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About The Douglas independent. (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1882)
THE INDEPENDENT IS ISSUED Saturday MornliiKSt ' by . JOHN W. KELLY, Publisher. THE INDEPENDENT HAS TIIK FINEST JOD OFFICE IN DOU8LA8 COUNTY. CARDS, BILL BEADS, LEGAL BLAXK& And other printing, Including Large and Heavy Posters and Showy Hand-Bills, .Neatly and expeditiously executed AT PORTLAND TIIIM2S. IDEPEIBENT. Ob Tr....., Mix MAntba Tlire Mont tin.. 9 RO .. BO . I 00 "Independent in all Things ; Neutral in Nothing." Thw sr the term for those paying In advance. Tho IsiiEpunoKNT etliTi fine Inducements to ad vertisers, Term reasonable. " VOL. G. ROSEBUItG, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 18S2. NO. 45. THE DOUGLAS : : : J- , , ISfaV PRACTICAL ' WATCHMAKER, JEWELER, ( AND ofiician. i j ALL WORlfwARRANTED. Dialer In WnlchtH. Clocks, Jntclty, Spectacle ci t)r(iawi, And a Full Llueof Tobaccos and Fancy Goofs. Cigars, The only reliable Optometer in town tor the Iopr adju-tmeot i-f t'peclnrles ; always on bauii. Depot of the Genuine Brazilian Pebble Spec s tacles and Eyeglasses. OFFICE First door sou b of pewtoffloa. Itose burn. Urecon. HAHONEY'S SALOON Nearest to the Railroad Depot, Oakland JttM. Mahonoy, Prop'r. The finest of wines, liquors and cigars in Dof las county, and toe beat BILLIARD TADLB In the BtaU kept is proper repair: "1 parties traveling on the railroad will find this place very handy to Tiaitduring the stop ping of the train at the Oak land, Depot. Qire me acall. " . jab. itAHOySY. JOHN FRASER, Home Made Furniture, WUBl'K, OHECO.V. Upholstery, Spring Mattrasses, Etc. Constantly on hand. rilPNITIIPT 1 ,ksv the best stock o rUlllll I UIIC. mrniture south of Portland And all of my own manufacture. No two Prices to Customers JResideuts of Douglas county aro requested to give me acall before purchasing elsewhere. ALL WORK WARRANTED.-! DEPOT HOTEL- OAKLAND, - - OREUON. HI chard Thomas, Prop'r. HIS HOTEL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED ' for a number ot yea's, and has become very apularvith the traveling public. First-class SLEEPING ACCOMMODATIONS. And the table supplied with the beat the market affords. Hotel at the depot of the K;ilroad. Furniture Store ! .TOIICV GILDEltNLKVE HAVIXG PURCHASED THE "irKN-r-ture fcstabliMiment of John Lehliherr, is now prepared to do any woik in the ; j UPHOLSTERING LINE. He is also prepared to furnish IUXiTV I ITU ! : I In all slylo?,of the best iiianufacl(Jre,atid cheajier than the cheapest. His j Olltlll-H, : 1 Wilii-ittinl, M- ETC.. ETC.. ETCJ. Arf k superior make, and for low cost cannot lc t equalled in the State. The j Finest of Spring j Beds f i And the j j Mot Complete frofas Always on hand. Everything in iiw line fur nished, of the lestquality,on the shortest notice anil at the lowest rates. COFFINS MADE AND TRIMMED. 'And orders filled cheaper and better than can any other establishment, j Desirins a share of public patronage, the tin- jersigued promises to offer extra inducements to all patrons, bivo ne a trial. JOHN GILDEKSIJ2VE. H. C. STANTON, Dealer in i Staple Dry Coodsl Keeps constantly on hand meiit of a general assort- EXTRA FINE GROCERIES, HOOD, WILLOW A?i Ul.ASSWARF, also j Crockery and Cordage A full stock of SCHOOL 15 O O lt Such as required by the Public County Schools All kind of STATIOSKRT, TOYS and FANCY AKTICL.KS To suit lioth Younsr, ami' Old. OUY8 AST) SELLS LEGAL TENDERS furiiiehes Checks on Portland, and procures Drafts on San francisco. ; SEEDS rSEEDS SEEDS ! ! ' ALL K1SDS OF BEST QU1LI1Y A L on jdtc IT Promptly attended to and Goods shipped with care. Address, llaeiifiifY & Reno, Portland. Oregon N OTICE IS I! EUKI5V liiVKH TO WHOM IT may concern that the undersigned has been Awarded the contract for -keeping the Douglas rVuinlw lanmn f.ir n lieriod of tWO VeaTS. All Mfinni in need of assistance from said county wmttm tirt nmatima rli licate to that effect from ay Mmbtr of the County Board and present it to one oi the following named persona, wno ara authorised to and will care for those presenting tk mrtifiaaUe Button A Perkins, Jtoseburc L. I. Kellogg. Oakland; Mrs. Brown, Looking AUaa. Dr. Woodruff ia authorised to furnish awwliml aid toall neraons in need of the same and vka have baaa declarad paupers of Douglas GMBty. W.B. CLARK. LITEST NEWS SUMMARY. BY TEI.KOBAPII TO DATE. Wyoming ia flooded with counterfeit standard dollars. Capt. Kails' ship railroad, scheme has got into the senato. Numerous defaults occurred on Paris bourse on the 8th. Ferdinand tie Lesseps is reported ser iously ill at Cairo, Egypt. Eleven cases of smallpox were reported at New York on the 9th. Sullivan says he will continue in the prize fighting business. Stock brokera of Marseilles, France, have suspended payment. There was a general improvement on the Paris bourse on the 9th. Seven new cases of smallpox and four .deaths at Chicago on the 8th. The Bank of Belgium has raised the rate of discount to 5 per cent. Oregon Railway & Navigation Com pany stock advanced three cents on the 8th. The river at Little Rock, Ark., caused considerable damage by overllow, on the Htll. The steamer Gaelic bronght S90 Chi nese passengers to San Francisco on the 7th. Arthur's nomination of Paymaster Walmough is vigorously opposed in the senato. M. A. Webb's' wholesale paper and trunk house at Fort Wayne, Ind., has been closed. One hundred and thirty-eight depu ties have joined the revived republican union in France. After two unsuccessful ballotts for clerk the assembly of New York ad journed. Osgood Putnam, of San Francisco, won the 50 Boylston prize at Harvard Uni versity. Stillman, the correspondent of ' the London Times, has been., murdered by Amants in Albania. The steamer Casiino foundered in the Black Sea