HIE INDEPENDENT IS ISSUED - r ' " ' n- i " i . Hatorday Mornlnsi BY ; JOHN W. KELLY, Publisher. nn 'DEPENDENT. HAS TUB FINEST JOB OFFICE IK DOU6LA8 00UKTY. CARDS, BILL BEADS, LEGAL BLANKS And other printing, ineladinr; Large and Heavy Posters and Showy Hand-Bills. Neatly and expeditiously executed ajtt pof.tjuand prices. T.., Months . ... 0 " Independent in all Things ; Neutral in Nothing." Tttre Mvakilasu... 1 00 ThMe are the terms for these poylni? la ad vanee. The laDBMKDucr offer fine inducements to ad vertiser. Terms reasonable. . VOL. 7. ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, ArRIL 22, 1882. NO. 2. THE INDEPENDENT DO iLAS i ""pFwAm J. J AS ECU L E IX . PRACTICAL ' 1 "WATCHMAKER, JEWELER, 'AND optician. ; ALLWCRKWARRANTED. ii Staler in Watohca. ClMki, Jewelry, SsetMl avt-4 Kysriassjva, ; And a Fall Line of . j Clgari, Tobacoos and Fancy Goods. The only reliable Optometer in town for the proptr adju-tment of Spectacle ; always on hand. Depet of the Gesulne Brazilian Pebble Spec tacle and Eyeglasses. OFFICE First door south of postoffioei JLoee bfff . Oregon. r1 A HONEY'S SALOON Nearest to the Railroad Depot, Oakland T tH. Muhouoy, Prop'r. !: . ! The IS cast of wines, liquors and cigars in Deasjr las count, and the beet j - BIL.L.IABB TJLB1L,VX fat the State kept ia proper rapaln f ; fartlea traveling en the railroad win tad tUe place very handy to visit daring the Mop ping of tit train at the Oak : .' laod, Depot, Give me a call. : f Jab. maHONSY. JOHN FRASERf j Home Uade'vPurnitTO. W1XBVR, - - OREflOH, Upholstery Spring Mattrasses, Etc. uonsianuy on nana. rilDHITIIDC I have the beat stock o I Ullltl I Ullt.. mrnilare south of Portland And all of my own manufacture. j No two Prices to Customers Residents of Douglas county are requested to give me a eall before purchasing elsewhere. ; J ALL WORK WARRANTED.-! ) DEPOT HOTEL XUc&ard Thomas, Prop'r TIBI8 HOTEL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED lor a number ol years, and has become Tery opnlars-ith the traveling public First-olase SLEfcPINO ACCOMMODATIONS. ' And the table supplied with the best the market auurms. notei at uie aepotoi ine.itanrnaa. Furniture Store I ! JOII N GI LD ERKLEVE HAVING PURCHASED THE FURNI ture Establishment of John Lehnberr, is now prepared to do any woi k in the UPHOLSTERING LINE "" ue is a lao preps rea to iuraisa NITUREr ! In all style, of the beat manufacture, and cheaper than the cheapest. His Chairs, j TfAtle, ' BurcauH, UeuMteadN, : WaNli8tanlai, ETC., ETC.. ETC. j Are Ok superior make, and for low cost cannot be equalled in the State. The j Finest of Spring Beds And the j Most Complete $ of as . ' . ? Always oa band. Everything in ine line fur niahed,of the beetquality,on the shortest ; notice and at the lowest rates. COFFINS NUDE AND TRIMMED. And orders filled cheaper and better than can any other establishment. f' ' --' - - " j i Desiring a share of public patronage, the un dersigned promises to oner extra inducements to all patrons. Give ne a trial. JOHN GILDERS LEVE. H. C.'. STANTON.;! ' Dealer in ' Staple Dry Coods I Keeps constantly on hand a general assort--. ment of EXTRA FINE GROCERIES,, WOOD, WILLOW AND ULASSWARF, ALSO - : Crockery aiid Cordage A full stock of ' MCHOOH.; B O O K 8uoh as required by the Public County Schools All klBds of STATION KRY, TOYS and FAWCY ARTICLES j To suit both Young and Old. ) UYS AND SELLS LEGAL TENDERS furnishes Checks on Portland, and procures irnsousan franoisco. ; SEEDS !t AIRDS OF MSI QCALI1Y ALL OB DE Tt St ; Promptly attended to and Goods shipned with care. ! Add ress, Haebraey Reno, i Portland. Oreeon y fit lee. j Kotioa Is hrehy given, to whom it nay concern, Hiat th niHlersigited hts been awarded the contract for keeping tba Douglas county Pauper for tiie period ot two jreara. All persons In need of aaiUUnc? from .aid eooaty must first procure a certificate to that effect from any member of the County Board, and present it to one of the following named persons, who are anthor lsed to, and will care for those presenting; such certificate W. L. Buttea, Boaebarg ; L. L Kelioev, Oakland ; Mrs . wwo, Looking Olsaa. Dr. 8croggs is authorised to Mraiah aaedieal aid to all persons ui need of tba same wuv urn seen oecnrea paupers of uougiaa eouniy. WM. & CLARKfc, aupt. ot Poos. . . Rosaauae, Or.. Feb. U, UdO . i LATEST NEWS SUMMARY. DT TM.EO AFH TO 91T& Hon. W. B. C. Brown, a prominent democrat and leading citizen of Sacra mento died very suddenly at that place on, he 12th of aploplexy. The Clarion tots received a telegram from Stuttgart, stating that King Char les of Wartemberg was converted to Roman Catholicism and baptized on the 10th by the .Fope. Remarkable cold weather continues and damage to fruit in Kentucky is very great, according to all reports, and vege tation of every sort has been put back several weeks, except wheat, which is in very fine condition. Moett, of. Poughkeepsie, twice con victed of the murder of his wife and twice sentenced to death, was granted a third trial in the same court. His coun sel plead guiltv of murder in the second degree and the plea was accepted. Orlando B. Pot."" owner of the old World building, ; -&ly destroyed by fire in New York, has been sued by the proprietors of the Turf, Field and Farm newsDaner. for 50.000 damairra hv losses sustained in burning of the build ing. . y The governing board of Harvard Col lege, voted .13 to 12 that it was not ad visable for the university to give any as surance, or hold out any encouragement that it will undertake medical edncation of women by Harvard college, in its med ical school. W. A. Hurlbut, president of the Chi cago base ball club of the National Base Ball League, died of heart disease at Chicago on the 11th. He was the moving spirit in the organization of 1876, and has been president up to last year. . Reports received! by the agricultural department up to the 8th shows a very nopeiui prospect tor good crops in the south. There in a general increase of acreage of winter and spring wheat and oats, and a slight decrease of .cotton. The sawmill, salt block and drill house of Phinne, Fisher & Co. at South Sagi naw was burned on the 13th ; loss, $15, 000; insurance, 810,000. Two hundred and fifty thousand feet of lumber owned by C. F. Moore, of St. Claire, was also burned; loss, $2500; not insured. The governing committee of the New York stock exchange has placed on the regular stock hot reorganization first lien bonds of the