
Ashland Woolen Manufacturing
Company, j
Manufacturers and Dcalora in
White & Colored Blankets
Plata .ad Faary Ca.hmcr.ii, Doeskins,
Vlaanele, Ktc.alao,
OVER AND UNDERWEAR CLOTHING
Made to Order.
W. H. ATKINSONj Hcoy
ABHLASD. Jackson Conntr, Oregon.
H. C. STANTON,
Dealer in
Staple Dry ! Goods I
Keep! constantly on band
mcnt of i
a general assort-
EXTRA FINE GROCERIES,
WOOD, WILLOW AND iiLASSWABF,
ALSO
Crockery and Cordage
A full stock of
SCHOOL B O O K s
Such as required by the Public County Schools
. ktMd. or 8TATIOMEUT, TOYS and
"4SCY ARTICLES
To suit both Young and Old.
Otya'AKD SELLS LEGAL TENDERS
furnuhes Checks on Portland, and procures
uranaonoan rranciaco. j
r.lAHOriEY'O SALOON
Kearect to th Railroad Depot, Oakland
Jaa. Mahoney, Prop'r.
7h flnatt of wines, liqoon and eigara in DoSf
las county, ana ina tesc
BILLIARD tTABLB,
ia the State kept la proper repair:
Parties bTsJ3ng on the railroad win findthi
place Tery nanay to tmii aanng me sup
. ping of the train at the Oak
"' v land. Depot. Gire meaealL
JOHN FRASER,
Hons Made Imitxire,
WILBUR,
OHECO.V.
Upholstery, Spring Mattrasses, Etc.,
' Constantly on hand.
LTIIDMITIIDr I har. tbe Iwst stock of
t Wllill I Uiibi lurnltor. souinof fortlauu
And all of my own manufacture.
No two Prices to Customers
Residents of Douglas county ara requested to
Eire me a call before purchasing elsewhere.
&- ALL WOEK WARRANTED.-a
DEPOT HOTEL-
6AXXAJTD,
OREUOK.
Richard Thomas, Prop'r.
rpBIS HOTEL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHES
fur a number ot years, and has become Yry
popnlarwith the traTeling public. Kirat-claae
8LIKPINQ ACCOMMOOATiONS.
And tbe table supplied with the best the market
affords. Hotel at the depot of the Railroad.
Eurniture Store !
JOHN OI LDEIWLEVE
H AVISO PURCHASED THE FURXI
ture EsiAblishinent of John Lelmberr, is
now prppared to do any woik in the j
UPHOLSTERING LINE.
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He is also prepared to rurniah !
FURNITURE !
In all stylcf.of the best mgnufactiire,aml;chcaper
than the cheapest. II is i
Oil al rig, '
Tables, I
Burcaaa, : j
JBedsstendss.
WnmUatnntlm,
ETC.. ETC..
ETC!
Aft of superior make, Mid for low ! cannot be
equalled in tnc owua. 4 ii
Finest of Spring Beds
And the:
Most Complete Sofas
Always on hand. Everythios io se line fur-
nished.of the best quality, on inesnorum
notice and at the lowest rate j
COFFINS MADE AND TRIMMED.
And orders filled cheaper and better thari can
- , any other cstauusnmeni.
Dreirim? a share of nubl'e ratronaee, the un
dertsgned promises to oiler extra inducements to
11 patrons. Oive n.e a tnai.
JOHS GILDE11SLEVE.
NOTICE. j
leOTICE IS HEREBY GIVES TO WHOM IT
A may concern that the ondersigncd has been
warded the contract for keeping the Douglas
County pauper for a period of two years. All
persons in seed of assistance from said county
most first procure a certificate to that effect from
ay Btembar of the County Board and present it
cm oi the following named persons, who are
athorissd to and will ears for those presenting
each eertifloates: Button k Terkins, Koseburtc I.
Ik Kellogg. Oakland; Mrs. Brown, Looking
Glass. Dr. Woodruff is authorised to furnish
ltd if 1 aid to all persons in need of the same and
who have bewa declared paupers of Douglas
Oesoiy. .. ,.. , , ,. W. B. CLARK, j
SEEDS
9-SEEDS!
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ALL KINDS OF M1 QUALITY
A.X.JL, ORDEHS
Promptly attended to and Goods shipped
... fc ;withcare.
Address. ' JUehtDer A Beno,
Portland, Oregon.
SHOET Bi
'. M. Garabetta has
an eft
vriupujeui, ui uie ioreueauv.
foreheam
eyes.
vuiuaua in ttuo IWBt JCHvai,riail 111 tuw i
world. r IIo Iiaa quit the businwts.
Everybmly had a chance to see me.
Tbe conclaves was a great success.
N.T.G.
Mr. Bonner's celebrated watch and
horse Rarus can still outfoot anything
in me wono.
:- Rye whinkev is said be to the favorite
drink at baratoga Saratoga Is a great
are-wausru'g-piace.
The sultan has so much fear ofaiwastsi-
uation that he has the locks ot his doors
changed onco a week.
Sitting Bull who is in a tarvinr condi
tion, wants Dr. Tanner toco me west and
teach htm how to fast.
The bogus Mr. itenuer, receutlv cap
tured in .Kansas, is Deiievea to be a
dime-novel-writer iu disguise.
. Rammer days are swiftly wantnr.
Auiumn tints are on tne loaves;
Never tackle a green melon
Rupert's gathering golden sheaves.
An article in a San Fraucico naner.
describing St. Louis, says: "The city is
well laid ouu" It is indeed by the late
census.
Trof. Moramson has recovered his
equanimity, and is going soon to Italy
to renew his copies or ancient Rome in
scriptions. Ex-Gov. Rice, of Ma$s.u-hagelts, has
accepted the honorary chancellorship of
L uion college, and win deliver tbe next
commencement oration.
A Boston paper says that ' the "Rev
Murray is wildly anxious to pay his
debts."' He is wildly prevented by tbe
want or money, prtiaoiy,
Jenn 1,1 ad, who left ' the "staee ia
I860, is still hale and hearlv. As Mme.
Otto Goldsmith she is a worthy looking
and somewhat stout lady, with white
hair. She will be 69 years old iu Oc
tober.
Camile Flammarlon, the astronomer,
has been making a balloon journey with
bis wife. They started from "Paris.
travelled all night, and came down near
Kheims.
Thos. R. Gould, the American sculptor
living at Florence, has exhibited in Paris
his bronze statue or Ramenanieha, the
first king of the Sandwich Islands. It is
described as a work of much merit
which will literally astonish the natives
or Honolulu.
Lawrence Bar.-elt is trying to organize
an actors' fund. Something of the kind
is mncn needed, l tie ties or every rail
road in the country are being worn out
by "ousted" tneatricat companies.
The Pope's new journal and organ
the Aurora, started at Rome Jan 1,
iay, nas reacneu a circulation or o.cx,
and is now considered firmly estab
lished. It is contributed to by personage
in the v atican
It was a Windham wife, who, when her
husband was brought home intoxicated,
thanked uod he was not a blood rela
tion.
It may seem paradoxical, but it is
nevertheless true, that a man cannot
smoke a cigar too short unless he smokes
it too long.
A contemporary tells how to utilize
old frnit cans. Give a boy a string and
a strange dog and he needs no further
instructions.
A man out "West was offered a plate of
macaroni soup, nnt declined it, declaring
that they "couldn't play off any biled
pipe-stems on hiin.