on tho 8th, and 27 lives were lost. The fnrniture house of MoCuUough & Co., at Minneapolis, was burned Wed nesday night, the 8th. Harlow, Spencer & Co., of St. Loais, have failed on account of a drop in grain, losing 50,000. Berth eld Auerbach, the celebrated German novelist, died at Cannes, France, on! the 8th. Jesse Barber was hanged at Winns boro, S. C, Friday, for murder of his stepfather. There has been considerable with drawal of gold from the Imperial bank at Berlin. An old established firm in the corn trado at Riga, Russia, failod for 00,000 oil the Uth. Another ts jorkingmen's club was organ ized in San Francisco by Dennis Kearney on the 8th. Giant powder works at Newburg, N. Y., xplodetl, killing two men and injuring another. Hardy's dry goods store on Grand St., New York, was damaged $25,000 worth on the night of the 8th. Ryan says he will never enter the prize ring again. lie turn us auuivan me greatest fighter in the world. A lamp explosion in a St. Louis brew- erv killed one person and wounded sev eral others. The natives have burned a town on the west coast of Africa and plundered Brit ish and French factories. The wholo German press have appar ent orders to direct attention to Russia's attitude in the Balkan states. The house invalid pension committee decided that all pension bills hereafter reported shall not grant arrears. Wm. R. Preston & Co.,-of -ew York, dealers in grain and cotton, are reported as haying suspended on the uth. Judge James Grant o Iowa ha3 boen elected president of the turf congress of the National Trotting Association. Stillman, correspondent for tho Lon don Times, who was reported killed in Albania, reports himself all right. The senate naval sub-committee will probably oppose the nomination of Stev euson as pay director of the navy. A fire in the roof of the Baldwin Hotel at San Francisco, on the morning of the 8th, destroyed 500 worth of property The marquis of Huntley, who recently fled from England ou a charue of em bezzlement is coming to the United States. The Rock Island and Pacific new ele vator will He completed in ten days. It is located on rweiitn street ami tue river. Chicago, and has a capacity of .T00.000 bushels. Careful examination of tho Needy ele vator where the fire occurred, at Chicago, indicates a loss of $40,000 to $50,000, de pending on the condition of tho corn which was injured by water. the situation in isasutoland is grave. All chiefs are reported in favor of join ing the rebel Massuppa. The Durban Boers crossed the border and attacked Chief Mcntisego Jan. 10th, but were re pulsed with loss, lighting was still proceeding on the 31st of January. The St. James Gazette says: Granville, the foreign secretary, verbally and ener getically protested to Prince Labanoff, Russian ambassador, against the action of Russia in reference to the terms of the treatv concluded with Persia, by which the former acquired Akahltekka oasis Three hundred Jewish refugees from Russia will sail Saturday for the United States. The chief rabbi at London points out that thousands of Jews aro likely to flee from Russia, and urges coreligionists to helD them mierate to distant and hap pier lands. He says enormous sums will be require! for this purpose. The supreme court at Topoka, Ks., !e cided fus unconstitutional so much of the prohibition law as prescribes punish- mcnt for drunkenness, on tb ground that such provision was not expressed in the title of the bill. The court says per sons li-tnllv lu possession of liquor can drink, burn or give it away. Democrats are incensed because Sena tor Brown defeated the election of Neila Brown for acting chief clerk. ' Davis voted for it but Brown against it. Dem ocrats claim he is trying to curry favor with the administration so as to get some Georgia appointments which ho has been active in securing and to that end is posing as an independent. Others ctiarge that he sees a (treat independent wave coming in 1884. and wants to ride it. Brown himself is mum. Leander P. Richardson, the journalist, sailed for Europe from New York on the 11th. Antonio D. Poole was killed by a cavo in his mining claim, near Eldorado, Cal ifornia on the 10th. A senator of prominence thinks Ar thur will not confine his nominations to stalwarts entirely. Senator Lamar was knocked down by a carelessly driven pair of horses in Washington on 'the 10th. The president agreed on the 8th to ap point Bruno Tzchnck, of Nebrahka, as consul to vera Urnz. Mexico. A Mexican named Gaitan was hanged at Brownsville, Texas, on the 10th for the murder of another Mexican in a dance house. . . The London lord mayor's fund for re lief of Jews amounts to 13,000. The widow of James Rothschild subscribed 1200. Sergean Bust, of tho 10th cavalry, shot his head off at Galveston, Texas, on the 10th, because he had been sent to the guard house. The coffee crop of Ceylon has suffered seriously from blight. The crop is worth but 2,500,000 this year against 6,000,- 000 last year. The official liquidator of the Union Generale has gone to Vienna to learn whether the capital of that bank and the one in Vienna was the same. A special grant of (5000 was made from the fund raised in England for assistance of 373 Jews going from Hamburg via Liverpool to the United States. 