New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad Co., debenture bonds of the Richmond & Danville Railroad Co., and Oregon Short Line Co. - Four miners from Washington county . write that they have been cast into a dun geon at Chihuahua, Mexice, having en deavored to leave the mine, and say Mex icans fired on the party from ambush, killing two and fatally wounding an other. They complain that the U. S. consul refuses to aid them. After a sealed verdict finding Hawkins and Gibbons guilty of gambling in Chi cago had been opened another batch of gamblers was put on trial without a jury and testimony began. It is the inten tion of defendants to let the remaining cases go by default and appeal the whole question to the snpreme court. During the illumination of Ro-common in honor of the release of Parnell, the windows of a house not illumined were smashed, the house of Major Warring attacked and windows broken. Serious rioting ensued, the military was called out and three rioters seriously injured. The London Times says Chili has struck its talons deep into the body of Peru and cannot disentangle them. The conquest and incorporation of Peru straightway in a victorious republic would interest one as well as the other. and will be preferable to the intolerable relation wmcn Dinas inem togecner now. Secretary Teller enters upon the duties of the interior department on the 10th. Important changes are rumored. 4 Critics say that Secretary Lincoln, the only member of the cabinet appointed by President Garfield will remain for a short time longer and then be superseded by some one more in accord with the pres ent administration. Charles Morris, of Lynn, Mass., after raising about $70,000 by forgeries, bor rowing and raising money for sufferers of all kinds, has disappeared, leaving his wife and children. The names , princi pally used in the forgeries were . James W. Pike, R. C. Judkins and George H. Harwood, He raised $12,000 for Jud kins, the principal victim of the recent boiler explosion. -. ' ,' The rumor of the sinking of the United States flagship Richmond is published in London, among some of Lloyd's ad vices by mail, and evidently of a very old date. It is probable, therefore, the rumor now circulating is the same which originated in New York several weeks ago, from the misconstruction of an offi cial paragraph about the non-arrival of the Richmond at Panama. The Rich mond was reported as having arrived at Yokohama March 1. The senate has confirmed S. P. Rounds, public printer; S. C. Wright, receiver of pnblio moneys at Carson, Nev. The nominations of Wm. E. Chandler as sec retary of the navy and Secretary Hunt, as minister to Russia, were reported back from the naval and foreign relations com mittees with recommendation for confir mation. The following are nominations: John Robert Graham Pitkin, marshal for the east district of Louisiana, and John F. Gowey, of Ohio, register of the land office at Olympia, W. T. ' John F. Slater, of Norwich, Conn., has signified his intention to create a fund of $1,000,000 to be known as the John F. Slater fund, for the education of freed- men, the fund to be vested in a board of trustees, which includes ex-President Hayes, Chief Justice Waite, Wm. P. Dodge of New York. Gov. Colquitt of Georgia, Jas. P. Boyce of Kentucky and Wm. A. Slater, the donor s son Slater explains: The general object is the uplifting of negroes and their pos terity by conferring on them the bless ings of a Christian education. The dis abilities suffered by this people and their singular patience and fidelity in the great crisis of the nation, established a just claim on the sympathy and good will of humane and patriotic men. I cannot but feel that compassion is due in view of their prevailing ignorance which ex ists, because of no fault of their own. If after thirty-three years three-quarters of the trustees shall for any reason agree there is no further use for the fund in the form instituted, Slater -authorizes them to apply the capital to fB-np'w; jfesi tablishment,or foundations stfbsidarv to existing institutions of higher education, so as to make them freely accessible to colored students. Under the present in stution of the fund he especially wishes that neither the principal or income be expended in land or building for any other purpose than that of a safe and productive investment lor income. James Lansing, who shot and killed nimon .raton at Sacramento, had a nar row escape from being lynched by a mob The Catholic clergy of the diocese of Cashel and Emly, passed a resolution pledging themselves to exert all their in fluence to prevent outrages, demanding cessation of coercion and eviction of ten ants for arrears of rents, and also pledg ing themselves to co-operate with the people's representatives, with the object of securing an amendment to the land acts. "' -. - Dr. Lamsonhas written an acoount of his movements at about the time of his visit to Wimbledon just before the death of young John, but only states therein what has proved untrue. Defense ob tained the evidence of four servants em ployed by the doctor while at Bourne mouth. All depose as to ecoentrio acts on the part of the prisoner and to the belief that he is insane. ' Gold win Smith writes to the London Times, if British legislation and people would handle the Irish question with vigor, their determination would be ap plauded by nobody more than the great mass of Amerioan people as distinguished from politicians. Smith recommends abolition of jury trial in agrarian cases, collection of fair rents by summary pro cess, suspension of representation in rebellious districts, suppression of mur derous press, and special legislation con cerning foreign emissaries, their govern ments being given fully to understand their position. The Herald's Paris special sayB: Par nell 's friends went to meet him at Garde du Nord on the 12th, but contrary to ex pectations he did not arrive by either the ordinary or the tidal train. Sexton, who is in Paris at present, telegraphed to London for news, but had received no reply on the 12th. Parnell's nephew, who is a son of Mrs. Thompson, was buried at 2 o'clock on the 12th at St. Germain. He was aged twenty-two, and died of typhus fever. If Parnell's sole object in applying for release was really to attend the funeral he will presumably now go quietly back to Kilmainham. Patrick Egan and several other leaguers waited for him all day at the Hotel de Larmandi. A sudden and terrific hail storm oc curred at