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THE INDEPENDENT
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. - J.K.VLA5 ; COUNTY. .
CAHDSr lilLZ: HEAD'S, LEGAL-BLAXES
r .. j And other pr'.atlng.incladlna
Largs znd Heavy Pesters and Sh:y
;H';rj'j-B;i!$l . - -
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Saturday Mornings,
1 " ; BY THE
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Them are the term for tbose paying in advance.
The Kndepkmdknt oflferi fine inducements to ad
vertisers. Terms reasonable.
VOL 7.
ROSEBURG, OREGON. SATUitDAY SEMBER 2; 1882, (
NO, 21.
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j PRACTICAL
"WATCHMAKER, JEWELER, AND
V ! -OPTICIAN.
J f ALL WORK WARRANTED.
Dealer In Watetic. Clock, Jewelry,
! Spectacle m-d FyfVMc,
j And a Full Line of
Cigars, Tobaccos and Fancy Goods.
Tne only reliable Optometer in ton for the
proptr adjustment of Spectacles ; always on hand.
Depot of the Genuine Brazilian Pebble Spec
; tacles and Eyeglasses.
OFFICE Hrst door aouih of postoflj.ee. Rose
burg firpn
IVlAr.ONEY'8 SALOON
Nearest to the Railroad Depot, Oakland ,
Jan. Mahonoy, Irojpr-J ,
The finest of wines, liquors and cigars in Dowf
las county, and the beat
billiahd rrBim
. la the Bute kept in proper repair
forties traveling on the railroad will find this
place very bandy to visit during the stop
ping of the train at the Oak
' I land, Depot. Give me acall.
- J as. jAaHONEY.
i JOHN F ft AS EH,
Home Made Furniture,
WILBUR,
OREGON.
Upholstery, Spring Mattrasses, Etc.
Constantly on hand.
CTIIRMITIIPCr I I have the bent stock, o
runill I UnL. tirnj tore south of Portland
And all of my own manufacture.
No ' two Prices to Customers
Residents of Pougla s county are requested to
give me a call before pv rchasing elsewhere.
a- All work
WARRANTED.-!
DEPOT HOTEL-
OAKLAND, - . OREGON.
Richard Thomas, Frop'r.
rPHIS HOTEL HAS BEEW ESTABLISHED
' for a number ol years, and has become very
popular jvith the traveling public. First-class
SLECPINC ACCOMMODATIONS.
And the table sunplie.1 with tbe best the market
affords. Hot! at the! depot of the Railroad. .
Furniture Store!
JOHN GILDER8LEVE
REAVING PURCHASED THE FUR2TI---
ture Establishment of John Lehnlierr, i3
now prepared to do any wo. k in the
UPHOLSTEmMG LINE.
He is al3o prepared to furnish
FURNITURE !
In all styles, of the best manufacture.aud cheaper
than the cheajiest. His
Tables,
; Huroauix,
Bedstends,
Wnnltstaiicls,
ETC..
ETC.
ETC.
Are ov superior make, and for low cost cannot be
equaled in the Stat The
Finest of Spring Beds
1 And the
Mot Complete ofas
Always on hand. Everything in ;ne line fur
nished, of the bestqu;lity,on the shortest
notice and at the lowest rates.
COFFINS MADE AND TRIMMED.
And orders filled cheaper and better than can
any other establishment.
Desiring a share of pnbl'c patronage, the un
Jersigned promises to oiler extra inducements to
all nations. Give net trial.
; JOHN GILPERSLEVE.
H. O. STANTON,
; ;' ) -" ,'' '
' Dealer in
Staple Dry Coods I
Keeps constantly on hand n general assort
ment of
EXTRA FINE GROCERIES,
WOOfl, WILLOW AM) GLASSWARE.
.. j : ALSO
Crockery and Coinage
' 1 A full stork of
HCHOOL BOO K8
Such as required by the Fublic County Pebools
All kind of STATION ERV, TOYS and
, FANCY ARTICLES
To suit both Young and Old.
QUYS AND SETjLS LEGAL TENDERS
- furnishes Checks on Portland, and procures
Drafts on ban ranciseo.
!
A 1L. JL, C1JS tJlTtft
Promptly attended to and Goods shipped
with care.
Address. Itschener & Reno,
Portland. Oreeon
; Xotice.