1. Al. Nicol late private secretary to the martyred president has a card in the New York Tribune of the 11th in reply to an attack by the Commercial Adver tiser in regard to the Cleveland Garfield monument, uses the following language: "All of you who glory in the name of stalwarts, and who took part in the villi fication and abuse of President Garfield last summer, who sought to control his official action, or degrade or destroy his character and reputation, are responsi ble fot his murder. His blood is on the garments of the whole gang of you, and you cannot wipe it off. You have been dealt with very tenderly touching your grave responsibility tor the crime, but everybody knows you are guilty, and you teel it yourselves in your innermost souls. It was your abuse and denuncia tion that "inspired" Guiteau to remove the president as a politieul necessity, and you will not be permitted much longer to hide the stains on your hands or dis tract attention from them by raising the dust around the heels of Blaine, by throwing mud at Sherman, or heaping ridicule on me. Your crime was not merely the murder of a man, it was the transfer of government bv a murder to the hands of a faction of the party, which, if the question could have been submitted to the people at the time it was done, would no have received one vote in a thousand. One would think that with such a fact hanging over your heads in the clear daylight of public knowledge you would have souse enough, though destitute of all decency, to enjoy the lease of power the assassin gave you, while the law, allows, without persistently villify ing the chosen friends and associates of your victim, who was the nation's choice. "hy, you are the most stupid fools in.the world to keep on provoking discussion of these old matters. You stand as ac knowledge criminals, as, morally respon sible for and guilty of Garfield's murder; but against you, on account of your friends and the good name of the coniuiu- oiity, prosecuting witnesses are loth to proceed. Uiit when you treat mercy os cowardice, and to guilt add insolence and defiance, you are no longer entitled to forbearance. So now if vou want recon sideration and full discussion of the whole subject proceed with your abuse. Crap tntlwt'rs The Chicago Times of February 11th has a review of crops in the northwestern states of which tho following is a sum mary: An opon winter and the probabil ity tiiat spring will begiu a month or six weeks eariier than usual make agricul tural prospects in the northwest most encouragiug. Keports d liter in charac ter as widely as in locality, but tho gen eral testimony is that hogs have been pretty thoroughly sold on owing to a comparatively small crop of corn. In but few localities is there much corn in the hands of farmers beyond what they will need for their own stock. What wheat remains in most states is in the hands of the local buyers, though in a good many parts of the country farmers have considerable wheat on hum! for the coming year. Prospects are all that can be expected, winter wheat being in ex cellent condition with hardly an excep tion, and the area of spring wheat will generally show an increase. Returns made by millers and elevator men indi cate that not much more than one third of the wheat has been marketed in Mich igan and Minnesota. It is estimated that farmers still have on baud 20,000,000 bushels of wheat. In Indiana tho possi ble supply of wheat is considerable thonch not more than three-fourths of what it was a vear ago, but a large num ber of reports showing that farmers luye sold most of their grain indicate that creator part of the wheat in the State is in the hands of local buyers. In Illinois it is estimated the wheat acreage this year will show a decrease of 12 per cent, but winter wheat is now in admirable condition, though recent freezing and thawing wheather in some localities has created a feeling of uneasi ness. In some counties there will ba material increase in spring wheat acreage, but in others hardly any of this grain will be sown. In Ihe southern part of the state corn is being bought by farm ers. and in the state generally thuy have not much left bevond what they will need. Wisconsin had lather bad luck with wheat, and while what winter wheat there is looks well, in most comities there will be less spring wheat sown than last year In Iowa the tendt-ney is to sow less and less BPrmsr wheat, but winter wheat is verr promising, and the prospect for spring wheat good. Grain and hogs have been pretty well sold on, and what re mains is held in hopes of a higher price, Dakota spring wheat sowing promises to uc much larger than a year ago. in ivausas winter wueat is in tue ocs condiliou. The acreage will not differ greatly from list j'ear, being an increase m some counties and decrease in others. The state as a whole will show some in crease. Nebraska spring wheat sowing will show some increase, and corn shows large increase. In Missouri wheat prospects are excel lent. Not much ef last years crop re mains in the hands of farmers. This covers about the entire wheat raising section of the west and is a very gratifying exhibit, and is the first com prehensive statement made this year. LA CUEXEDE CHR03IQCES. Junior class in zoology: Examiner My good child, what are quadrupeds? Scholar Animals with four legs. Examiner Very good. Now name some. Scholar A dog, a horse, two hens "Yes, my child," says the mother.hav ing concluded her fairy tale, "there are people in the moon just as there are on the earth.'