Dallas, Texas, on the 12th; hail stones fell ten inches - in circumfer ence and sounded like the discharge of fire arms. Teams ran away in the streets and many persons were dangerously hurt. The aggregate damage is many thousands of dollars. Reports from neighboring towns show like destruction. At Dennison 1000 cattle stampeded, causing great consternation. It is feared there has been much loss of life and property. The storm king after the hail storm unprecedented in severity, aston ished the inhabitants by a combination of rain and hail that completely eclipsed all previous efforts. For hours the water fell in torrents and the streets rivalled ordinary rivers. Every metallic roof was perforated and the leakage has done immense damage to stocks of goods. The rain of the 13th flooded the basements of many business houses. The worst suf ferers are the Daily Herald, damage to press and stock room contents, estimated at from $10,000 to $12,000; E. M. Fill more, liquor store in the same building, similarly visited, estimated his loss at $8000. Herald's Madrid: Sarah. Bernhardt made her debut at the Theater Royal in the presence of the king and queen and Infanta Isabella. There was a splendid audience. The tiers of boxes and pit were crowded with nobility, diplomats, men of letters, politicians and lovely creatures in rich toilets. Bernhardt ob tained applause on her acting, especially after the third and fifth acts, and made a magnificent success. - She deeply moved the audience, and cheers, vivaa and bouauets abounded. Her husband is a poor performer. The chief topic of conversation between acts was the disas trous inauguration of the season of bull fights, where on two' days in succession there was a fearful scene of excitement, many bulls were badly wounded and the celebrated bull fighter, Carancha, smashed his nose. On the second day a bull caught him near the barrier, tossed him up and gored him again and again. He was mortally wounded. Extreme unction was given him outside the bull ring, and he was carried home on a stretcher, followed by large crowds. Hundreds of all ranks visited bis house, and the press is full of harrowing ac counts. The new bill for the election of presi dent . and vice president provides that electors shall be chosen the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in every fourth year, except in cases speci fied in sections 147 to 149, revised stat utes; that electors shall vote on the third Tuesday of December following their ap pointment, and that between the day of choosing electors and the day they are to vote, the title of the office of elector may be determined, which, if made by the highest judicial tribunal of the state having jurisdiction shall be conclusive; that congress shall be in session the sec ond Wednesday in January next after the meeting of the electors, and count the votes; that upon reading the certificates the president of the senate shall call for objections, which, if any, shall be made in writing and shall state clearly and concisely with argument on the ground thereof, and shall be signed by at least one sanetor and one member of the bouse of representatives before the same shall be received; In the event of controversy in any Btate as , to the appointment or elegibility of electors, decision thereof by its highest judicial tribunal having jurisdiction shall be conclusive and the vote shall be counted in accordance therewith, unless reversed by both houses; that if there be more than one judicial decision the two houses shall determine which shall be received ; that when there has been a controversy in any state and no certified decision has been transmitted, or when two or more such certified decisions have been transmitted, the contested votes from such state shall not be counted unless both houses con cur therein, and if there be several elec toral certificates from any state and no such judicial decision, the certificate shall be held by both houses to be exe cuted by proper authority and shall be conclusive; that if a result is not reached before the" fifth calendar day after the first meeting of the two houses no fur ther recess shall be taken by either house; that notwithstanding the decision and declarations mentionad the title of . office of any person declared to be elected president or vice president, and the title of any claimant thereof may be tried and determined by action in the nature 'of quo warranto, and action may be brought prior to actual entry or usurpation, and must be commended within ten days after declaration of election of defendant in the circuit court of the United States for the district in which defendants or either of them reside. POLLY GARDNER AXD THE DRAW BRIDGE. BT JtJUA K. HILDBETH. Polly Gardner had been spending her vaca tion with Annt Mary in the country. She would have been "perfectly happy" but that her father and mother were obliged to remain in the city. . It was five weeks since she bad seen them, and it seemed to Polly like five months. ; One lovely afternoon Polly sat on the horse block idly kicking one foot backward and for ward, watching Annt Mary as she drove off on a visit to a sick neighbor. The birds were singing, bees were humming, and the slender branches of the great gray-green willows that shadowed the road moved softly with every light puff of wind. Away off in the field over the hills Polly could hear the ring of the mow ers' scythes. Everything was so pleasant and peaceful that she wished her parents were there to enjoy it with her. - JW as Annt Mary was hidden from sight by a bend in the road, she heard the crunching of wheels in the opposite direction, and, on look ing up, fonnd it was another wagon, driven by Mr. Ward, the grocer and postman of Wil low Grove. He checked his horse at the gate; and began fumbling slowly in his coat pocket for something. 