"Do you love this girl better than yon
do her sister? was what a Kansas clergy'
man asked the yonng man who stood be
fore him to be mode a husband,
A yonng man on Main street says ho is
going to attempt the feat of going forty
days without working. He says if his
employers do not watch him lie think he
can accomplish the task. Rockland
Courier,
French Jbeans to be productive require
bed ol fairly rich sou, about eight
inches deep. In planting put the seeds
six inches apart, and as soon as they are
two or three inches high take out every
other plant.
A circus man.tger wanted a new name
for his show, and a sophomore collegian
suggested "monohippio aggregation" as
good, and thd cirens man had got three
towns billed before he was informed that
"monohippic" meant "one-horse
The best means of ridding houses of
cockroaches, says the Scientific Ameri
can, are equal parts of powdered borax,
Persian insect powder, and powdered
colocyntb, well mixed together, and
thrown about sucn spots as ore inicstea
with them. This powder has been found
as infallible remedy.
How elosolr Japan is following in the
footsteps of the West may be seen in the
fact that the Japanese workmen nave
adopted a trades union system, which
thev will find by and by is not alto
gether so good a thing as they suppose
In their first struggle with their em
ployers.'in the Province of Mino, where
rice has rieen in price, a rise of wages
was obtained, bo that a carpenter who
was paid 25 sen now gets dO sen, and the
laborer who was paid 1G sen G rin, now
gets 20 sen.
SoMETHiNO to be Pbocp Of. A min
strel performer proudly advertises him
self in the amusement papers " the.
largest-mouthed commedian in the world,
and adds: "Many envy and imitate me,
bat there is none can compete with me.
R. G. SCROGGS, A. M M. D.
Fhyslclan and Humeon.
Speciui attention paid to
Operative Surgery and Treatment of Chronic
Diseases.
Office in rear of drug store nearly oppo
site the postolhce.
Office honra Irons 1 lo 5 each afternoon.
J. JASKULEK,
PRACTICAL
WATCHMAKER, JEWELER AND OPTICAN.
Rosebars;, Oregon. (Opposite postoffice.)
DEALEB IX
Watches, Clocks & Jewelry..Soectacles
' '
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry carefully
renairod. All work warranted. Genuine
Brazilian Pebble spectacles and eyeglasses
a specialty.
- OreSfon vnl Call furnla
TEZC'JSH TO SAN FRAKCISCO
iroim days.
THE QUICKEST. SAFEST AND
EASIEST EOUTE.
STAGES LEAVE ROSEBURQ
Kaktet oiek eetuMetkra at Beading with th
ears ef the a A 0. iC &.
For full particulars and passage apply to
TERI4r.
gfi, , , iin frsm Sfduey lo Loudoa,
uSatv oi:k, tut. ja 1110 sicamsnip
Arizona leaves at noon to day. hhetaKes
Australian mails of the 9th ult., received
at San 'Francisco by the steamship City
of Sydney, and which were dispatched by
Special jruin a inouHanu nintrs at a cimi ui
$1000 to .overtake the regular train which
left Ban R ranciaco on uct. tstn. lhis train,
with the inails, arrived at Jersey Uity last
evening a-t 10 o'clock. It is expected the
Arizona Vill reach Queenstown in 7 days,
making the time from Sydney to London
41 da vs. (According to the last report of
the po8tnaster general of New Zealand,
the averaite time coinsuuied in the voy
age from Sydney via San Francisco has
been 45 days and aoout u nours, and oy
way of Suez canal w days and about 4
hours. It will therefore be seen that the
City of SyJney has reduced the time of
voyage lonr aru one iihii days.
Facta Bearing da tbe lathmua Canal Pro-
New York, Oct. 12. The World has
the following: The following communi
cation is especially interesting in that it
meets sonieoi tne objections to tna mter-
oceanic canal set forth by Chief Niinnio,
chief of the bureau of statistics, in Irs
recent treatise on the subicct. and will
effectually set at rest all future objections
Of that Kind:
U. S. Hyorocraphic Office,
ice, y
iTION, y
2, 1880. J
Bureau of Navigation
Washington. Sept. 22,
Rear Admiral Daniel Atnmeu, U. S. N
Sir In accordance with your verbal re
quest, I have caused to be complied from
recuras ui mis uuice tim iniurmaiiuu
which you desire, in reference to per
centage of calms and variable winds which
prevail in the vicinity of Panama and on
the coast of Nicaragua respectively. From
a total of 2353 obrervations in the bay of
.Panama, and oi noa observations on tne
coast of Nicaragua, and in each case cover-
ins roughly about the same extent of
ocean, it appears that calms and variable
winds at mo lormer locality amount to
11 per cent, of the whole number of ob
servations, while at the latter they
amount to five per cent. In order to
reach' the region of trade winds, sailing
vessels from Panama bound to India.
Japan, California or the northwest coast.
in coming out of tbe bay and afterwards
making necessary northing, will be
obliged to make 600 miles through var
iable winds and vexations calms before
fixing themselves in as good position to
make their westing as vessels leaving
the coast of Nicaragua. Very respect
fully, J. 15, if. IKKRAFFT.
liydrographer to iiureau or navigation
Recovery of Bodies.
St. F.m-arox, Oct. 13. It tarns out that
only six men are missing by the Fourd
pit accident; of these Hugh McKilvie and
Merle isenott have been got out alive,
though small nope or recovery. They
were nadly braised and had their clothes
literally torn oil them. 1 wo dead bodies.
James Conway and Chas. iiourne, were
recovered. Up to a late hour last night
no trace ol the bodies or James Fraser.
erroneously stated lound in a previous
dispatcli, and J as. juyon were round, llie
accident was caused through working too
close to the old live pit, abandoned id
years ago.
Knglhh Confident of Indiana In Kovem-
oer.
Indianapolis, Oct. 14. Mr. English
pronounces the rumor about Ins with
drawal from the national ticket entirely
unfounded, it has never even been
mentioned to lnm, ana he knows of no
reason who it should be. lie says he
confidently expects to be elected, and
that Indiana will go for Hancock and
English iu November.
Suicide.
Lewis Tallenchet residing at 713 Val
encia street blew out his brains with a
shot gun this morning. Cause of the act
unknown.
The Kleetion In West Virginia.
Wheeling, Oct. 14. Indications are
that the republicans have reduced demo
cratic majorities in a number of counties,
but tlie democratic majority will be
not less than 8000. The greenbackers.
who claimed 25,000 in the slate did not'
poll half that. The republican candidate
for governor led ins ticket and beats the
democratic candidate in his own home.
The vote is very large.
10 P. M. Only a few counties in this
state have reported. No reports of any
conseqnence have been received from the
groat Kanawaha valley region, where the
greenback vote is principally located
The result of the vote in tbe state is
therefore the merest guesswork. If the
greenback vote in the state does not go
75,000, Jackson's (democrat) plurality for
governor will be about 10,000.
the democrats here are claiming the
state by from 12,000, to 15,000, and the
chairman of the republican committee
concedes it by 8000. In 187G the demo
cratic majority in the state was upward
of 14,000. and as returns from most ot the
counties thus far heard, show a reptibli
can gain in th majority this year, it is but
natural to sunDo&u it will fall consider
able below these fkures. Amendments
to the constitution are adopted by a large
majorflv. The legislature will he uomo
cratic in both branches.
The Ohio Majority.
Coi.t'Miivs, Oct. 15. Townsend's major
ity will be about 10,000 and others on the
ticket about '2,000. Those are the exact
figures predicted by Foster on Tuesday
evening. Townseud ran behind his
ticket because of the opposition of liquor
men and because he was traded,
A Narrow EUcapc.