-" "But there can't be, ma." "Indeed, and pray why can't there bo, Miss Lily?" "Because, where would they go when the moon gets so small you can hardly see it?" A gloomy gentleman enters the studio of an artist at moat, and lietakes him self towards tho remnant counter. "What will you have to-day, sir?" asks the artist. "Have you the heart" 'Yes, sir; very nice' beef's heart, here" "I meant not that," Bays the gloomy man; "have you the heart of a doting father?" and springing over tho block he lied, pursued by the cleaver. Two huntsmen meet and compare notes: "Well, how many hares have you shot this season?'1 "How many hares? Well, not to ex aggerate, say a hundred, though there may have been a few more. You, you wicked dog, are so given to drawing the long bow that I suppose you'll bo telling mo you have shot on a!" "You must find it a monstrous bore," says a visitor to his hostess, the goddess of a renowned salon, "to have to enter tain so many people. How do yon ever manage fo get rid of tiresome folk?" "Easily enough. When I want to get rid of anybody I talk to him about my self. If I wish anyone to stay, all I have to do is to talk to him about him self." A pretty woman in black passes th.9 window. "Looks like a pretty young widow, doesn't she? Don't you like to look at a pretty widow? A pretty young widow is always a pleasing sight." "Yes: so lo lg as she isn't yours." At a popular restaurant a clumsy waiter spills a plate of soup over the overcoat of a guest. Fury and desolation of the guest. The waiter, calmly glancing at the clock: "It is all right, sir! Don't worry! It's 7.45, and one soup doesn't grease anything after seven!" When "Le Constitutionel" was in its glory, M. Greuier, its majestio editor, being one day troubled with a raging tooth, rushed into the nrst dentists o,5 is way, and sending in his card, wafr" promptly admitted to the operator's pres ence. "Here pull out this tooth !' "Pull out a tooth ?" replied the oper ator, with a tragic stare; "never, after 1 have established during my long pro fessional and journalistic career that tooth-drawing is the only science of tho ignorant. Look at the leader in my last issue, he continued, shoving ms hx'J journal, "The Tooth and the Truth," into his patron s hand, "and sit down and I will BCiontiheally and satisfactorily treat you." The business was over in two minutes, and M. Grenier produced his pocket book. "Oh. sir." said the dentist, with mod esty and indignation, "among journalists 1 could not think of charging tue editor of an csteemod cotemporary ?" "Any strawberries, waiter?" asks a diner in a fashionable restaurant. "What are they ?" 'Oue franc, sir. Well worth the money, too. "Bring me some. They are served, "and with them comes the bill, on which they are chargod one franc each. The guest pays, puts his change in his pocket and is about to depart. 'JJcg pardon, sir; remember the waiter !" "I left you a franc on the table." "I didn't observe that." "Yes, I left you a strawberry, and you said it was well worth the money. Wet Uroccrles. " 'Maiden's blush' is the favorite early morning tipple with many of our cus tohiers, who come here before breakfast to get something that will stir up the inner man," said a natty bartender at a Chestnut street gilded palace yesterday, to a reporter. "Ordinary folks call it their 'eye openers, "Morning glories and such other names, but the true gentleman whispers 'maiden' blush What is it.' Why only a gin cocktail, extra sweet, with a dash of bitters to give it the delicate tinge which one sees on the modest maid. jiut there is no accounting for tastes, and there are as many fancy drinks as there are drinkers. Now there is the 'racquet.' Ah! that is lovely, and a few of them will send a fellow on a racket, sure enough. Will I make one? Well, in goes a little Jamaica rum, some Santa Cruz, a squeeze of lemon, some rock syrup and Lelacour s six la. Jhow we hake em up; 4i cents, please. "What will you take ? asked the re porter of the insinnating young man who compounded the decoction. "1 guess a Matinitza is good enough for me," was the reply. In goes some brandy and a bottle oi imported ginger ale follows. "Forty-live cents more, please." "Here ! I m no bank, said tho report er, "chalk it. But I would go further into the mysteries. Ihe "racquet is good. I would imbibe a 'por.sse ram our on top or that. "So !" ejaculated the man of rrinks And with delicate hands be placed layer after layer of cordials in the glass, then some chartrensse and curacoa. On top of these ho floated the yolk of an egg. It was beautiful to behold and tempting to the eye. The variegated colors of the linuors were something to smile at, and somebody prepared to smile. 'l oci iKftter. now. he said, and in fivo minutes he began to see two bar tenders, both dressed alike, and each had the same large diamond pin. Shutting one eye he was enabled to catch the right one as lie came along, and just as he was about to call the next drink on the bill an individual with a husky voice whispered: "Give me a 'hot-rnra greaser. With a magic touch the man of many compounds poured in some hot rum, a little lemon and spices, and then tumbled in a lump of butter. When this Lad melted and was duly mixed, the husky-yoieed man swallowed it, smacked his lips, deposited a quarter and departed. A 'Mississippi Funch is about my capacity, said the reporter; no grease for me I know some people call it a 'Rooster,' or a 'Shanghai,' but I'll take the old name." Then the man in the gilded palace made a plain lemonade and dropped an egg! in it. After this was mixed thor oughly it 'made a most ravishing drink. "I lltake a 'whisky squeeze, said a mild-mannered man who looked over the bar and was satisfied when h saw rum, whisky, rock syrup and some orange squeezed into a gloss. "Now, if it was summer, I'd have a 'New England Cooler.' " said the M. M. M., "because you can make them so nice out of old ' Bedford rum. with a little lemon and sugar." "The patent is a good wind-up for me. said the reporter, "for I'm obliged to attend a church fair to-night. This was merely solid Bourbon, rock and lemon -juice. After this he could see only one bar-tender the other disappeared. A brisk walk, a ride in a street car behind fiery steeds, and the newsman felt glori ously happy, if not befuddled. A Brave Man Rewarded. Alfonso, King of Spain, has conferred a great honor upon Captain Joseph Irish, of Newport, R. I., who is now in command of the United States revenue cutter Samuel Dexter. In 1878, while Irish was in command of the revenue cutter Hamilton, of Philadelphia, and while cruising along the capes of