3 After considerable searching he drew ont a white envelope, and turning it first one way and then another, shook his head, and began feeling in his pockets again, brought forth his spectacles, adjusted them carefully upon his nose, and once more began examining the let ter. At last he read in a lond voice: " 'Miss Polly Gardner, in care of Mrs. Mary West, Willow Grove. In haste.' " Then he peeped over his glasses severely at. Polly, and asked sharply, "Who's Miss Polly Gardner? Do you know, little girl?" "Oh, that's me!" cried Polly, jumping from the horse-block, "and Mrs. Mary West is annty, Please give me my letter. It is from mamma. I am so Kladl" "Can you read?" asked Mr. Ward, he, still holding the letter far above PollyB reach. "Yes, of course I can," cried Polly, indig nantly. "I am nine years old next week." "Well, well, J&188 folly Gardner, here's yonr letter. But if your mar hadn't put 'In haste' on the outside of it, you would nave had to come and fetch yourself," said Mr. Ward, as he banded the letter down to Polly. "Thank you ever so mucn," sata Folly, tear ing her letter open ne vously. After reading it once she said, "Oh!" in a delighted voice. "Nothing the matter?" inquired Mr. Ward, who still sa looking at Polly. "No; but mother and father are coming to day, if this is the 24th of August." . "Yes, it s the 2u of Angust. But let s see your letter, and I can tell you what they mean." Polly handedlher letter back to Mr. Ward, who read it aloud slowly: 'Deakebt Poixt. Papa finds tba't he can leave hts bnslncaa for a short time, so we have concluded to spend the remainder of your vacation with you and aunt Mary. We will take the train that reachea wiuow urove at i :d v. M., on the 24tli. Tell aunt Mary to meet us if she has the time. " 'Love to all, and a thousand kisses from " 'Mamma and Papa.' "Well," said Mr. Ward, as he gave Polly back her letter, "they'll be here in about a half -hour, for it's almost four now. I guess I'll be moving; it's time I was back to the store." So he chirped to his horse, and then turned the wagon, and was soon ont of sight. As aunt Mary would not return before five o'clock, Polly determined to walk down to the railroad station, and meet her father and moth er alone. She had often been there with aunt Mary to watch the trains come and go. It was a small station, and very few people stopped there. Just before reaching the station the railroad crossed a draw-bridge. Polly liked to watch the men open and shut the draw as the boats in the river passed through. There was a foot path over this bridge, aud Pollv had once cross ed it with aunt Mary. They had stopped to speak to the flagman, who was pleasant and good-natured. He told Polly where she could find some beautiful white lillies in a pond not far away. That was more than a week ago, and the flowers were not then open, and now as Polly ran down the road, she thought she would have time to gather some for her par ents before the train arrived. When Polly reached the station she found no one there, and on looking at the clock, saw that it was only ten minutes past four, so she had twenty minutes to wait. Then she ran on quickly. The flagman stood by the draw, and Polly saw, some distance down the river, a small vessel coming toward the britge. She ran along rapidly, and as she passed the flagman he called out: "Going for the pond lillies? The pond was all white with them when I went by this morn ing." "Yes, sir; I want to pick some for mamma and papa. They wrote me a letter and said they were coming in the next train." "Yon don't say sot Well, I guess you're glad. Look ont for the locomotive, and don't take too long picking your flowers, and you'll have plenty of time to get back before the train comes in." Polly thanked him and ran on. In about five minutes she reached the pond. How lovely the lilies looked, with their snowy enps resting upon the dark water! But their stems were long and tough, and most of them grew far be yond her reach. She contrived to secure' four. Polly was sorry to leave so many behind, but was afraid if she lingered too long she would miss the train. So, gathering np the blossoms, she panned them into her belt, and scampered back toward the bridge. The boat had just sailed through the draw, and the man stood ready to close the bridge when Polly came np. He looked over at her from the center of the bridge, and called out with a smile: "Couldn't yon get any more flowers than these? If I had time to go to the pond yon should have as many as you could carry. Polly smiled back at him,- and then began to watch him as he made ready to turn the great bridge back into place for the tram to pass over. His Ifand was already on the crank, when a rope dangling over the railing of the bridge attracted his attention. Ashe tried to pull it in it seemed to be caught underneath. Polly watched him lean over to get a better hold, when, to her great horror, the piece of railing to which he held gave way. . There was a sudden scream, and a great splash in the water. But before the waves of the swiftly flowing river closed over him, Polly beard the cry. "The train! the flag!" -j Poor little Polly! She was so alarmed for the poor man's safety that for some moments she could think of nothing else, and ran back ward and forward wringing her hands in de spair. As he rose to the surface she saw that he made frantic gestures to her, and pointed np the road from which the train was to come. He seemed to be able to keep himself above the water with very little effort, and Polly saw with joy that the accident had been observed by the occupants of the vessel. The man in the water struck out toward the boat, and Polly could hear shouts and cheers from the men on board. - All at once she was startled by the far off wnistie of the approaching locomotive. In a moment she understood the meaning of the nagman s gestures. She looked at the open space and then at the bridge. In five minutes or less the train would come dashing into the terrible chasm. Polly's hair almost rose on her head with horror. - Jt was as much as she could do now to keep her Senses. There must be some way to avert the awful calamity. She ran swiftly along toward the rapidly approaching tram. Lying on the ground just by the small wooden house where the flagman generally sat, Polly saw a red flax, She remembered having heard that this flag was used in cases of danger, or when there was any reason for stopping the cars, She did not know whether there was yet time, bat she seiz ed the flag and flew wildly up tt e track. . "Oh, my papal oh, my mamma!" she cried: "they will fall into the river and be drowned! wnat snail l aor ana rouy waved the nag back ward and forward as she ran. - Then came the train around the curve. She ' could see the5 white steam puffing from the pine and could bear the panting of the engine. "I know they'll run over me, bnt if mamma aad Dana are killed. I don't care to live." she reaid to herself, as she approached the great black noisy engine. - When it was about three hundred feet awav from her, she saw a head thrust out of the lit tle window by the