M..v mi.v.'j ? . , w ' - -
the iinlcrig';d ha been awarded the contract for
I. th. IVtuf.laa rnnntT fnimtir. for tilfl rkprlnti Ot
r.t ... VavaKv iriuun tri .hum if .n.v pnnrm. tK&i
Keeping .. 1 J " S " ' J 1 ' " I . ,
t. yers. ; All persons in need of aanistance Iron! 'aid
count; must fiwt procure a certi(lc.te to that effect
imm anv member of the County Board, and present it
iel to, and will care for those presenting such certificate'
.r t n.tf.n Rrtshtirtr T. f. KeWmnr. (laklAndt Mrs
Rrowii, Looknig Glass. Dr. Scrosrgs w authorued to
tarnish medical aid to all persona in need of the same
. . i , . i ....... .
iio nave oeenaecuirea pnufjxrro kvukih uij.
WM. & CLARKE, Supt. of Poor.
KnaKSoa4, Or.. Feb. 16. im
LATEST NEWS SUMMARY.
BY TELEGRAPH TO DATE.
Cholera is reported rife ia Manila.
The Syraco.se iron mills burned on the
23d. Loss $200,000.
The National Prohibition Convention
is in session in Chicago.
Eastern railroad lines are about inau
gurating another war in freight rates.
Nominations for candidates to Congress
are proceeding "all along the line."
Outrages upon Christians are reported
as occurring at Bevrout, in Syria.
The Democratic State Convention in
Connecticut will be held in September.
Tourists and other Americans have
been forbidden to- fish ; in,: Canadian,
waters. - ., V-'."
Two negroes ntra,;e. littio.iri neax
Hannibal, Mo., on tho 23d. Lynching
is talked of.
Durint? the vear endinar with Julv.
1594 cases were disposed of in the Chi
cago criminal courts.
A fire at Kiersville, N. H., destroyed
$100,000 worth of property, and one at
Betbalto, 111., 130,000 worth.
The British forces hold Suez canal
throughout its entire length. , An abun
dance of good water is obtainable.
The ceremony of conferring the white
veil on 52 young ladies took place in St.
Mary's convent, Milwaukee, on the 23d.
The street parade of the- Knights of
Pythias of the United States, in session
at Detroit on the 23d, was several miles
long.
The portion of Bulgaria recenty placed
in the state of siege ha been divided into
four districts, each under a military com
mission. Two convicts working en a railroad in
Texas seized the rifles of the guards and
escaped, afterwards wounding two of a
party who were pursuing them.
The swimming contest at Boston for
$1000 and championship of the world
between Capt. Webb and Tuos. Riley ,
champion short distant swimmer of
America, was won by Webb.
A letter from Payne says he is en
camped on Dry creek near the supposed
site of Oklahama City. Payne writes,
his party are putting up buildings and
urges everybody desirous of securing
homes to come.
Governor Cullom, of Illinois, has
written a letter to the authorities of
Logan and Cass counties to take strenu
ous measures to suppress the lawlessness
prevalent there, referring particularly
to the triple murder near Mount Pulaski,
recently, and the late outrage in Cass
countv.
Indian territory specials say the elec
tion of Overton for governor is a great
triumph for the stalwart Indian element,
as against out3ide frauds in violation of
treaties. He has been ' governor four
years and the nation made giant strides
during that period. Overton opposes
railroads.
Twy thousand members of trades
unions ana labor organizations ami
friends spent the day on the 22d at Bock
Point. Addresses were made and it was
resolved that labor and its rights alone
commend themselves as the foundation
of the national platform. Three cheers
for Arabi Pasba were given.
Chicago, BurhngWn &, Quincy direc
tors have declared a 2 per cent quarterlv
dividend. The company has made a
traffic guarantee with the Denver and
Rio Grande, subject to tbe breaking up
of the present Colorado pool. It gives
the Burlington road half instead of a
third of Denver business.
One hundred members of the Canadian
press association arrived at Chicago on
the 23d. Thev represent all sections of
Canada, several being present from Hal
ifax. They go to Winnepeg by the Al
bert Lea route and will visit several
of the large places in that section At
Winnepeg they will have a reception.
Secretary Lincoln seems to be pecu
liarly unfortunate in his relations with
the officers in control of the department.
His relations'with Gen. Sherman never
have been of the most cordial character,
as the latter thought it to be the desire
of the secretary to encroach upon his
domain, and his repeated revisals over
ruling Judge-Advocate-Geueral Swaim
has caused a serious rupture between
himself and Swaim that has not as yet
been healed. There is a report of a disa
greement between Quartermaster-General
Iugalls and tho secretary regarding
certain appointments in the office of the
former. It has been the habit of tha
quartermaster-general, as well as other
heads of bureaus, to appoint clerks and
other employes under his control, and
when the new quartermaster-generel took
his office upon retirement of his prede
cessor, General Rucker, he attempted to
exercise his power, which be supposed
vested in himself, when Lincoln took the
entire matter out of his hands. General
Ingalls was forced to submit, but that he
is doing this with very bad grace is evi
dent from the fact of his complaints
among army officers against tbe secre
tary. Ex-Gov. Morgan's reception to Presi
dent Arthur at Newport on the 23d was
an elaborate affair. Over 510 .people
were present, including the Spanish,
Austrian, Turkish and Swedish ministers;
Mayor Franklin and members of the
Newport council, Gov. Littlefield, Lieut.