Dela ware, he learned that there was an Ital ian bark near by which had on board the crew of the Spanish sloop of war Pizarro, which had foundered at sea. Irish at once sent an officer and bout to the ves sel and ascertained that two hundred shipwrecked men were on board. He at once placed his vessel at their command and supplied them with food, etc. He then headed his vessel, in a terrible storm, to the Delaware Breakwater, where she was soon afterwards boarded by officers of the Spanish Legation, who took their fellow countrymen in charge and escort ed them to New York. All the facts in the case were promptly laid before the Spanish government. By order of the Spanish authorities an official communi cation was sent to the treasury and State departments at Washington, in which Captain Irish's conduct was fully set forth and appreciated in a most com plementary manner. Captain Irish's act hai now been substantially remembered, he being in roceipt of a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury which con veys the pleasing intelligence that King Alfonso has conferred upon htm the Grand Cross of Naval Merit of the sec ond class. The testimonial was confined in a satin-lined morocco case, bearing the Spanish seal and the inscription, "A. X. III." It is an eight-pointed star of silver bullion in layers. Crowning the .'4"f anil resting upon it is., the Grand Cross, which is of white enamel, and to which is attached an anchor of blue enamef; with a Btack of red enamel. It relieved by a setting of fine gold and surmounted by a gold crown ou a back round of garnet enamel. Accompany ing decoration is the diploma of mem bership in the order, which is signod by King Alfonso and countersigned uy .... . . . , ihe Minister of Marine. Ihe Fresh Air Habit. . Early impressions are very enduring, and can make useful habits as well as evil ones a sort of second nature. In order to forestall the chief danger of indoor life, make your children love-sick after fresh air; make them associate me idea of fusty rooms with prison-life, punish ment and Bickness. Upen a window whenever they complain of headache or nausea: promise them a woptlland excur sion as a reward of exceptionally good behavior. Save your best sweetmeats for out-door festivals. By the witchery of associated ideas a boy can come to re gard the lonely shade tree as a primary reouisite to the enjoyment of a good story-book. Says Rousseau: "Only the movement cf my feet seems to set my biain a-going, and it is just as easy to think, debate, rehearse, etc., walking as sitting; the peripatetic philosophers de rived their name from their pedestrian proclivities, and the Stoic sect from their master s predilection tor an open porcu. Children who have been brought up in hvgienic homes not rarely "feel as if they were going to be choked" in nnven tilbted rooms, and I would take good care not to cure them of such salutary idiosyncrasies. Kverv observant teacher musi nave . , noticed the innate hardiness of young boys, thoir unaffected indifference to wind and weather. They seem to take a delight in braving the extremes of tem perature, and, by simply indulging this penchant of theirs, children can oe muae water-nroof to an almost unlimited de gree; and in i nothing else can they be more safely trusted to the guidance of their nrotective instincts. Don't be afraid that an active boy will hurt him self by voluntary exposure, unless his chances for out-door play are so rare as to tempt him to abuse the first oppor tunity. Weather-proof people aro almost smckness-proof ; a merry hunting excur sion to the snow-clad highlands win rarely fail to counteract the consequences . . ... i . i. or repeated surieus: even gins, wuu have learned to brave the winter storms of our Northwestern prairies, will after ward hicgh at "draughts" and "raw March winds." Popular Science Monthly. The Ear. Few "people realize what a wonderfully delicate structure the human ear really is. That which we ordinarily designate so. is after all only the mere outer porch of a scries of winding passages, which, like the lobbies of a great building, head from the outer air into the inner chamb ers. Certain of these passages are full of liquid, and their membranes are stretched like parchment curtains across the corridors at different places and can be thrown into vibration, or made to tremble as the head of a drum or the surface of a tamoburinc does when struck with a stick or the fingers. Between two of these parchment like curtains a chain of very small bones extends, which serves to tighten or relax these mem branes. and to communicate vibrations to them. In the innermost place of all, rows of fine thread.called nerves, stretch like the strings of a piano from the hist point to which the tremblings or thru- lings I reach, and pass inward to the brain. If the nerves are destroyed the power ef bearing as certainly departs as the power to give ont sounds is lost by a piano or violin when its springs are broken. The mission of art is to tare,' not to imitate her. represent na- A YYlId-Horse-Racc. The wildest horse-race ever, known m this country took place on the Denver track on September 10th, 18C9. The horses were Border Ruffian and Rocky Mouatain Chief; j the purse $95,000 in gold. Ruffian was backed by Tom Hunt, his owner, and Jim Harrison, notorious gamblers. Shortly before, Hunt had murdered a prominent Mormon, and after a brief trial he was condemned to bang for his crime. The scaffold was tree ted on the outskirts of Salt Lake, near the overland road, and the mur derer was to swing midst all the pomp of legal execution. In the excitement attending the preparations on the morning of the expected hang ing Harrison entered Ruffian's stable unobserved and spirited the racer away. Mounted on another horse and leading