locomotivo, and then, with a great pumng, snorting, and whistling, it began to move slower and slower, until at last, when it was almost upon Polly, i stopped entirely. All the windows were alive with heads and hands. The passengers screamed aud waved her off the track. She stepped off and ran close up to the side of the engine and gasped ont, "The bridge is open and the man has fal len into the river. Please stop the train or yon will be drowned." The engineer stared in amazement, as well he might, to see a small girl with a flushed face, hair blown wildly about, aud four lillies pinned in her belt, waving the red flag as though she had been used to flagging trains all her life. At that moment another remarkable figure presented itself to the astonished eyes of the passengers. A man, dripping wet, braised and scratched as though he had been drawn through briers, came tearing toward the cars, stum bling and almost falling at every step. As he reached little Polly, he snatched her np and covered her face with kisses. "Yon little darling," be cried, "do you know what you've done? You've saved the lives of more than a hundred people." Polly, nervous and excited, began to cry. One after another the passengers came hurry ing ont of the train aud crowded around her, praising and kissing her, until site was quite ashamed, and hid her head upon the kind flag man's shoulder, whispering, "Please take me away and find mamma and papa." Almot the last to alight were Folly s parents, Why, it's onr Polly 1" they both exclaimed at once. The draw was now being closed again, and the conductor cried, "All aboard 1" The pas sengers scrambled back to their seats again. Folly s father took her into the car with him, and now she looked calmly at the people as they gathered around, and answered politely all questions put to her, but refused the rings, chains, bracelets, and watches that the grateful passengers pressed her to accept as tokens of their gratitude for saving their lives. At last Folly grew tired of so much praise, and spoke out: Really I don't deserve your thanks, for I never once thought of any one but papa and mamma. So keep your presents for yonr own little girls. Thank you all the same." Those that beard her laughed, seeing they could do nothing better for her than to let her remain unnoticed for the short distance she had to go. When Polly was lifted out of the car, and stood npon the steps of the station while her father looked after the luggage, the passengers threw kisses and waved their handkerchiefs to her until they were ont of sight. A few days afterward Folly was astonished at receiving a beautiful ivory box containing an exquisitely enamelled medal, with these words engraved on it : - "Presented to Polly Gardner, whose courage and presence of mind saved a hundred lives." Agriculture la America. Most prominent among the factors that have contributed toward the extra ordinary development andprosperity of agriculture in the United states is, un questionably, the great native fertility of soils, as yet unexhausted in the newer States and territories, whioh are thus enabled to pour out upon the East and upon Europe the accumulated soil treas ures of many ages. That these cannot hold out forever, or even for years to come, is an inexorable law of nature; and the steady diminution per acre in the States east of the Mississippi river, resulting in their increased inability to compete in the growing of cereals with the newer States, has long given warn ing that the experience of the Old World is being repeated on the new continent, and that the old and ever re curring question is upon us of maintain ing profitable productiveness by means of systematic culture and returns to the soil. Whether this question shall be allow ed to assume the aspect of the menace that annually confronts the European agriculturalist, "No manure, no crops," or whether an ounce of intelligent pre vention shall forestall the heavy burdens that will otherwise rest upon the coming generation and its industries, is the issue that must largely be determined by enlightened government action, in the face of the already inveterate bad habits of the vast majority of American farmers that are, as usual, promptly adopted by fie European immigrant. The ravaging of the virgin soils by heavy cropping without change, or even the slighest attempt at return, followed by the turning-out of ,the "tired land, and too often, by the washing away of the the surface soil from the hard plow-sole formed by shallow tillage, not uncom monly resulting in the definitive ruin of the land for agricultural purposes, is re peated more or Iobs in every newly set tled region. Deserted homesteads, and melancholy old fields scarred with gul lies, mar the face of the land in the rear of the pioneer farmer, and impose upon his steadier successor a heavy tax, in the way of reclamation, on soils that u ra tionally cultivated would not have felt the need of manure for scores or years. For the want of the most rudimentary knowledge of agricultural facts and Ennciples, the planters of the South ave for three-quarters of a century wasted nine crops of cotton for every one made, by failing to utilize the chief pro duct of their fields cotton seed for re turns to the soil, which needs but little more to maintain its full productiveness forever. Such a crying evil as this would hardly have been allowed to exist so long in any country less averse to the least semblance of paternal government with out something more than the faint warn ings and remonstrances uttered from time to time in the periodical press, or in government documents. . The great perfection attained by agricultural im plements for large-scale culture under the hands of American inventive skill, serves but ! to add to the rapidity with whioh the process of soil devastation is carried forward into new fields. Eugene W. Hilgard in April Atlantic. j A Strange Tale. The Shanghai Mercury says: A very singular discovery is reported to have been made by a party of six Spaniards while on a shooting expedition in the island of Formentera, which is part of the Balearic group. They came upon a large cavern, entrance to which seemed almost impossible, owing to the thick growth of brambles. Their curiosity, however, was excited, by the evidence that the cavern had-been .made . by hu man hands, and they cleared away the obstacles in their path, arriving , alter several hours hard work in a spacious chamber of Arab architecture in an ex cellent state of preservation. In the centre of this chamber stood two splen did tombs of very peculiar shape and of great external beauty. They lifted with out much difficulty the lids of these two tombs and were greatly astonished to find that they contained the mummies of young woman and an elderly man of colossal stature.