Gov. Fay, TJ. S. Senators Aldrich and
Anthony of Rhode Island, ex -Mayor
Prince, Col. W. E. Price, Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon Prince, Prof, and Mrs. AVolco.t
Gibbs, Prof. Agassiz and Gen. and Mrs.
M. E. Whittier of Boston, Mrs. John
Jacob Astor, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Astor,
Augnstns Schelly John Jay, Mr. and
Mrs. Marshall Jewell. Judge Blatchford,
Judge Haymer, and Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Vanderbilt, all of. New York; all officers
from Fort Adams fetation training ship,
and from U. S. steamers Dispatch and
Tallapoosa; Cabinet Ministers Chandler,
Frelinghuysen and Brewster. Mr. Phil
lips, the president's secretary. Generals
Hancock, Howe, Fry, Schofield, and
Commodores Baldwin and Warden. The
reception lasted from 4 to 7. .The band
from Fort Adams furnished the music.
This evening the president remained at
Morgan's and will to-morrow visit the
torpedo station, and dine with Cornelius
Vanderbilt in the evening.
O. R. & F. Co. stock in New York on
the 24th, m.
Gould & Curry levies an assessment of
30 cents per share.
Prince Nicholas left Cettinje on the
25th for St. Petersburg.
The Hillsdale crew are in training for
the race on September 14th.
Councilor Felipe Lopes, new minister
of Brazil at Washington, has arrived. t
Senator Logan and wife has arrived at
Santa Fe, where they will remain a week.
The city election of San Francisco takes
place on the same day as the general
election.
Thomas Joseph, extensive colliery pro
prietor at London, has failed. Liabili
ties; 150,000. : r
; The i Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe rail
road has bought th Leavenworth, Topeka
iA special from Dubuque says: Rich
ards' buggy-top factory burned. Loss,
$11,000; insured, $3,500.
Chas. N. Rash, a farmer living near
Farmington, N. M., was shot and killed
by Joseph on the 24th.
Judge Field decided that the Chinese
restriction bill does not apply to those
shipped before the passage of the act.
i Doyle, mate of the steamer Mississippi,
fell from between ' deck on the 23d, "at
Port Townsend, and was severely in
jured. Renewal of outrages against Jews is
reported from the interior of Poland.
Assailants ura encouraged in their attacks
by the apathy of officials.
Over one hundred women are on trial
at Grossbeckskirk, Hungary, charged'
with poisoning their . husbands. The
guilt of thirty-five women has been
proved.
Wra. Sexton, the billiard ist. sues the
Blecker Street Railroad Company for
flcuw lur mjuneo bubuuuou wueu ejected
from the car for refusing to pay fare a
second time. -
A four-story building, conner of State
and Jackson streets, occupied by Singer
& Stieble's parlor suit company, burned
on the 23d. The building was gutted
and contents mostly destroyed.
Ex-Governor Sprague having on the
25th refused admission of Frank Moulton,
who recently bought his place, and hav
ing gatling guns and rifles to defend the
place, enforcement of the law has been
turned over to the state.
An exciting horse thief hnnt is pro
gressing in Van Buren county, Ark. Two
thieves were killed on the 22d and one
has been sent to the jjenitentiary for 16
years. They are a band of desperate
characters and trouble is anticipated in
their capture.
The republic of Santa Domingo is
quiet. President Marino has issued a
decree granting general amnesty and
inviting exiles to return. The term of
amnesiy expires October 31st. General
Ulysses Heuraux, elected president, has
accepted the position.
Silks, furs and other articles found a
few days since in Buffalo in the posses
sion of a couple of thieves lately freed
from the workhouse have been identified
as belonging to Judge Arral, son-in-law
of ex Gov. Todd of Ohio. The articles
were stolen from the Todd mansion at
Youngstown, Ohio, while the family were
absent this summer.
The Iron Mountain flouring mill and
elevator at St. Louis burned early on the
24th, together with about. 6000 bushels
of wheat and 20,000 barrels of flour. Loss
estimated at $123,000; insured , $86,000.
The origin of the fire is supposed to have
been a stroke of lightning, followed by
an explosion of flour dust. It was owned
by Tidemann & Co. '
The Queen of the Pacific, which ar
rived at San Luis Obispo on the 22d,
made tbe trip in 52 days running time.