New York. Oct. 15. The Herald's Paris
Special says ilartmann, the nihilist, tele
graphs to the lntciansigeant to-day a lull
description of a mine which was to have
blown up the imperial train of Alexander.
lie explains that the plot failed because
an hour before the passage of the train a
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carriage came along ino unc ana cut uiu
wires connecting the dynamite with the
battery. Ilartmann asserts there are 13,-
000,000 organized radicals in ixussia.
Registration In New York.
Nkw York, Oct. 13. Registration to-day
72,027, total for two days, 145,270, against
80,054 the first t wo days last year. There
were 13 arrests of persons attempting to
register on law papers.
The PolyRumjr Question In the Episcopal
lOBTCMiOD. -
Nkw York, O.-t. 10. The house of de
puties of the Kuiscopal convention re
ceived a resolution from the committee
on the state of the church, and placed it
on the calendar, which recites that the
cause of Christ is impeded in Utah by
nolveamv recognized as a religious intti
tution: mat polygamy is contrary iu me
law of God aud io the law of the United
states, and that it was the duty of
I sbristian and citizen of this republ
every
io to
use his inflaencewith the government to
bring about as speedily as possible the
enforcement ol tins law, despite tne many
peculiar difficulties in the way ttiereor.
The Fast Horse's Time.
Brooklyn. Oct. 16. At Frospect Park
yesterday St. Julien started on his trial
to beat his own record at 3:30 p. v. He
trotted the first quarter in 37 seconds
half-mile in 1:12; three-quarters, in 1:49,
and one mile in z:Z3. .
St Jultea Aa-.lnat Himself. :
. New loRK, Ucu it. 1 here ia an im
mense crowd at Prospect Park to witness
St. Jufien's effort for a purse of $2500
against his own time.
The) Sew York "Son" on the Southern
. umtlooK.
New York. Oct. 16. The Sun's Iudian-
aoolia special says the nomination of
: English, so far as it was intended by th
the unwise men who made it. to operate
beneficially on Indiana, has turned out
to be worse than a mistake, mis nas
been an ooen secret for a lonir time past.
In the next breath tbe Sun says: Indiana
was carried by tbe republicans by fraud
and eorrUDtion. Of Virginia politics and
tbe south it says: The real position of
ftlabone ought to be understood by the
democrats, tie is not to be trusted lor
he has no political principles. He will
trade with the side which he thinks will
win. Virginia democrats know this and
republicans also know it. There ia" no
doubt that large sums of money are to be
sent into those states, especially in Flor- j
ida. where republicans are anxious to
secure a successor to Senator Jones, whose j
term expires next March. Agents have
already been sent to Florida and to North
Carolina. As to Virginia, the republicans
expect to make a bargain with Mahone.
Funeral of Father Treanor.
New York, Oct. 14. The funeral of Father Trea
nor took place this morning at 8t. !....'.
hun-h. Obituary notices aSv Yorkviii ,.....
of liis Ubom, la like a house of mourning, from
iv,wu w .v,u,n, )mjo ixxii JftTH, IHM1 i V '! . loft. A
solemn requiem bus wsa .aid at hla obaeqiilui
One hundred priest from this and neiKhbounii
cities occupied seat In the chancel. Ainuua tboae
present were John Kelly, Judge Ponohue, who was
with Father Treanor at the time of the accident
and Recorder Syiuthe. The ehurrh was packed Willi
peoplo aud an immense crowd was uuable to ob
Uiu entrance. The remains were conveyed to Went
Park, near louglikeepie, tor lntenueut.
A Young Thief.
A boy fourteen ysrs old named Robert Smith w
emitted to-day, aud 5u,000 worth of cotton bills of
exchsnge which be bsd stolen from street
were fouud tu his possession.
The Few (Inestlon.
New York, Oct. 15. In the iisooa fonvontlnn
Rev. Dr. Knight presented a memorial to absolutely
forbid by canonical amendment the sale or rental of
pews in cnurchrs.
Importation of If ormaadjr StAlllsns.
New Yoke. Oct. 15. Seventeen Normandy atal.
llouawera shipped from this city to Wilmington,
Illinois, yesterday, where, after recovering from
the effects of their ocean passage from France, they
will be sold. It Is expected that moat of the stal
lions will go to California. They are valued at from
(1600 to i'JOOO each. As the 17 large stallions were
led through the street, single file to the freight depot
of the New York Central and Hudson Blver railroad
they attracted considerable attentlou.
French udles to Come to America f jr
Good fcllks.
It is stated that French silk has become so Inferior
in quality, and American silk so superior, that sev
eral Parisian ladies have resolved to seud to Ameri
ca tuts season for blsck silk dropping the ides of their
mining again really good ana durable artlcl s iu
the Parisian iinarkft.
Important, If True.
Miss Kate Field has been tbe recipient of a great
compliment from Worth, who never makes up la
dies' own materials. Mies Field, however, brought
from home some American black ailk which the re
nowned Paris milliuer has fashioned iuto an elabor
ate costume.
Wno paia far the Fast Hall Trains.'
A correspondent has saked who paid tlOQQ for
the special train which brought the Auatraliao mail
over the Central aud Union Pacific railroads ss men
tioned in the Tribune of Tuesday. Postmaster
James snawered yesterdsy: "The Union Pacibc and
Central Pacific railway companies paid for It. They
did it aa a matter of national pride, and without the
nope or rewsm other than that arising out ot the
satisfaction of having forwarded the Australian
mail across the continent fseter than was ever done
before. It was a feat which is not possible in an;
other country in the world, and ss an American
am proud of it."
Railroad Competition.
St. Loci. Oct. 15. The railroad fight continues
snarpiy. The Chicago & Alton dropped limited tic
ets to f J TU this morning and the Wabafh lmmeoi
ately went to tl 70. having advertised to sell a dol
lar lea than any other road. Tbo unlimited remain
at ft 70, yesterday's prices.
PACIFIC COAST.
Fraud lot Htatratloa.
Sax Frakcisco. Nathaniel Holland. U. 8. supervi
r
sor, is having hundreila of warrants iitsoed lor the
arrest of persons charged with fraud iu connection
with registration.
The Steamer 'Dakota,"
San Fbascisco, Oct. 13. It is reported
that tbe steamer Dakota has been sold
to tbe Pacific Coast Navigation Co., end
that sbe will continue in the British
Columbia trade.
Shooting and Mining.
Tccson, Oct. 12. Thomas F. Britton
was shot at llarshaw last Thursday by
man named Mcl'hune. lie died in six
hours. A man named Merritt was shot
last night at Charleston. He died im
mediately.
lo-dav JNew lork partie Phased
the Belmont & San Antonio mines for
$300,000, aud the Washington Pool for
$200,000, all of Harshaw district.
The t te Beservatlon.
The secretary of the interior has decided
that no claim will be recognized by any
miner or settler to any mineral or other
land upon the Ute reservation wnicn is
based upon settlement or occupation pro
vious to formal opening to that reeerva
tion.
Arrests for False Registration.
bah iRAsi'isco, Oct. 10. Warrants are
being issued by hundreds for the arrest of
persons charged with frauds in registra
tion, but hardly more than five per cent
are louowed by arrests, as most ot ttiem
prove to be founded on errors or frivolous
grounds. V here any evidence of fraudu
lent intent is manifest proceedings will
be tiaa.
Afnrdcrons) Chinamen.