- Upon the head of the woman was a diadem which, if the stones are real, is of priceless value. There was a large pearl necklace round her throat, carbuncles in her ears, and her fingers were covered with rings. The male figure bad an imperial crown upon its head and a sceptre in its . right band. i Almost Burled Alive. . According to the Cincinnati Enquirer. Josephine Ryinan, ; a fair-haired, blue- eyed young woman, is just recovering from a remarkable illness at the home of her sister, Mrs. Brown, at Evansville, Ind. Her parents died some vears aero. and Josephine went to work in St. James, a little village near by. One Saturday night last winter she went to the singing sohool. ! She had not been in her seat long when she felt a very strange sensation about her head, accom panied by pains in the back. She arose to her feet, as if to start out of the church, when she fell in a dead faint,and was carried home. Her friends at first thought that the attack was but a mere fainting spell, and the usual restoratives were applied, but the girl continued to lie as if dead. Sunday cane and went. but still there was no change. The body became colder and colder, the eyes were open and staring, the lips were apart, there was no perceptible pulse.and every indication pointed to death. Physicians pronounced life extinct. The priest was sent for to administer the last rites, and the weeping sisters and friends of the family prepared to bid Josephine the last farewell. The coffin -was ordered, busy fingers began to prepare the white clothes in which to bury the corpse, and in fact, every preparation was made for the final scene. Thus passed Monday. On the evening of that day there was a slight change in the appearance of the body, which gave the startled watchers a faint hope that the girl lay in a trance, and that this was but death s counterfeit. The body lay on its back, with arms folded, just as the attendants placed it. There was not the least perceptible breathing; the eyes still had that stony, unmeaning gaze; the face was as pallid as white marble; but the iciness of real death was wanting. The feet and limbs were not warm,4)nt they did not have that chilly touch- that is a sure accompaniment of actual dissolu tion. There was sufficient doubt in the minds of those in attendance to warrant caution, and so another day and night passed. On Wednesday, or the fourth day after the girl was first stricken down, the priest was again sent for. After crit ically examining the case and consulting with the physician, he said: "it is a trance. She may come to herself, but it will be but momentary. When she re lapses all will be over. She can't live." Accordingly the funeral wa3 set for the next day. Imagine the feelings of hor ror which possessed this girl when it is known that she was cognizant of every word that was spoken in that room, and could see the forms of her friends and watchers about her couch. Her terrible situation is best told by herself. She said: "Oh, sir, it was horrible. As I lay there on my back, stretched out on the boards, with my arms crossed and feet tied together, with the lighted candles about my head, and could see my sisters and neighbors come and peer into my face it was awful. I heard every word spoken. My body, limbs and arms were as cold as ice. I thought of the agony of being buried alive, of being nailed in a coffin and lowered in the ground. I tried to make some noise or move just a little to let them know that I was alive, but it was impossible. I saw my sisters come in one by one and ' look into my face. 'Poor Josie, she's gone.' Their tears dropped on my hair, and their kisses were warm to my lips. As they turned to leave me, it seemed as if I mu it make an effort to attract their at tention, if only by moving my eyelids. But I couldn't do it. I felt like scream ing. I tried to, but I couldn't move a muscle. The priest came in, and felt my arms and wrists. He shook his head. Then he placed his ear to my heart. It was no use. He could not hear it beat. After saying a short prayer for the re pose of my soul, he turned and left me, and my agony and horror were redoubled. Will no one find out that 1 live; said I to myself. 'Must I be buried to wake only when it is too late? Must I come back to life when they put me in the vault, and all of the people have gone away, only to die of fright and horror and suffocation I The thought was madness! Why dosen't the doctor do something to bring me to myself? I am not dead 1' It was of no use. There I lay thinking and listening to every word that was said. I could hear a woman giving directions as to the making of a shroud. I heard the time set for the fun eral aud all. I tried to look conscious and let them know that I understood it all, but it was impossible. It is a won der I did not die of fright and agony. I often think that I would sooner die, a thousand times sooner, than go through that experience again. Finally, when all had left the room but two or three, some one said: 'Ain't yon going to cut her hair off?'; My hair was done up in long braids and fell down my back. ''Yes,' said my sister, 'we'll cut it now. Then they got the scissors and came up to me. vv mie one oi mem iook noia oi my neaa and turnd it to one Bide, the other, with the scissors, began the cutting. I could feel the cold on my neck. I realized that this was about the last thing they'd do before putting me in the coffin. The woman began to clip, and a second or two one long braid of my hair was taken off and laid aside. My head was then turned the other way to allow them to get at the other braid, but this was not touched. Thank God! something in my condition, or some movement. I don't know what it was, caused my sister to scream, and I was ; saved. The scissors dropped to the floor with a loud noise, the woman jumped back, nearly scared to death, and I sat up. You should have seen the house a little while after that. I thought everybody had gone crazy. 