She is a model of perfection in every
particular, and one of the finest Amerioan
steamships afloat. She is supplied
throughout with the electric light and
many other modern improvements, far
excelling any ship that ever sailed on
Pacific waters.
Secretary Chandler has approved the
findings of the court martial in the case,
ot John R. Redely for desertion at Mare
Island; Thos. Anderson, for assault with
a deadly weapon, and Boatswain Brary,
for drunkenness and unbecoming con
duct at the same place. The sentence
of four months imprisonment in double
irons awarded by court martial to Jas
M. Collins, bandsman, for disgraceful
language to officers of Mare Island, was
remitted by the secretary.
Washington dispatch, Aug 24: Ladies
prominent in the latest movement to get
fellow-women into departments, intend
to supplement their protest by syste
matic and secret work. A secret society
has been formed with all customary
paraphernalia, the object of which is
purely the collection ef information con
cerning politicians.who use that influ
ence to get impropei persons in depart
ments. Movers in this society say they
intend to publish those politicians to the
world.
A Chicago dispatco of the 23d says:
Picnic at Ogden's grove to-day, for the
purpose of raising funds to build a monu
ment to the memory of John Brown, was
a disgraceful failure, so far as raising
money was concerned. About three hun
dred persons were present, and the ex-
5 ceases practically consumed tbe receipts,
t was badly mismanaged, tbe speakers
advertised, as it appears, have never been
commuincated with on the subject.,
Rumors of misappropriation of funds are
raised. Mrs John Brown appeared on
the stand, and was cheered lustily.
Speeches were made by local orators,
songs sung, and letters of regret read
from Mrs. Lncretia Garfield, President
Arthur, Wendell Phillips, Senator P. B.
S. Pinchbeck, Gov. C M. Cullom, of
Illinois, Roscoe Conkling, Secretary
Robert T. Lincoln, Gen. U. S. Grant,
Ex Gov. John L. Beveridge and Ex-Gov.
Richard Oglesbj', of Illinois, Col. B. G.
Ingersoll, Senator Samuel T. Hoar, Gen.
B. F. Bitlter, John Brown, Jr., Senator
Benjamin'. Harris, Geo. Wm. Curtis,
Gon. Geoi B. McCellan, John Swinton.
Peter Cooper and Jason Brown.' It is
stated that a number of representative
citizens are arranging for a meeting to
raise money to buy Mrs. Brown a home
stead. !
SAll'S ghoxt;$tory.
Down in the valley, the brook -rolled
in its billowy coverlet ; of mist mur
mured in its sleep; here and there.dotted
over the somber landscape,'the lichened
roofs OS the faim nouses reflected the
cold, white rays of the full moon; . far
away over hill and dale, : through the
blue, hazy distance, we caught ever and
anon the glisten of the ocean waves; up
on tbe mountain side the little grave
yard stones shone "out, ghost like, from
the dark surroundings and vainly sighed
their phantom tidings through the dark
alleys of the grover.nd the whispering
wings of mid-sumfner's night breeze
swept over all, and fvafted the sweet (?)
odor of Herbert's '"flhudeen" right into
my eyes and nose, bringing my wander
ing ideas back to our group, sitting out
in the old south porjoh, cooling off, pre
paratory to . the Amemii i?- Another
whiff from flerbeft,s2l)Pe stronger than .f
all others, and 1 broke the silence
with:
"Herbert, did you bay that pipe of
Dan!"
"Dan who?"
"Why, Mark Twain's friend, who ad
vertised it for sale as a veritable relic of
the Witch of Endor."
"Oh! Mark Twain be hanged!"
"I wish you were twain."
"Who, me!"
"Yes; jou and your pipe."
"I wish you two would stop quarrel
ing," spoke up Ettie," and let Sam give
us a ghost story."
"It must be a true and authentic one
then,'' said May, "for Sam promised to
stick to facts in future."
"Can you do that, Sam?" I asked.
"Yes, Puss," he said, "if agreeable
to all,"
We solemnly took the ayes and nays,
and announced "the ayes have it!" and
the red glow of Uncle Sam's weed--1
shining out from the shadows of the
clustered hop vines that wreathe them
selves about the pillars at that end of
the porch betokened meditation and
the coming tale.
"I'm sorry," began Uncle Sam, "that
owing to the restrictions put upon me
I can't make a ghost story one that
would befit the night but must tell you
one of the two which have come under
my own observation, and to the truth of
which I can bring reliable witnesses. It
was about the change of the moonsoons
in 185, that I was laid up in Hong
Kong with an attack of nothing to do,
and was staying pro tem. at the Oriental
Hotel. Early one morning, my friend,
Harry C , broke in on me, and woke
me out of a sound slumber with his
cherry voiced,
"Hello, Sam, old boy ! How'r y'r
getting on ?"