Ruffian, Harrison rode to the gallows unsuspected, Blipped two six-shooters into Hunt's hand, and before the offi cials or multitude had recovered from their surpise the outlaws were charging down the Webber canyon trail at a speed which defied capture. One of a number of parting rifle shots killed Harrison's horse, and it became necessary for Ruf fian to carry both men. ihe Mormons pursued the desperadoes night and day, but were powerless to overtake tnem, so wonderful was the speed and endurance of the stolen bay.i Not until 100 miles had been covered did men or beast eat or rest, and on the morning of the tenth day they arrived at Denver (MM) miles from the Mormon capital. These facts once cir culated Ruffian became the hero of the Lour. . In the Denver race the Greer boys, who owned Chief, backed him. Thous ands of men flocked to the track. There was long delay, but at last amid frenzied cheers, the horses got a start, Ruffian forging ahead from the start. Chief Hew the track,went over a steep embank ment, and before he could recover the first heat was jraetically decided in Ruf fian's favor. A yell of disappointment went up from the multitude and a rush was made to lynch the man who started Chief. He succeeded in escaping the mob unharmed, however. More than AlOO.OOO changed hands on the heat. . . . .i An even start was ODtainea in me sec ond heat, the two horses passing into the auarter stretch neck and neck. At the half pole Ruffian, in response to hard whipping, slowly took the lead. All this time Chief had been given a free rein, but had been spared the lash. Charles Hamilton, a desperado, who had all his earthly possessions staked on Chief, stood at the back-stretch pole as the horses approached, a navy revolver in either hand. "Lay the whip to that horse or I'll drop you from the saddle," lit? BUUUtCU lU A-l 1 1 tUHO AC4bo, vuisi 0 rider, sighting both of his weapons. Teats knew that Hamilton would keep his word unless the order was obeyed, and, although he was confident that Chief would win the second heat with out urging, he lost no tiino in applying the whip. He drew blood at every strike, and Chief went under the wire a winner of the heat 100 feet in 1:42. Then commenced a riot and turmoil the like of which was never before or since witnessed on a race-course. Men pulled their six-shooters and fired madly, indiscriminately, and gold-dust, in the quarrel of stakes, was scattered recklessly in the sand. Ruffian was completely broken down after this heat, and the gamblers appreciating that they were beaten, became frantic with rage. L-on. Oram and Charles bwitz, who after wards beoanie noted prize-fighters, stood at the door to the stand and held the mob at bay until the judges had given their decision. Chief was ordered on the track, and after making the half mile wire was declared winner of the race. The judges had to be escorted from the track to town by an armed es cort composed of volunteers from the winning side. Mounted on broncho ponies, with pis tols and bowie knives drawn, the Greer brothers and a party of friends made their way to the $95,000 nugget and cut it to tho ground. It was loaded into wagon and. taken to town.a'guard accom panying the precious freight. There were a large number of people stabbed and shot in the melee, but fortunately none died from their wounds. I hat night Denver was one blazing revelry, one gorgeous orgie. The immense nug get was cut np into smaller and more commercial commodities. Peats were presented with $5000 worth of these The balance of the winnings was ei ually divided among the brothers, and in less than forty nve hours they had squandered it all. How She Fetched H!m. Hazel Ouirk looked ouickly np at Lord Traverse Bay .the love light beam mor forth from her eyes with a tender radiance that told mare plainly than could any words the deep affection she bore liini; but there was in the look a pleading wistfulness, a sense of trusting security that touched his very heart. She did not speak, but placing a dimpled arm around his neck, drew his face down and kissed him with a soft, melt ing, three-for-50-cents kiss that she kept on tap only for him, and then her eyes shone forth the love that her lips cou'd not utter, while the drooping mouth auivered as if iu pain. "xou are not well, uariing, saia Percy Hanefin (his week-day name) in agonized tones, the words nearly choking him as he spoke. "Let me bring your vinaigrette, or a bottle of seltzer a auaff or two of that would relieve yon But Hazel ouly laid her head on his shoulder, wonnd her white arms around his neck, and began to sob as if her heart would break. "My God, Hazel! what have I done to cause vou this bitter anguish opeau, my angel: speak, and ten me wnorein the fault lies. Demand of me any sac rifice, no matter how great, and it shall be cheerfully made. I have a large red apple in my overcoat pocket, and it shall be yours -all yours 11 you wui omy sneak." Slowly from the shoulder oiaae rose tho little head, with its wass of brown curls, slowly turned the pure, beautiful face of HfeZel Quirk, until i'ercy looked again down into those eyes that had so lately beamed forth merrry glances, ami saw once more the litllo noue that had so often burrowed in his vest. "Yon will surely keep your promise?" Hazel asked between the convulsive sobs that seemed to be breaking her heart and seriously disarranging her liver. "Of course I will, my sweet, re plied Percy. "Yon shall have the apple." "And is it really and truly a rea oner asked the girl, again sobbing as if her heart would break. "Yes, my love." ' "V- "Hope to die if it ain't?" this between the sobs. 'Yes," said Percy. "Cris-cross!" "Yes, dear." "Well" and here she broke down afresh, but finally mastered her grief and spoke "Papa has BOaked the mill." "What! exclaimed Percy iu tones of astonishment, "soaked the mill that has been his home so long? 