'Venie's alive! Venie's alive T The whole neighborhood came rushing in as soon as they heard of it. and for several days there was nothing talked about but me. My folks thought X Uidn t know what was going on. la t tie they thought that every word spoken in that room, was heard and understood by me. ! They tried to keep everybody from referring to the fact that my shroud was bought, the coffin i ordered and the funeral arranged. They made an ex case, too, for part of my hair being cut off . They told me the reason of it was that a plaster had been put on the back of my neck, and my hair got so tangled that it had to be cut away. I didn't say anything. One day my little brother said to ne: 'Verne, you was going to be buried last Thursday, and they out your hair off.' He never imagined that I knew more about it than he did. . The recollection of those terrible days and nights will never leave me. I pray to God that I may neyer be called upon to pass through it again. I would rather die." . . . t V- -v:-. : : There is a strong probability that the year 1882 will add 4,000,000 to our popu iation by immigration alone. Twenty Sobs. One day there came into old Mr. Gal lagher's hat store a man who asked to look at a cap. He was shown a number of caps, and selecting one that suited, he stated that he would take four of them. The hatter was somewhat astonished to hear the man ask for four caps at once, especially as he said he wanted them all the same size. "Have you four sons of one size?" asked Mr. Gallagher. "Yes, sir, I have, and I've got sixteen others besides," answered the man. "Where are they?" inquired the hatter, who stood all torn up by a curiosity at the strange statement. "They're down here at the market," "They're down here at the market," was the reply. '.Bring them here," said the hatter, "and I'll make them all a present of a cap each. The man went ont, and shortly re turned, chasing into the store a drove of boys that looked something like the famous staircase band you might see in the theater if you ever visited such a plaoe."- . j; "Hyar they be, mister. These be my boys, they be." "Well, well, well, I never! Doesn't that beat all!" ejaculated the old hatter, as he gazed in wonder at the group of gawkingyoung fellows who stood there in all sorts of awkward attitudes, some star ing about in an absent sort of way .others giggling like school-girls, and the rest getting all tangled np with each other in endeavoring to keep from trampling on the boxes or oil-cloth or matting on the floor. . ;.. -. "Come in, boys, come in and make yourselves at home, shouted Mr. Galla gher as the string blocked np the door way. And he was soon busy "fitting" their pates with caps. "This 'ere's Thomas Dittimus," said the happy father, dragging forth the eldest of the gang. "He's the first born, and a mighty good boy he is, too. He's about thiry-five years old." He. was speedily suited with a cap and told to stand aside "This hyar one," said the old stock raiser, "is the next oldest. His name is Christopher Holmes." And his father grabbed another of the drove as though he were a big sheep. "Ef you'll notice, stranger, you'll see that the first boy has got black eyes like mine, and this has blue eyes like his mother." It was but the work of a second to slap a cap on the blonde head, and he was pushed over by the side of his older brother, with the in junction not to get mixed in with the others till every fellow had got his new' cap. "Step out here, Peter Dialander." commanded the owner of the bunch of boys. At this, a third young man am bled out in front of the delighted hatter. who enjoyed the experience beyond de scription. "Hayr's a other . black-eyed boy," remarked the boy-builder. "You see every other one is a blue-eyed, and the rest is black-eyed so far. and this helps to keep the run of them if yon un derstand the system, but when you come to go through the whole string you'd get mixed after the first ten, as Til '.ex plain to you further along. Now this one is Calendar Jones, and making a dash in among the mob the daddv brought out a fourth son and almost held him up by the back of the neck. A cap was passed down over his head, and he was assigned a position among the seniors. Number five was fished out- of the regiment and introduced as Eecy Icy. He got bis cap and went to join the others that were , already fitted out. Then came Osy Neeshy, followed next by George Wampum, then Shaw no Cato. i "1 kind o sort o try to keep 'em divided into lots of five, you see, by giving them names of a different na ture, yet something alike; for in stance, Injun names all come together. But right about hyar I always get mixed when I try to pick the lads out according to their ages, 'cause, you see, the eyes begin to change along about the tenth baby that comes. Commencing with the first, who, as you saw had black eyes, the change of color keeps on black, then blue till it gets down to the tenth or eleventh, when there is a change right around the other way. xor iustance,tbe tenth being blue the eleventh ought to be be black, bat one of his eyes is blue and one is black; then the others start out just opposite to the way they first tbegan. . That is, yon will notice, now strange that let me see," mused the father, trying to single &ut the proper one. "Yes, the twelfth, who should . have had blue eyeB if the change had not taken place, is black. Then the next is blue, the next black and so on to the end. On account of this change the first and last are black, whereas, if the alteration had been kept up as it started they would have been opposite ia color.. In the same way the next to the first and next to the last are both blue, and so on." The introductions kept on, and the boys were all fitted with a cap each, free of cost, by the good-natured hatter. The father stated that there were no twins in the party, and that they were all the off spring of one wife. There was about a year's difference in their respective ages, the youngest being about twelve. Rela tive to keeping the run of the family the old man stated that his wife, the mother of the boys, knew them better than he did a great deal that is, she could call off their names and ages without having to stop to think, like he did, at times. "What do you propose to do with your boys?" inquired that hatter, J "Make farmers of 'em, We're jest traveling through hyar now on our way to se-tie somewbar, but we don't exactly know wbar." "Did you ever have any girls ?" "Nary gal, stranger. All boys, and we've never had any death in our family." Cincinnati Enquirer. Wht the Mes Won't Dakcb. A general wail goes up at the scarcity of the male element