"Glad to see you," I responded,
roused into new life by bis pleasant,
merry presence. Dear old chap ! what
a happy way he had of dropping in be
fore one was up, and asking after one's
health and the bitters.
"Just down from Canton ; came down
to attend to a little consular business for
Perry. Where's your gin? Ain't got
any? Ring the bell ?"
"Yes," I said. When are you going
up again?"
"To-morrow; and I want yon to go up
with me. We can have a jolly time, for
O P is going down to see Uncle
Jim E at Macao, and atterad to the
cargo of the 'Black Prince,' which will
leave me in full charge of the consulate
for over a week. Will you go ?"
"I'll see," and I turned out, when my
boy announced my bath, and ushered in
the gin and bitters in the shape of one
of Tabor's best cocktails. After swal
lowing his "tod," he left, promising to
drot in on me at dinner, and get my
definite answer as to whether I would or
would not accept bis invitation.
Prompt on time for sherry and worm
wood came Harry, and over one of mine
host Tabor's good dinners we talked of
old times, latest home news and about-
town matters: after which, lighting out
manillas, we strolled up to Bill E- 'b
ship chandlery a great stone warehouse
just above the hotel much resorted to
by ship masters. The building (as I
said before) was very large, and had the
appearance of having once been a cnurcn
It had a stone floor and two small galler
ies, but no openings for the light except
the double-front doors and two small
windows beside them; under, the left
hand gallery was a small door, which
opened into a passage leading to the
staircase of Mr. E 's house, that stood
on the terrace above the stoie.
We found E all alone, with the ex
ception of one or two Chinese boys, who
were busy in trio DacK pars oi tne store,
now flooded with the yellow - rays of the
setting sun, which poured in through
he wide open front doors. Mr. William
E (an Englishman) had some time
before emigrated to Hong Kong, with
his young wife and two children, and es
tablished a pretty successful ship-chandlery.
:; Finding that the tables of the
allied officers in the garrison at
Canton were not very well
supplied with luxuries by the
Chinese compradores, he sent to England
for his brother Richard, who came out.
and together they set up a branch house.
under the . superintendency of the
younger man in Canton. Dick E was
one of the best specimens of a thorougbred
Hinglisn dog iancier l ever met; he was
tall, muscular, red-faced, bullet-headed
and broad-shouldered; always wore leg
gings, a pea jacket with numerous
pockets, from one of which the head of
some pet rat-terrier was sure to be seen,
every now and then, protruding to take
observations; above a half cordery vest
he wore a big handkerchief of the ap-
E roved bull's-eye pattern, swathed about
is throat, and in his hand he invariably
I carried a heavily-loaded fox-whip.
in thi river, in which they had their
store not giving Dick E any chance
to use his limbs, he, after awhile, rented
a small house in the centre of the city,
emd when warned by old residents as to
the dangers of making a residence of his
city rooms, he grinned, and stretching
out his muscular limbs, reminded them
that he was wide-awake -and not the man
to be trifled with, and, to use his own
terms, "the beasts would know ; better
than to try to play any dirty tricks upon
this person." Though the Chinese com
pradores were undoubtedly jealous of his
increasing business, they never in any
way showed it, but always made way for
CSC
"the taipan, chin-chining hinV with the
utmost politeness.
Harry C had been bookkeeper for
the E - brother's, and, of course, knew
both wen, : It , was, therefore, the most
natural thing in the world for Bill to ask
Harry, as we settled into the cane; bot
tomed chair at the door: ' '
"When did yon see Dick last?" -
"Saw him t'other day, looking :gay as
a lark, but swiping a little, I -fancy,
though a tinge redder than usual."
.While they talked on I "layed ! back"
and enjoyed the cheroot and the" busy
scene spread out below us. Hong Kong,
or the town of Victoria, more preperly
speaking-(en passant, I was amused to
see in ono of our dailies, a few days
since, this notice: "The Ensrlish Consu
late at Hong Kong was destroyed by fire
on inst.. and most of the eonanlata
records lost.', Why not add. the Ameri
can Consulate at Boston. Mass.. U. 8. A:.
iif a"itrang coincident, -we burned .th,
same day? is built on the western side
of the peak of Victoria, on the island of
Hong Kong.