'Same mill," replied Hazel, wringing out her handkerchief and fishing up a dry one from the sleeping car of the polonaise. "Well, this is sad, indeed, sobbed the girl; "you do not drop." "Why, what do you mean, Hazel xon have concealed something from me; else why this juggling with words" I mean, Percy, said Hazel m low, bitter tones, "that the mill is mort gaged, and that I am to pay the debt." "What! my Hazel collateral security? It cannot, must not be!" "But it is, was the tearful response. "I care not," exclaimed the young man. "xon shall not be sacrinced. i will marry you to-morrow, and thwart this vile plan of Jim Rodney's." 'You will said the girl, looking at him eagerly, and jumping lightly from his knee. 'I will." The little head fell on his shirt front with a dull thud. Hazel had fainted. Placing her carefully on a fauteuil, Lord Traverse Bav kissed the tear- stained cheeks and started out to borrow a dollar and a half from his mother with which to get the marriage license. As the sound of his footsteps died away, Dunstan Quirk entered the room where Hazel was lying. She rose as he opened the door, and smiled faintly. Did you give him the racket, sis the old man asked. "Yes, papa." ' "And did he fall into the net?" "I should smile," replied Hazel. "Suckers are pretty thick this winter, my child," said Dnnstan Quirk,' "and you're the girl that can land them. Chicago Tribune. Fruit 8 Food. While there has been considerable progress made in the lasi lew years in the matter of dietetic reforms with a marked improvement at the table of many of our farmers, there is yet much to learn. One of the greatest faults in this direction, and one which is the cause of so much illness, is the compara tively s nail quantity of fruit they con sume. We nave known i larmers,. ueaus of households, who, with their families, would sit down to a breakfast of ined pork and potatoes, six mornings out of seven, varied on the seventh by fried salt mackerel or salt codfish, when they had bushels of apples rotting in their cellars, or on their grounds. The mis taken idea still prevails among that class that in some mysterious way, pork and other meats are productive of physical vigor, strength and ability to withstand fatigue, and that fruits, like confection ary, are taken between meals, and not. to be counted in the work of sustaining life. This is terribly erroneous view, and one that is responsible for countless cases of consumption, scrofula and kin dred diseases. We wish we could pre vail upon every farmer, in fact upon every person in the land to take a part of the morning meal on fruit. It would only take a short time to demonstrate its advantages, and thereafter they would need no lectures inculcating such a diet from us. Any kind of fruit is good, and if fresh fruit is not at their disposal, dried, evaporated or canned fruit should take its place. We have known obstin ate cases of constipa ion to yield to a diet only changed so that a dish of . baked apples was made a part of each breakfast and chronic headaches and biliousness are olten relieved in a similar way, Another mistake which used to be com mon among many farmers and their families, was that of producing a tray of apples, flanked by a dish of hickory nuts on one side and a pitcher oi cider on the other, which, on wintery evenings would be partaken of by all late in the evening, and after they had eaten three meals already in that day. This is as bad as to not eat frnit at all. Make all these things parts of a regular moal, breakfast and dinner are best, and omit eating just before retiring. Scientific men have of late been wonderfully profuse in their praise of frnit as an article of diet, and a trial will convince any one of the wisdom of the plan. Orange County I armor Very Fresh. ne was a fresh young Congressman from a rural district, and when he got to Washington he found every other mem ber had a piivate secretary, so he hired one. lint, though iresn.ne was energetic and a man of vigorous ideas. Une dv he said to his secretary: Mr. Skeels, to morrow I shall speak on the tariff ques tion. "To-morrow, said the secretary 'that's rather short time, but I guess I can do it. Which side are you on "The free trade side, sir. The secre tary left the room, and the Congressman was rather puzzled to comprehend his remark. Next morning, bright and early, his secretary apieared and handed him a paper. "What is this?" asked the member. "Your speechr' "My speech? 'Yes; I've written out what jfou're to Bay on the tariff issue." "You miserable wretch!" cried the enraged member, "do you assume to dictate what I shall say? He drove the amazed secretary into the street and would hear no explanation Indignant, he went down to tho capitol and told a friend, an old member, the story. The friend was shocked at the fellows impudence, but they looked over the speech and found it read very well. 