Tucson, Oct. 16. This morning, as the
train for Tucson was pulling out of San
Simon, a large number of Chinamen
boarded it. They had no passes and
offered no money, but demanded passage
nr. Martin, the conductor; demanded
their fare, when they turned on him with
clubs and he was forced to draw his revol
ver. At the first lire bo killed a China
man. No ariests so far, as the act is
believed to have been in self defense.
SEVADt.
Shooting Affray. r
Cabrox. Oct. 15. Laat niuht s man nsmed Fried,
traveling agent for Livingston & Co., liquor mer
chants, ban Francisco, was suot by a man nautec
Moody, formerly employed in the liodle post-
otnee. The two men were coming to Carson
in a stage when M'tody axked Fried to
give bim more room. Fried said the stage was so
crowded thst heconld not move, whereupon Moody
drew s pistol and shot Fried In the back. He is ex
pected to die. The passengers bound Moody with
ropes, tied hint to the top of the stage snd brought
Hi in to Aurora. 11 irrieu dies there is talk ol iyncn-
tng him.
FOREIGN.
A Marrow Fscapa.
New Yobs, Oct. 15. Tbe Herald's Paris special
says Hartmann, the nihiliet, telegraphs to the in,
teranstgeont to-day a full description of a mino
which was to hsve blown up the imperial train of
Alexander. He explains that the plot failed becaune
an hour before the passage of the train a carriage
came along the lino and cut the wires connecting
the dynamite wnu tne battery, ilartmann asserts
there are lii.OOO.UUO organized radicals in Russia.
The Demonstration Abandoned."
Cokstaxtisopi.. Oct. 14. Ambassadors notify
the Saltan that the demonstration hss been aban
doned, its object having been sttsined.
The British in Afrlcau "
Cafk Tows, Oct. l.--The Bssntos packed and
burned the government office and barracks st Mszru.
Col, Baylcy with 600 men Is besieged at Mszru.
Carrlngtun, with a small force. Is Iwsiegcd at Mafe
teuy. UeiuforcemeuU are on the way.
A Rstsrlsu Wsnsa Desa,
London, Oct, 11. It la stated that the notorious
Mine, llschsel. the tvo-called female bcantiner. has
died in prison. She wss convicted of frand in
August, IHtH, snd condemned to penal servitude.
tVaata an Army Corps.
Constantinople, Oct. 1 1. The fchah of
Persia telegraphs the sultan, demanding
that a Turkish army corps be sent to the
fron tier to assist in quelling the Kurds.
American Grain tu nrOpe.
Berlin, Oct. 10. It is reported that in
the next session of the Reichstag, a mo
tion will be introduced for the 'reduction
of duty on grain by about six cent. A
report on the Swiss grain trade states that
the presence of largo imports of Ameri
can grain and flour received by way of
Rotterdam and Antwerp had a very re
assuring effect.
SOUTH AHBttlCA.
Trying to Settle.
' Vauaaiso, Oct. 12. Representatives of the three
belligerents, Bolivia, Chile snd Peru, wilt meet on
board a I'. 8. man-of-war st Aries. It is underatood
that one of tbe stipulations ia that hostilities may be
continued pending negotiations. Peru, it is report
ed, will refuse the cession of territory. The U. S.
minister left Valparaiso to-day for Arica to be pres
ent at tbe meeting.
An exasperating debtor at Redwood
Falls, Minn., was hanged toa tree by a
party of his cieditors. When he was
nearly dead, they lowered him and ask
ed if he would pay. He feebly nodded
his head; but on recovering breath
enough to speak he said that he had no
money. - Then tbey pulled him up again,
and came nearer to killing him than be
fore. This time he did nut hesitate but
immediately satisfied their claims'. .
Mr. and Mrs. Ames, of San Francisco,
agreed that they were unsuited to each
Otber, and that a separation was desir
able, but how toobtain divorce was paz
sling. because neither had grievance
that would stand tbe test of the law.
Their conclusion was that the husband
should give tbe wife ground for com
plaint by whipping her; so he amiably
knocked her, down, and she got the di
rOYEUTI OF LOTH,
They are onboard a Long Branch
steamer, Mr. and Mrs. Jelison and Dolly.
Mrs. Jelison is delicate woman, lady
like under the moat trying circumstances,
and made np after the latest fashion.
Dolly is their.daugter, and about her
an atmosphere both debonaire and
sweet. She is noticeable for quantities
of bright, blonde hair, very clear gray
eyes and something more.
When you have taken all these points,
and decided they are what makes Dolly
attractive, yon have missed the point al
together. It is-Dolly herself .
Sitting in a dog-cart, driving a horse
with a banged tail and a cluster of vio
lets in hisjiridlo, at 11 a. m., riding be
hind four horses with banged tails, be
tween the hours ot 5 and 7 p. h.. form
some of Dolly's pastimes.
bhe is riding to-night, and while her
companion dexterously handles the rib
bons she as dexterously coquettes with a
ui& uuuquctr ot jacqueminot rosea.
Somewhere between the blush of the
failinir tivr eifet ffui firat idiinino nf mnnn
o u r r " - o - j
and stars he sunrendots income whichrj
is magnificent,! bachelor TTabits which; I
have their charm, and himself to boot. ' I
"Papa," Dolly says, next morning, "I
bad two offers yesterday."
"1 shonid say that was, nothing mirac
ulous, my dear' i
"One was from Mr. Adams.
"You accepted him. my dear? Ha is
reported to be a millionaire,"
"I didn t. papa, because l don t love
him: the very best reason in the world,
The other offer was from Mr. Brooks.
He candidly owned to me that if his
debts were paid he would find it hard to
jingle two quarters together. You see
he did not try to deceive me about him
self; and, dear papa, I took the liberty
to accept him, lor 1 love mm, and nave
all his love in return.
The days that are "golden as a crown"
glide very quickly away. The big fire
comes, and business depression straight;
awav follows it. Investments that were
bright with promise only a lew snort
months ago, turn heavy as lead on their
owners hands too heavy to noid, .fail
ure and loss is of common occurrence,
and many a brave heart grows sick with
disappointment in the midst of these
dark days.
Mr. Jelison is taken ill. snd soon, too
soon almost to realize, mother and
daughter are one morning fixing flowers
in his dead hamls. Then, after the ten
der heart is laid away in its long homo,
they face a new world, or rather a part
of the world hitherto unknown to them.
I mean the grasping avaricious part that
seldom lifts its eyes towards God's in
finite blue heaven, to catch a glimpse of
a life that is not bounded by human
wants, or vanities, or measured by three
score years and ten.
It is a clamorous, greedy place
Dolly and' her mother step out I
that
into,
whoie hands are constantly reaching for
more, and where it seems that there is
not room enough or things enough for
the creatures He has mode. Like the
figures of a dream melt away stately
house and luxurious appointments.
J.t is the day before the auction; a
bleak morning that must be misery to it
self. Dolly is busy about some of tho
many things that have fallen to her to
do when she hears a well-known step in
the tiled hall and flics down stairs to
meet her lovor. Her dress is marred by
specks of dust, and the room is in disor
der so far, and chairs are in unusual
places, pictures and mirrors have slid
from the walls, and draperios have dis
appeared. He looks twice at the marble
slab before he ventures to let the edges
of his hat rest upon it. There is dust
there also. . But Dolly thinks of neither
dust nor disorder. "She is only con
scious that he is here, and comes for
ward with both hands extended to bim.
They are slim, dimpled hands, and her
cheeks and lips are abloom, and there is
a tender light in her gray eyes.