I he Peak rises twelve hundred feet
from the water of the narrow bav. which
lies between it and Cowloon, on the
main land. From my seat at the door I
could look down on Queen's road and
Pettes' pier, and see, through the golden
haze of the sunset, the motley procession
that swarmed to and fro; watch the
orowd of noisy boatmen as they gesticu
lated to and importuned each new comer
to "the steps;" the loungers of all nations
and oostumes that leaned idly against the
sea-wall, or sauntered lazily about on
the pier-head, and tbe numerous small
crafts and boats (of equally varied ; form
and rig) that darted in and out on the
sparkling waters of the bay among the
crowded shipping of many nationalities.
To the left of the field lay Green Island
and the Cum-si-moon Pass, leading to the
Boca Tigris; to the right the narrow
channel of the Lymoon Pass to the open
waters of the China Sea; while broad be
fore lay the baked plain and canoned red
sandstone hills of Cowloon. My eyes
wandering over the scene whose sol
charm was in its orientalism settled
dewn and rested loingly on the "star
spangled banner" that "waved" from the
peak of Commodore Tatnall s flag-ship,
the San Jacinto.
My thoughts plunged through the
sphere to antipodes, and in faney I
sought the scenes of my childhood the
orchard, the meadow and deep-tangled
wildwood, and this little porch, girls;
pictured the "old folks at home," and
many another loved form and face; but,
with the flash of the sunset gun, the
"old flag" sank to rest, and my visions of
"the dearest spot on earth" vanished
with the bunting that had given them
birth, and I fell into a brown study, won
dering when my time would come to go
"to God's country" (for thus we Ameri
cans ever call the United States.)
Scarcely had my lausiaga . taken shape
when I was startled bv the exclamation,
"My God! there's Dick!" and, looking
up, saw E standing beside Harry's
chair, with a startled expression on his
face, and an air of expectation, looking
intently at the dead wall through the lit
tle doorway of thepasaage leading to the
stair-case. "There!' and without
further warning he sprang forward
through the doorway, and we heard him
running wildly along the passage and up
the stone steps.
Harry and I turned blankly to each
other, and wondered what the deuce had
got into Bill.
"Got the jim-jams, think?" asked Harry
who was the first to find his tongue.
"Think not," and I ventured, "guess
he saw something." There the conversa
tion ceased, and we smpked meditatively.
Presently we heard Bill shambling
down the stairs; he came weakly along
tbe passage and entered. How changed!
his face, usually so red and flushed, was
livid; his eyes sunken, and lips blue; his
whole form seemed shrunk, and trem
bled as if with pa'sy; and the perspira
tion, oozing from every pore, fairly
dripped from his chin and hands.
"Dick's dead!" he gasped, as he sunk
into the nearest chair.
"What!" "How dp you know?" "When
did you hear?" were our startled queries.
"Saw him."
"Where?"
"There! in the passage, standing
against the wall. Saw him, gentlemen,
as plainly as I see you. No! I ain't
drunk." Neither of us had spoken. "I
tell you, my brother Dick is dead!" and
his head dropped helpelessly between
his hands, and he shook with the strong
emotions that convulsed his mind.
We gave him a stiff glass of brandy,
and helping him up stairs, left him with
his wife.
Adjourning to the verandah of tbe
"Oriental"' we called for a couple of
"claret cobblers," and lighting fresh
cigars, talked the thing over. We agreed
to say nothing to any one about this un
til we went up to Canton, where I had
decided to accompany Harry on the mor
row. We turned in early, and 7 o'clock
the next morning found us on board the
Williamette, an American river steamer,
belonging to Russell. Sturgis fc Co.,
bound up the Hong Kiang . for the capi
tal of the two Qusng provinces.
After breakfast we went below ; to see
merry John Allen, the genial chief engi
neer, and were duly astonished to hear
that "Bill E is on board, and. says
he's going up to Wampoa to meet his
brother's body, and be present at his
funeral, to take place this afternoon."
What are you talking about?" broke in
Harry.
"That's his say," sentimentally
answered Johnny.
"Is that so?"
"Yes, so! and the talk on board the
boat, and there's money up on it, too.
Don't yen want to go me something
against the chances?'' he added insinua
tingly. ;
"Whatdoyou know, Johnnj?" I asked.
'"Nothing more than you bear, and
what Bill says, last time I saw Dick he
was looking first-rate, but 'pon my word,
gentlemen, it looks queer; any way two
o'clock will tell the whole Btory." :
Then the conversation took a turn, and
we discoursed on plesanter themes. At
Tiffin, it was table talk j and it was evi
dently a foregone conclusion with poor
E - that he was going to his brother's
funeral, for, usually a hearty eater and
pretty steady drinker, he tasted neither
meat nor drink that trip, but kept the
door of his state-room locked, and was
deaf to all entreaties - to "take some
thing." Harry and I decided to stay at
Wampoa; and see the thing through. As
the boat entered; '-Wampoa reach, Mr.