at Washington parties, which opens up a vast subject the cus toms of society which drive men out of it. The German has disorganized every thing. A man may goto a ball to amuse himself, but when it comes to amusing himself according to the directions of a ballet dancer, called "the leader," it is altogether a different thing. He must dance whether he feels like it or not; he must "take out" those who have taken h ra out and taken him in by so doing. He must 1m always on the alert; there is none of that fascinating softness of re pose, that sweet forgetfulness which is the subtle charm of dancing, i We nave got the German, bnt we have given np dancing. No wonder that men had rather be chopped to pieces than go into society where the German prevails, and a grim and solid phalanx of mammas line the walls to see. that no man dances twice with the girl ha wants to. WORDS OF WISDOM. The best penance for envying anoth- er s merit is to try to surpass it. If yon want enemies.excel them; if yon want friends let others excel you. As too' Ions retirement weakens the mind, so too much company dissipates it. .It is no point of wisdom for a man to beat his brains about things impossi ble. " We know that we must meet to part. bnt we know not that we part to meet again. Genius makes its " observations in shorthand; talent writes them out at length. I look into a man's face and see how how cheerful it is, and then I know how wise he is. There is no one study that is not capa ble of delighting ns after a little appli cation to it. , The reproaches of enemies should quicken us to duty, and not keep us trom it. Let your inclination be to those who advise rather than to those who praise yafur-eondnct. - - Next to a life of stirring action, is a life devoted to the study of the princl pies of action. If there is any great aad good thing in store for you, it will not come at first or (second call. - Man cannot dream himself into a no ble character; he must achieve it by diligent effort. The best way for a man to get out of a owly position is to be conspicuously effective in it. Z ll C understood his own talents, nor a good ' one who mistook them. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is eur helper. The most influential man, in a free country at least, is the man who has the ability, as well as the courage, to speak what he thinks when occasion ma re quire it. J A patent describes a steel ribbon lined with leather, to be nsed for driving belts. The patent is issued upon the novel method of connecting the metal and the leather. "v - General Fremont suddenly discovers that he has a claim on the Golden Gate. It ia a wonder that some of the old fel lows who live in the "future times back" dd not claim the golden stairs. The meanest man on record sent through a postofSce presided over by a woman a postal card on which was writ ten, "Dear Jack ! Here's the details of that scandal. And the rest was in Greek. Fogg Can say a neat thing when he wishes. Wkn Miss Frankincense asked him, pointings, jit a mirror, what he thought of her pie he replied, I think that in it alone can yos. find your peer in beauty." - V Seven months ago a 'Poughkeepsie iaay Droice on a needle m tne paim oi m j a nor ngut uutu iuiu. was nuauw tu cvtracv it. The wound healed in aTSw 6ays,and last Saturday the needle came out of , 3 , . i. , . . her heel. i Beauty too often sacrifices to fashion. The spirit of fashion is not the beauti ful, but the willful; not the graceful. but the fantastic; not the superior in the abstracts, but the superior in the worst of all concretes the vulgar. Leigh Hunt. A California man worth nearly half a million dollars recently attended the funeral of his son. Just before the coffin was lowered he unscrewed the silver handles, and taking them back to town, sold them to an undertaker. N. Y. Herald. The lake at Manzanillo. Mexico, burst its confines and poured into the sea. The lake was full of alligators and the harbor of sharks. When the monsters met. a water battle immediately began, and it was waged for several days in the pres ence of most of the people of Manzanillo. t or a long time victory trembled in the balance, but the sharks finally prevailed . and dined on the rear guard of the alli gators. The Rev.' Dr. Magoun. one of Phila delphia's Baptist ministers, told a New York conference that there were plenty . oi narrow-minded persons in every de nomination who 'worship God through inherited fear, and put aside religion witn tneir suhday clothes. They are al most, as numerous as the sands of the sea. and have not soul enough to give hell a substantial grip. Mas Boiled Down. The average number of teeth is 31. The number ot bones in man is 240. The average weight of a skeleton is about 14 pounds. . Ihe weight of the circulating blood is about 18 pounds. The average weight of an adult man is 140 pounds, 6 ounces. The brain of a man exceeds twice that of any other animal. A man annually contributes to vegeta tion 124 pounds of carbon. A man breathes about 20 times a min ute, or 1200 times in an hour. One thousand ounces of blood pass through the kidneys is one hour. ' The skeleton measures one inch less than the height of the living man. A man breathes about 18 pints of air in a minute, or upwards of 7 hogsheads in aday.: The average weight of the brain of a living man is 3 pounds; of a woman, 2 pounds 11 ounces. Twelve thousand pounds, or 24 hogs heads, 4 gallons, or 10,782 pints of blood pass through the heart in twenty four hours, ii The average weight of an Englishman is 150 pounds; of a Frenchman, 13C pounds, and of a Belgian, 140 pounds. Five hundred and forty pounds, or one hogshead, 1 i pints of blood passes wiiuugti we umii juune uuur. The average height of an Englishman is 5 feet 9 inches; of a Frenchman, 5 feet 4 inches, and of a Belgian, 5 feet 6" inehes. .;; One hunched and seventy-four million holes or ceils are in the lungs, which would cover a surface 30 times greater than the human body. The average of the pulse in infancy is 120 per minute; in manhood, 80; at GO years, 50. The pulse of females is more frequent than that of males. The heart beats 75 times in a minute; sends nearly 10 pounds of blood through the veins and artaries each beat; makes four beats while we breathe once. A man gives off about 4.10 per cent, carbonic gas of the air he respires; re spires 10,666 cubio feet of carbonic acid in 25 hours, connumes 10,667 cubic feet of oxygen in 24 Lours, equal to 23 inches of common air.