'lou did lust right to discharge the conceited rascal V said the old member and tho next day the young member was amazed to learn that his discharged sec retary had been employed by his old friend. Dissolve as much common alum in water as it will take, and apply the so lution. boiling hot. to all cracks and holes. Use it freelv it is cheap. used an oil can. such as comes with sewing machines, wrapping a towel around it to prevent burning my hands. Six tborongh applications killed bed bugs, eggs and all : and I have seen none since in any part of my house. I think the receipt is 'worth dollars to many housekeepers, especially those who have to move often, and live in tennemeni houses. In the fifteen years since the war the Kouth has raised nearly 10,000,000 bales more cotton than she did during the last fifteen years of slavery. This addition was worth about &UUU,ixhj,imju. Almost enough to compensate them for the loss of their Blaves. SHORT BITS. A china set a hen setting on a porce lain egg. Fowls should be like the best raisins good layers. The man who pockets everything he can lay hands on must be a first-rate pool player. They talk of establishing schools' for stokers in England. This is truly a grate undertaking. The stars are preachers of beauty. which light the world with their admon ishing smile. The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it.the wise judge it.the skilb ful direct it. Wo should often be ashamed of our best actions if the world saw tho motives which inspire us. It is ruinous misjudgment, to con-. temptible to be acted upon, that the end of poetry is publication. Flowers sweeten the air,' rejoice the eye, link us witn nature anu innocence, are something to love. It is a great misfortune not to have . wit enough to speak well, or not enough judgment to keep siloBt. The new London journal for women is called The Fan. The shrewd pnbbc thinks every lady will open one. If a boy should catch, hold of your ear and ask if you had the wrong pig by the" ear, would you answer yes or no? "I'd just like to see yon," said a blind man to a policeman, wno tow mm ne would lock him up if he didn't move on. Faith and persistency are life's archi tects: while doubt and despair bury everything under the ruins of endeavor. It is strange that men will talk of mir acles, revelations, inspirations and the like, as things past, while love remains. All men must admire a frank and open honesty of purpose, though few are ready to seek to possess it themselves. The level we strike in the soul that- touches most nearly .is almost buie to 1 the high wrter mark of our own. To be effectively honest a man musfc be honest at heart. Honesty that qomes through a bell punch is full of hcles. We cannot conqner fate and neces sity; but we can yield to them in such a manner as to bo greater than if we could. The firmest friendships have been formed in mutual adversity; as iron, is most strongly united by the fiercest flame. Pain, like a trusty sentinel, guards every avenue leading to the citadel of life, and we are by it forewarned oi danger. Let those who would affect singularity with success, first determine to be very virtuous, and they will be sure to be very singular. Tom Thumb has become a spiritualist, but he is not a medium. He's much too; small for .n- medium. H' lmrdly half-'! medium. ... V The Naw Haven Register offers a year's subscription to the first person who will reach, the North Pole by balloon. We'll add a chroino. "There is no accounting for tastes." Nonsense! What ia the work of a book keeper in an eating-house, but account ing for tastes. A scientist claims to have discovered a kind of wasp that doesn't sting. He must have had a heap of fun experi menting before he found it. Augusta, Georgia, has acquired the unenviable reputation of being a market for the disposition of human bodies throughout the South and West. Puck "Can yon get people out safely in case of nre? Manager "Haven t had time to think of that; getting 'em in is what interests me! I Puck. A Chicago girl has sued a man for 10,000 for hugging her twice. The man who would hug a girl only twice decides to be mulched in heavy damages. "No, sir," said the Texas editor, "I didn't suppress the story of the Brown scandal out of regard for Brown. I did so out of regard for myself. Brown can fight." When a child cannot answer a ques tion, he never says, "Oh, don't bother me now, I m busy. Only children of a larger growth deal in eucli subter fuges. : The dentist should be a good oarsman. He is used to pulling in single sculls. The Judge. Thisjoko is too thin, be cause it is tooth out. Steubenville Herald. The New Orleans Picayune believes that psalm tunes should be played on an upright piano. Which suggests that Masonic music should be played on the square. Mr. Simon Few, who had visited nearly every habitable place on the face of the earth, has just died at Leaven worth, Kansas. And yet he had Few mourners. Hens scratch np flower beds only when they are barefooted. It is strange no one has ever thought to go into tlm garden and "shoo" the hens to keep them from doing damage. They have found a king who reigned in Egypt more than a century before Abraham. He's dead. He's a mummy. He's not a pretty mummy, now.but pretty mum he is, now. . One man will suggest something as worthy of the charities of the charitable,, and two other men will abuse everybody who does not assist the enterprise. This is public opinion. Ruskin sums up the fiction question (which he has been discussing in the Nineteenth Century) with the dictum, "No good is ever done to society by tho pictorial representation of its diseases." A New York dancing master says that in dancing there should be no more con tact of. person than there is in walking. Oh.pshaw! dancing in that manner would be like getting drunk on cold water. Oil City Derrick. . A little four-year-old girl was capering around her mother's knee the other day, when the mother remarked, "Why, dear, yon are certainly beside yourself." Tho little girl replied, "Why, ma, I' fot I was beside 'ou." . ' A Clearfield paper stated the other-day that it was always glad to see people on business, and that very a6rning' a man with a club strode in and said he had business with the editor. The editor at once replied that he was out. The "Princess of Wales" hose, which are beginning to be introduced to this country, are of black or btpwn silk, in which are inserted tiny blocks, consist ing of broken checks of red and dark green ; these are the colors of the "Prince of Wales" plaid, said to have been in vented by him and used by the Princess , for herself and children.