E - emerged from his state-room and
came on deck. I at once questioned him
as to how he knew that his .brother was
to be buried that afternoon. - Looking
me full in the face, he said;
"Sam, you don't believe in such
things. I know; but, as true as you and
I stand here; I saw Dick last night,
twice once when you and Harry C
were present, and again soon after you
went the last time was at the door of
my chamber, and then he spoke and told
mo he was to be buried to-day at Wam
poa." -v-.-
And girls, we tliree Bill, Harry, end
myself did attend Dick's funeral that
afternoon; f jx at half-past five o'clock
we stood : beside his grave and saw his
remains lowered into it. He had been
,fqund vdead poisoned in his house in
the ci ty; tlie"1&fghl prevtdutf, by a party
of Englishmon, who went there to buy
some liauor. ; So dreadfnl had hn tl-.A
effects of the drug, that it was necessary
to uury mm ac once. .
A "fast boat" Was l'mmAdiolv ia.
patched to Hong Kong with the news,
but, strange to say, missed the upward
bound steamer, and did not arrive at its
destination as we afterward found
until the morning after the funeral.
Therefore, no mortal ia Hong Kong, or
on board the Williamette, could, by any
human agency, have known of the death
oi uics. xu , in his lonely room in
Canton, over ninety miles away. Can
any here explain this?
No one answered, but we looked out
over the misty view, bathed in moon
light, and pondered, and at the white
tomb-stones at the little grave-yard on
the mountain, and ehuddered. Then
wo all rose, and, with the spirit on us,
said, "bonne nuit."
: - ... Gen. Grant's Preserver,
On the piazza of the Manhattan Beach
Hotel, at Coney Island, - recently, says
"The Man About Town"- in the ; New
York Star, I came face to face with C. E.
Lockridge, formerly a commission mer
chant in Second street, St. ! Louis, and
now an important factor in the Iron
Mountain i Railway. The recognition
was mutual, and after breaking a bottle
of "extra dry" and lighting cigars, Uncle
Cy. said: .
"1 never smoke now-a-days without.
thinking that Pve saved General Grant's "
life probably a thousand times."
My astonishment was too profound to
find utterance in words, and I sat like
one in the meshes of a dream while the
old gentleman continued:
"Ulysses and I have been friends ever
since the great overflow in the 'Forties.
Time and time again have we gone over
to' Papstown now East St. Louis
from our 1 respective homes
across s the "Mtsslssppl tti shoot
bullfrogs and swamp snipe. In those
days I was an inveierate smoker and Ulys
ses had never bitten the tip of a prime
Havana. Well, one September afternoon
we were over at Long Lake fishing for
bass. The mosquitoes were thicker than
flies in a lager-beer saloon, and they con
cluded to eat Ulysses up. . He ' slapped
and banged and swore util the mud
turtles even refused to bite, and I per
suaded him to take a cigar. He protest
ed that he knew nothing about smoking,
but my eloquence on tbe theme of smoke
as a mosquito killer won the day, and
the now great man then and there smoked
his maiden cigar. He stood it like a
soldier, did not feel sea-sick, and rated
it a goodly portion of heavenly "bliss."
"But how did you saye Gen. Grant's
life?" I impatiently asked.
"By teaching him to smoke. He took
to the weed as naturally as an American
takes to blue-grass whisky, and in all
times of danger since he has puffed away
and kept his wits about him. Why, if I
had not taught Gen. Grant to smoke, he
would not have been in the smoking car
during the accident on the railroad a
few days ago, and would surely have lest
his life. Waiter, a match, please; my
cigar has gone out."
How Japanese Bibles are Welcomed.
One curious custom in vogue is the
exhibition of a fish on every house where
a boy has been born to tbe family during
the year. This showing is made during
the month of May, and on the 5th of that
month there is a high festival held; the
relatives and friends of the family mak
ing it the occasion for the presentation
of toys and gifts suitable for boys, as
well as giviwg clothing fitting for the
little chap. All sorts of child's gear is
to be seen on exhibition at this time,
and no boy is neglected. The boy is
the pride of the household, the parents
testifying their joy in feasting all comers
who honor them by their remembrances.
The girl babies are not forgotten, but
they are accorded another day and a sep
arate festival time, this being the third
day of the third month the 3d of March.