Handsome, loving Dolly has iever
dreamed how this meeting will end, for
she judges him after her own heart, and
it is both sincere and faithful. It is not
exactly words that give her tho key to
his feelings; it may be his manner, or
possibly something more suitable still;
but she has the key, holds it irresolute
for a moment, and then looks into that
mercenary organ he calls his heart, and
her own nearly breaks in doing so.
"It was only a question of money,"
she flings out bitterly; "you never loved
me at all ; you are a coward, a liar sir."
Poor Polly hardly knows her own
voice speaking to him so; and she is con
scions that her heart aches throngh it all.
They are the lost words he ever bears her
speak.
Two years have fled. Two seasons of
snow, frost and dreariness. Two seasons
of flowers, blue skies and tender days,
Wo left Dolly standing alono in tho dis
orderly drawing room with tears on her
face. She wiped the tears away, and did
nothing more tragic than go up stairs
and finish her work. After the sale ot
their earthly goods, they moved into a
little and rather shabby house in the
suburbs, and lived or existed, rather,
oh a pittance, a pittance, by the way,
that ere long would be exhausted.
All the world is open to pluck and en
terprise. It is'casy to forget disappoint
ments and failures, in new successes.
Dolly had tho intricacies of crewel
works, or something of a kindred nature,
to divert her thoughts. It appears that
it was not enough.
It came about in this way. They have
a rich neighbor; in fact his mansion
almost overshadowed their small home.
He is a gentleman of leisnre and means,
and possesses a mania for farming. Ho
squanders a good deal of nfoney per
annum on his thousand acres, but that
is of no consequence, "liaising poul
try is -the only part that pays," Dolly
heard him remark one day. This result
was that she schemed, planned and. cal
culated, until now wo behold her vic
tory . .
She is in love once more and with that
which will never play her false; This
time 'tis the sunshine, woods, flowers,
fair sky, and all the tender, loving ways
of nature, but most of all, the loving
One whose symbols only are these.
Mr. Faraham is their rich neighbor.
Any one would naturally remark that he
is not a handsome man, and he is not a
wise one according to the world's discreet
ideas of wisdom. Never goes into socie
ty unless dragged in, and then his best
friends wish he was not there; is careless
as to money, and kindhearted, the hypo
critical say, to a fault.
"It is good for one's senses to see how
nlnckv and practical vour daughter is.
Mrs. Jelison," he remarked one morning
after his usual greetings were over, "l
wish there were more like her, but there
are not."
"I think Dolly's manner of getting
along is dreadful;' and, perhaps uncon
sciously. Mrs. Jelison heaves a sigh.
"Life is a burden," she remarks, cheer
fully, after a slight pause, and so far as
it only concerns herself she is more or
less right. Well dressed, and carrying a
well-filled purse: it is a different matter,
Not well dressed and minus the purse, as
she remarked the other day, she is merely
Tiotrrimr.'' .
"Bnt whv dreadful?" persists her
visitor. ' ' -.. - "
"If von only knew!" she answers, in a
tone implyimg that ho can never know,
it being impossible to make him to un
derstand. "Bnt please come in, Mr. Farnham; it
s getting damp out there. She has
i well-founded fear of dampness.
They enter; and Mrs. Jelison sitting in
tne iwiugni, oressea in wiuuw a v-i
a becoming gown, makes a neat picture,
done in quiet gray and lavender. Dolly
is not there; ; indeed she slips out 'of
another door as they enter, and dampness
not being suggestive of evil to her, sits
down on a bench in the garden.
What is she thinking of? Of Mr.
Farnham and her mother; and she has
shrewdly made np her mind that Mr.
Farnham means more than disinterested
friendship. In short, she has concluded
that there is to be a change in his family
before long.
Uolly!' a hand touches her hair. She
starts as well she may, not knowing Mr.
Farnham is within speaking distance.
"Dolly," he repeats, you are the dearest
girl in the world!"
"Except the girl yon haye just left,"
she interrupts, rising and making a
sweeping courtesy. "I know all about
it, Mr. Farnham, and am glad you love
hor."
"I esteem your mother more than any
woman in the world, but what your
words imply I must frankly own never
occurred to me. Confound it, Dolly I
von pay me a poor compliment. Do I
look old enough to wed your mother?"
"I don't know. Mother looks very
yonng when sha is dressed," returns
Dolly.
. "I suppose I am rejected," he says a
moment later, "God bless you dolly,
anyway."
He is moving away ; he has nearly
reached the house when something swift
rustles behind him, then pauses at bis
side. It is Dolly.
"I did not comprehend that it was me
you meant, you took me so by surprise."
"How could it be a surprise? I have
loved you so long I thought yon must
know even before I spoke. On, it was
ever so long since I first loved you! ; It
occurred to me first one morning when
you stood in this very garden'
"In picturesque rags?" Dolly inter
rupts. , "No; but your dress was faded and
your little shoes were worn. I took it
all at a glance. But you stood here, and
all unconsciously assumed an attitude
that was neither an effort nor an act of
vanity; and the faded dress could not
rob it of its aristocratic pride. I looked
in your face and saw there courage, in
dependence, dignity and what were
worn shoes or faded gown? It was yon,
Dolly, I loved."
"Mother always said fine clothes were
requisite to a fine marriage."
"But she has made a mistake, if, Dol
ly, you will marry me," he interrupts.
And it is such a contented and happy
face the moon looks down upon that we
will venture to say that Dolly answered
yes." -
The Be Lesseps Romance.
The history of M. de lessens' second
marriage is a curious. The lady who is
his wife was nearly twelve years at tbe
chateau of which sbe is now chatelaine,
staying on a visit. Her family name
was de Braga. She was of a French ori
gin, but English nationality, her father
having filled a post under the Briuh
government in the Mauritius. Mile, de
Braga was the perfection of tbe French
Creole type, and very romantic. She
had been in the habit of listening to the
accounts of the diplomatic and material
difficulties which M. de Lesseps over
came in Egypt, Paris, and London, and of
tbe courage and humanity he dis
played in assisting plague-stricken
Frenchmen when he was consul at Alex
andra. The relations sbe beard impres
sed her as the narrative of Othello's ad
ventures impressed Desdemona. Mile,
de Braga saw iu M. do Lesseps a hero of
modern times. - His courtliness, chival
rous manners and vivacity enchanted a
girl used to the Indolent planters or tbe
Isle of France. Sbe was at La Cbtsnaye
when all Europe was astir about the
achievement of the Suez enterprise.
Telegrams were arriving from tbe great
ones of the earth, accepting invitation
to tbe inaugural ceremony. The French
sovereign was on board a French war
ship' to lead a ll lee t, composed of vessels
of all nations, with heir-apparent and
heads of governments on board. Fes
tivity reigned at Chesnaye. Mile Braga
grew silent and solitary. Uiie day, in
tbe garden, she saw de Lessens walking
on a terrace She plucked a rose and
going up to him, begged of him for her
nase to wear it at dinner, lie aeKed
whether she did not mean it for his
son? No. It was for himself. Her host
explained tober that he was on the
wrong sido of 00, while she was not vet
1 9. Tbat did Dot matter. What his age
wag never occured to her. She had on
ly thought of hisgreatnens and goodness.
In short, lie was her beau ideal. How
was it possible for a man reared on the
sunny side of a Pyreneeau mountain
to reason down the feelings this confes
tension aroused? Time was given to
Mile, de Brnga to reflect, aud she was
made to ntiderstand tbat no frienship
would be lost were sbe to change her
mind after tbe bands bad been published.
Tbe marriage waB celebrated contem
poraneously with the Suez fetes.
"Pearls of Tnooglit."
A Gorman author has mode a collec
tion of mixed metaphors, which he calls
pearls of thought. Some of them are
worth quoting, if only as a warning to
high-flown orators not to allow their
magniloquence to fly away with them
altogether. "We will, cried an inspired
Domocrat, "burn all our ships, and with
every sail unfurled, steer boldly out into
the ocean of freedom !" Even that flight
is surpassed by an effort of Justice Min
ister Hye, who, in 1S4S, in a speech to
the Vienna students, impressively de
clared: "The chariot of the Revolution
is rolling along and gnashing its teeth as
it rolls." A pan-Germanist Mayor of a
Rhineland corporation rose still higher
in an address to the i.mperor. He said:
ao Austria, no Prussia, one only Ger
many, snch were the words the mouth of
your Imperial Majesty has always had in
. it -, -w , a . 1 1 , ,
ih eye. vr e nave ueara oi tna mourn
having an eye tooth, but never before of
the mouth s eye.
But there are even literary men who
cannot open their mouths "without i)ut
ting their foot in it." Professor Johan
nes Scherr is an example of such. In i
criticism on Lenau s lyrics he writes:
Out of the dark regions of philosophi
cal problems the poet suddenly lets
swarms of songs dive up carrying far
flashing pearls of thought in their
beaks. bongs and beaks are certainly
related to one another, but were never
seen in that incongruous connection be
fore. A German preacher, speaking of a
repentant girl, said: "She knelt in the
temple of her interior and prayed fer
vently," a real no india-rubber doll
could imitate. The German parliament
ary oratory of the present day affords
many examples oi metaphor mixture; but
two must suffice. Count Frankenbcrg
is the author or them. .- few
years ago he pointed out to his country
men tile necessity of "seizing the stream
of Time by the forelock;" and in tho last
session he told the Minister of War that
if he really thought the French were se
riously attached to peace, he had better
resign omce and "return to his natemal
oxen." The Count had no doubt the po
et's paterna rura in his mind at the
time. But none of these pearls of
thought and expression in Fatherland
surpass the speech of tbe immortal
Joseph Prudhomme on being presented
with a sword of honor by the company
he commanded in the National Guard of
France. "Gentlemen," said he, "this
sword is the brightest day of my life?
There appears to be one town where
absolute prohibition of liquor selling has
succeeded, it is carrouton, tit,, wnere
prohibition went into force five years
ago. Since then the annual trade-of tbe
nlane has increased from $200,000 to
$500,000, and It is said tbat there is not
one mercnantor tne thirty in that town
who would not vote against the liquor
iramcon purely Business principles.
Scnwatka's Searcn.
The graphic accounts given by your
correspondent, dated Hudson's bay, rel
ative to the Schwatka search, have true
points of value. ' In the first place they
confirm the report hitherto made as to the
fatoof the memorable Franklin expedi
tion, and in the second place show that
the last season has not materially dif
fered from previous seasons, and exhibit
nothing, therefore, but what is favorable
to the success of the American expedi
tion now in the Arctic waters. The lowest
temperature recorded by the Schwatka
party, as leported by your correspon
dent, was 71 degrees below zero a tem
perature not unusual in the experience
of other Arctic explorers. Dr. Kane, for
instance, encountered even a lower tem
ature ; so did Capt. Parry and several
Russian explorers, and, without serious
inconvenience, I have traveled at 70 be
low. I allude to this merely to counter
act a suggestion I have met that the
winter has been exceptionally severe, and
that the Jeannette was consequently in
exceptional danger. The truth is that
the Arctic seas . are uncertain, like all
others, but not in a general way more
perilous. The expedition of Sir John
Franklin stands altogether alone, and
and would long since have been forgot
ten bad it not been for the peculiarly
romantio circumstances attending the
fate of himself and crew. The expedition
was sent out in May, 1845, with two
ships, the Erebus and the Terror to ac
complish a northwest passage to the
Pacific ocean the last of many similar
attempts in the interest of commerce, and
certainly in that interest the last that will
ever be made. We know enough of its
history to show that the two vessels,
after passing through Baffin bay entered
Bartow strait, wintered at Beechy island,
sailed north through Wellington chan
nel nearly to latitude 77 degrees, thence
south toward the American coast (doubt
less in consequence of their meeting
impenetrable ice) with the evident
expectation of finding there along the
American shore, a passage from ocean to
ocean, similar to that which Nordeusjold
has recently found by the shore of Asia.
In its southerly course the Franklin
expedition reached latitude 70 degrees,
where, within a hundred miles, or in
deed perhaps less, of water that had been
previously navigated by Arctic explorers
in boats, such as Franklin himself, Dease
and Simpson, Back, Itae, Richardson and
others, the two bhips were beset in the
ice and there frozen fast at the close of
the season of 1846. From that time un
til the spring of 1848 the ice never broke
up, but they drifted south about twenty
miles, and in April, 1848, the vessels were
abandoned when about fifteen miles from
land, the crews reduced by death mean
while from 128 to 105, betaking them
selves to the ice, dragged the ships' boats
mounted on sleds, to King Willitm
Land, an island about two hundred miles
long, the coast line of which they fol
lowed, or the low lands of which they
crossed, with the expectation of reaching
finally at or about the mouth of Great
Fish or Back's river, near latitude 68 de
grees, as the evidence proves, the main
land of America. Then, it was their
evident purpose to ascend Back's river,
and then strike the outposts of the Hud
son's Bay company. The ' distance
that was traversed by the . party in
their retreat could have been as shown by
the records of the Schwatka expedition,
hardly more than two hundred and fifty
miles, and yet during tbat distance every
member of the party perished, and every
record of the voyage was blotted out
save a few buttons, spoons, coins, and
other relics easily identified scattered
along the shore or in possession of the
natives. The first of these relics were
found by Dr. Bae in 1853, and the Gov
ernment award of 10,000 was accorded
him for having solved the mystery. Dr.
liae's journey was made in the same gen
eral direction as that of Lieut.
Schwatka twenty-six years later, though
not over the same course. A great many
relics were found by Dr. Rae, which are
now in the British Museum; but Lady
Franklin, not content with the reports
that he made nor satisfied with the de
cisions reached, sent out the Fox, under
Capt. (now Admiral Sir Francis Leo
pold) McClintock, who found, in 1858,
tho only written record ever yet dis
covered. This record showed that Frank
lie died June 11, 1847, probably on ship
board, and thereafter the struggle lor
the release from tho "thick-ribbed ice"
devolved upon Capt. Crozier, who was
Franklin's second in command. As to
the fate of the expedition, a wide gap for
inquiry lay between the points reached
by Dr. Roe (from tho mainland of Amer
ica on the south) and by Capt. McClin
tock. who bad come around Dy narrow
Strait and thence descended from the
north through Victoria strait toward the
American coast.
This extensive gap was somewhat filled
in by our countryman, Capt. Hail,
but it has now been completely covered
by the spirited efforts of Lieut. Schwat
ka and his resolute companions. This
expedition, although founded upon in
correct information at the outset, as
wonld appear by the evidence furnished
by your correspondent, has really per
formed an unparalled journey, as to time
and distance, in thehistory of .arctic
travel. The peculiar"' feature, or the
journey was that the party subsisted by
the way, obtaining abundant supplies ot
food, such as reindeer, musk oxen, etc
Although they did not obtain the records
or which they were in searcn,
they have secured most valu
able information, not only as concerns
the Franklin expedition, but geographi
cally. They have traversed regions en
tirely unknown, trusting to fortune for
their daily supplies, which'seem never to
have failed them during almost a year of
exposure through all the vicissitudes of a
rigorous climate. A singular feature of
their journey would appear to be that a
no lnoonSiaoraDie, nart oi w was maue
along shores nnd over land iri?grsed by
Franklin's men. the latter dying from
want, the former living in plenty. Per
haps this fact indicates a change of
climate. There may have been at that
particular period an unusual accumula
tion of ice in that quarter, where is gen
erally supposed to lie the pole of greatest
cold. It may be that the party had be
come reduced in strength by sickness
and over exposure; but -it does seem
strange, after reading the account of your
correspondent, that one hundred and
five men should, on comparatively so
short a march, have been swept out of
existence and left no trace by which the
history of their expedition can be read,
All who have taken an interest in this re
markable incident in the history of
moderen maritime discovery will thank
Lieut Schwatka and his courageous fol
lowers for the contribution they have
made toward the final solution of a ques
tion which has for ao long a time ab
sorbed the sympathies of the civilized
world. f N. Y. Herald.
Emperor Norton once remarked that
"All men are liars.'- He qualified it by
saying, "in California." The truth of
the Emperor's remark has boon verified
a thousand times over. The latest un
truth is brought to light through the
captain of a French bark lately arrived.
While in San Francisco he was told that
Oregon was a wild country; that he
could get no stores in Portland, and that
but few people lived here. By this
means the captain was induced to pur
chase his stores, in San'Franciaco suffi
cient to last him until reaching England,
Upon arriving here he was astonished to
find a prosperous city and . magnificent
country, and what was more he could
have purchased his stores here much
cheaper than ho did in San Francisco,
. filches And Contfort,
The story is familiar of the man and
his wife who, soon after marriage, fell to
talking of their future. "I want to be
rich," said he. : "I care nothing for
riches," was her reply. "All I wish is to
be comfortable." They had grown be
yond .middle age, when, calling up the
old conversation, the husband remarked
to a friend: "I got rich twenty years ago,
but my wife is not yet comfortable."
The truth of the story is realized every
day in this country, particularly in the
great cities, although it is not the hus
bands, but the wives, who with the ac
cumulation of wealth, grow comfortable.
It does not require a great deal of money
to make women comfortable, and tbey
bear narrow circumstances, even pinch
ing poverty, with a patience unknown to
men. They are far fonder of beauty and
luxury than we are, and they are often
very lavish in expenditure, usually be
cause they have had no financial instruc
tion; bnt they seldom love money for
money s sake, after the manner or men.
Women like money for what it will bring
them; men honor and worship money for
its mere possession.
JKiches and comfort, except in a ma
terial sense, are rarely united, in man.
Jlow many millionaires in this, the com
mercial metropolis of the Nation, feel, or
can feel, comfortable? They may have
everything that renders life desirable,
including health, domestic contentment,
sincere friendship, public confidence,
Erivate esteem things not purchasable
ut tbey are very likely to be haunted
by a dread ol loss, or a feverish nope oi
added gain; to bo possessed by rather
than to possess their wealth. Their in
vestments, old and new, make them un
easy; tbey cannot bear to have any capi
tal idle; they are as anxioua that every
thousand douars shonid draw interest
as if they needed the five or six per cent.
-. ,, , . . i . i
it win vieiu tor tueir uoijy uhobbbaucb.
A great fortune is a great tyrant; it
drives and spares not. Many a rich man
looks back on the time wnen na
poor, and sighs to remember bow free
his mind then was from care, now mucu
he enjoyed the simplest pleasures. - But
he would not exchange his present for
his post any quicker than he would ex
change freedom for slavery, health for
disease, honor for infamy. He may con
fess that his vast property, toiled and
suffered for through years, worries and
hardens him; bnt he would not surren
der any portion of it more willingly
than he would surrender tbe
use of his right arm. It is
the malediction of superabundant
riches that while they harry their owner,
and may destroy his mental peace, he
clings to them as tenaciously as to life,
and is bitterly tormented by the smallest
fraction of their decrease. Tbe ordinary
rich man does not enjoy what he has so
much as he suffers from what he fails to
get. We have all heard of the New York
Croesus who declined to contribute to a
most worthy charity. The man who had
asked for his subscription expressed his
surprise. "I should be glad to do it,
was his excuse, "but really l can not
afford it. Why, at this moment I have
more than hair a million ot dollars m t
bank, and am not getting a cent of in
terest on it."
Most very rich men form a habit of
connting the interest on everything. !
When they build a hne house, or buy
books or pictures or furniture ; when
they lay out grounds, or travel, or make
a donation, they cannot help thinking
what the sum expended would have
brought in at a certain per cent. A very
wealthy manufacturer np town pnt up
not long ago, a palatial country seat,
and made it his home for eight months
in the year. He furnished it at great ex
pense, not because he cared for tbe rare
and dainty things thathiled tbe spacious
rooms, but because be imagined that
they wonld add to bis social conse
quence. He told a mend one day: It
is a splendid place; 1 admire it my sell,
but it makes me unhappy when I think
that six per cent, on its cost wonld give
me twelve thousand dollars a year, and
it yields no return at all. I like that
photograph in my library better than
any of those foreign paintings. It never
troubles me; I gave only thirty dollars
for it, frame and all it was a regular
bargain six per cent, on thirty dollars
wont hurt any man."
Money getting, simply for the sake of
getting it, unquestionably carries its
revenges, which tbe most sordid selfish
creature cannot wholly escape. No
sensible person depreciates money ; it
has an incalculable power of civilizing,
humanizing, refining, of doing good in
all directions. Like fire and passion, it
is an excellent servant, bnt a fearful
master. - No man in the way of accumu
lation, can be too careful of its domina
tion, whose approaches are stealthy and
insidious. At the beginning, we say we
want to be relieved of anxiety, to be
modestly independent; we do not wish
to be rich. A few, a - very few, when
independence has been attained, have
strength to pause in the pursuit of gold
and to turn their attention to their higher
needs. Others they are fewer still-to
on in search of wealth, and having
acquired it, employ it rationally and
liberally, helping those who need help;
encouraging art, literature, ' science.
strengthening, so far as they may, the
cause of humanity and freedom. Their
wealth blesses them - and those around
them; it ia comforting and comfortable.
This kind of wealth-getting ia beyond
the reach of many, as New Yorkers so
completely know. We have any number
of rich men. though most of them are
poor in spirit and bankrupt of sympathy.
They whose purses are filled with intel
ligence and compassion as well as gold,
are all the more appreciated and revered,
heedless capital. They have learned
that, while wealth is good, very good,
there are better things than it, and
among them is the understanding of the
use of wealth, which imparts and re
ceives comfort, N. Y. Times.
TTiSTfiiied States Fish Commissioner
furnishes the "fcC wing list, comprising
tne cunerent
species of fish observed i4Uowau)r ot
the Columbia and at its mouthrsgP1
salmon, bins back, silver side.
back, brook trout, steel head, red spotter.
trout, silver Smelt, eulachun. anchovy,
shad, herring, flounder, sole, eel, 1am
frey, sturgeon, green sturgeon, porgy,
chub, minnow, sucker, seulpin, torn cod
and ling cod. Several of the above spe
cies are sub-divided into other species
discernible only by the long Latin names
given by the.natnralist. : The showing is
an important one in its line, adding its
quota to the exhibit which makes Oregon
renowned for her varied resources.
An expert in the oil boring business
was sent to this State by California capi
talists to make search for indications.
He went in various directions and made
close examinations without success, until
striking the coal, gold and limestone re
gions of Butte creek in Clackamas
county, where excellent indications were
found. It is probable well wUl be
bored to the depth of about 1200 feet as
an experiment. That is a mineral sec
tion of the State, as soda and sulphur
springs abound. Coal, limestone, gold,
marble, etc., are also found in limited
quantities. .. - .
' ' At a recent anniversary celebration of
the battle of North Fointuear Baltimore,
ten of tbe sixteea survivors marehei
in the procession. Their sges ranged
from eighty-three to ninety-five, and
tbe eldest carried the flag which they
defended the identical one which, u
that occasion, incited Key to write "I., j
Star (spangled Bannet." , .
hJNPP
Captain tail.-' . ;. ' :
Last December, -i ; -
manic, I ploye.i cii s v
civil engineer, CpU.. i I
by the tnongat that to I '.
defeat the man who La 1 1 - -,'
the Mississippi. But Id . t .
James B. Eads was bora i i I "
1820. He is slender h f s
dress, genial, courteous, s 5
years of age. In 1&13 L f n
down the Ohio river v a i
proposing to settle in V ,
boat caught fire and U c -and
clothing were.burnr-1 - i .': T i
barely escaped ashore wiu i. .? -ir . ,
shirt and cap. Tai-iDg ps' a r.
other boat this boy of tLu t a L.r
St. Louis with bis rirents, h-3 L. ,i i
feet first touching tJ' rocky hho
i
city on the very spot where 1 a fe' ' r-s i J
located and built the larppsl s ci Ir. s
in the world, over tlie Us - , : i ; - a
of the most difficult fets tt er : u' ,i j
ever performed in America.
At the age of niae yuan r Tu 's r& Is a
short trip on the Ohio, . S'.t j;a
eer on the steamboat explu.rci to iua
so clearly the constnct:oa cf t' 9 sU'ftru
engine thst before hs was a ystr older ha
built a little working model of it, so per
fect in its parts and movents',. -a, lt
his-sohfiolaiat wojldt.fet:;-- .? go
horns with him aft" ool i-j". it
work. A locomotive Engine, dri 7 "a 5 y a
concealed rat, was one f his next j
ile feats in mechanical Bgi&esria?.
From sight to thirteen - he at:'.
school; after which, from aeces-Lty, La
was placed as clerk in a dry goods iters.
Over the store in BL Louis where ?
was engaged his employer lived. Ha
was an old bachelor, and having ob
served the tastes of his clerk, gave Ll-x
his first book on engineering. The c; 1
gentleman's library furnished evening
companions for him during the fivs y?,ru
he was thus employed. Finally, 1 is
health failing at the age of nineteen, he
went on a Mississippi Biver cte&s.'cr;
from which timn to the present day t: : i
great river has been
to him an all-eat-
i formed a psrtaer- j
d built a small Ww.t
orbing study.
Soon afterwards he
ship with a friend and
to raise cargoes of vessels sunken is t -.9
Mississippi. While this boat was build
ing, he made Ms first venture in subma
rine engineering, on the lower rapids cf
the river, by the recovery of eeve"l
hundred tons of lead. He hired a .:&w
or flat-boat and anchored it over the
wreck. , An experienced diver, clad ia
armor, who had been hired at considera
ble expense in Buffalo, was lowered into
tbe water; but the rapids were so swift
though encased in the strong armor,
feared to be sunk to the bottom, Yotin-j .
Eads, determined to succeed, and find
ing it impracticable to use the anaoF,
went ashore, purchased a whisky banal,
knocked out the head, attached the air
pump hose to it, fastened sever&l heavy
weights to the pen end of the barrel
then swinging it on a derrick be had a
practical diving bell ; the beet use I eve?
heard made of a whisky barrel. -
Neither the diver nor any of the crew
would go down into this contrivance, so
the dauntless young engineer, haviBg
full confidence in what Its had real ia .
fbtois,-wMteweT-Jritiinth barrel
I a it- t- ..u.w 41. 1. . -.".- J .
QUS11 IAS I LIU VUfclAJUS, Ui, t' ' L V :r- -
the barrel being open. The v er was
sixteen feet deep, and very s ma-
ing the wreck, he remained by it a full
hour, hitching ropes to pi lead till a
ton or mora was safely hoisted .12 to l is
own boat. Then, makings signal by a
small line attached to the barrel, L wt
lifted on deck and in coEMaan 1 ."u.
The sunken cargo was soon ueoessaliy ;
raised and was-soid, and nstsd a haa-.
some profit, which, iacrea"1-! bv o:irr
successes, enabled energpuc sls
build larger boats with powc-j fid putr i
and machinery on them for ect.r "
vessels.
Innocent Ctnaiiei.
Childhood is the glaU erl2ct:.-5 ot
life. It is there that the fe- ' cf f urn
greatness or startling n-evl.ocrttj ar
own.
If a bev has marked OT.t agio 13 p
future as an intelleotaftl r'at, it " 1
ing these early years cf L.s p-owth t. tt .
he gets some pins knot -txrO;, urn ia Ji ,
evening, whereby no" can ..! Kurrvrt
Spenoer and the Greek p-amr. .r, so tL;i
when he is in good society he can
things that nobody ean enaerna. 1.--gives
him an sir of mysterious fir-.
which soaks into thobo w,.-t '.":i i a
comes in contact and ra.vi t ,:a re
spectfu and unhappy whiis in his pres
ence.. Bovs who intend to Le i( . j-of-1 r : v
shonid early begin to look a" cut l ,
for soma desirable method-of a pi?; . ;
two or three fingers and c. t r"
Most bovs ean da this withou s t .
Trying to pitch a card ont c'aj
when it ia in oreraoea w a 2- - -
Most job presaMTfeei eloos:y and
happy uh til th ey have a t. r-r
off two or three Doys. TL--a t 7 ps ea
with their wort cueriUi.y eaa fcva
hilariously.
Boys who intend to Iea,laasrr-pivi. -able
life and be foremost ia every ;:l
word and work, she nil t a usus-al
precautions to secure per" .Lj.-.j asi
longevity. Good bor ect ? iz w wL"!
they are safe. Statistics show that tiis
ratio ui goou uuy wuv u cou-. ureu m
bad ones, is simply aprt-1. - 7.
There are only thir y-t '. , f jodboya
left as we go to press, and t. j are not
feeling very well themselves.
The bad ones are all '. o ail vjry
active. .. - ""
The boy who stole isy c.al t
0V6l i.s f
spring and went out ir. to i Ls
wevard
and dug into a grave to aJ I -..
is the picture of hefcLli. I". 4
t 1
-U ti
live a long time yet, for be w a very
poor shape to be ushered I. -ore t .9
bar cf judgment, .
When 1 was a child I vss .
from other boys in many r "-'U, I v
always locking about to 1 f I
cotrld do. I am that way yri.
If nsy Utile brother wai....l to "ii
swimming contrary to onlr-i, I w-1 t -t
strong enough to prever-t h ', tt 1
wonld go in with bim and ( v s ! 1 ft . 1
a watery srrave. I wi.t iu t 3 v - ?
1 thousands of fees that way 6". 1 a - a 12-
' a. ; A 1
.nlt he is alive txlay
Isi'A is une?atef ttl. i-1 1
w,,.. t?W. but E rr.
luvitviVMn , e. 1.
gordian
tn.. uea.jjj
He spMii of t .
shows the ia "-'...
pravity cf the hi n;
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cattle tp;:..i-.d( c
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