Then, instead of the fish floating as a
symbol, dolls are to be seen in abun
dance, and all. the toys known
to the girl world are lavishly
displayed. There is very much of
pride exhibited on both of these child
festivals, as the gifts presented are osten
tatiously displayed by the fond parents
for the admiration of their friends. Dim
inutive suits of armor, tiny swords and
bows and arrows, toy horses with full
suits of trappings in fact, every imag
inable thing that goes into the make up
of the Japanese warrior of the olden time
are on parade on the 5tb of May, while
tbe 3rd of March brings forth all that is
representative of the life and fancies of
the feminine gender. There are many
who are not content to await the full
advent of the time for the display of the
fish emblem, so that during the latter
part of April it is no uncommon thing to
see an immense fish, sometimes two, so
constructed that it is filled by the breeze,
floating from a bamboo pole, heralding
the glory that has its lodgment in the
house from which it is exhibited. San
Francisco Chronicle.
N. P. Willis once said: "The sweetest
thing in life is the unclouded welcome of
a wife." This is true, indeed; but when
her welcome is clouded with an atmos
phere of angry words and coal scuttles,
there is something about it that makes a
man want to go out in the woodshed and
sleep on the ice chest. Ex. -
I have noticed that when a" horse gets
up he gets up forward first and jerks his
bind liarts after him, while a cow will
get her rear end half up all right and
draw her forward half up in place; also,
when drinking, ahorse will draw in water
rapidiy witn every breath; the cow, on
the contrary, will suck in one continuous
draught as loug as she can hold her
uream. ... . .-'";
I have noticed that sheep and goats are
both butters, yet a sheep has to run a
few steps backward before he can butt,
while the goat has to raise himself on hia
hind legs to execute the same movement.
One is called a buck sheep, the other a
batterinff ram. Thev are th-ml ivrn
animals I know 'Iwhosa'-fcutt'' end's ia
front. .- ,-- iKl . -, .
A squirrel can ron down a tree Lead
first. The cat and the bear must go
downstair first (if left to thetuselves.)
TIZji Krdoj? ,find,.liii2;- in to yon r
cellar and sees a nice steak bri will ataai
it and run out, if your cat gets in and
finds a steak she will tit right down by it
and eat what she wants (if not surprised
oeiore; . ...
I have noticed that a leather strap
buckled about the height of yourself
around a young tree, in a few years will
oe away ueyona your reach, but if nailed
at the same distance will never get any
higher (only the outer shell runs up) .
Although turkeys are much more swift
of foot than geese, yet in a weeks drive
a flock of geese will come out ahead; for
geese you can drive at night, especially
moonlight, but when evening approaches
turkeys will roost.
A man can stand on one foot in the
middle of a room and pull on his shoe,
while a woman must lean up - against
something to accomplish the same thing.
A man holds a needle in his left hand
to thread it, but a woman holds it in her
right hand.
lr the Somh of Sheen.
The months of i July and August are
the one3 when the sheep in many locali
ties are subject to most aggravating an
noyances from a fly called the "oestrus
bovis," which seems bound to deposit its
larvte in the nostrils. It infests wooded
districts and shady places where the
sheep resort for shelter and by its cease
less attempts to enter the nostrils makes
the sheep almost frantic. If but one fly
is in a flock they become aggitated and
alarmed. They will assemble in groups
holding their heads together and their
noses close to the ground. As they hear
the buzzing of the little pests going
from ene to , another they will crowd
their muzzles into the loose dirt made
by their stamping to protect themselves.
As tbe pest succeeds in entering tbe nose
of the victim it will start on a
run followed by the -whole flock to
find a retreat from his enemy, .throwing
his - head from -ide to side , as. if in
the greatest agony, while the oestrus
having gained his lodging place deposits
his larvae in the inner margin of the
nose. Here aided by " warmth and
moisture the eggs quickly hatch into a
small maggot which carrying out its in
stincts begins to crawl up into the nose
through a crooked opening in the bone.
The annoyance, is fearful and maddening
as it works its way up into the head and
cavities of the nose. The best known
remedy is tar in which is mixed a small
amount of crude carbolic acid. ' If the
scent of the acid does not keep the fly
away he gets entangled in the tar which
is kept soft by the heat of the animal.
Any kind of tar or turpentine is useful
for this purpose, and greatly, promotes
the comfort of the sheep and prevents
the ravages of 'the fly in the head.
Practical Farmer.
Juliet.
Women are deeply in debt to Sbak
speare for the lovely, the noble . things
he has put into his women's hearts and
mouths, but surely for nothing more
than lor the words in which Juliet's re
ply is couched. Only one who knew of
what a true woman is capable in frank
ness, in courace. and self surrender
when her heart is possessed by a noble
love, could have touched with such deli
cacy, such infinite charm of mingled re
serve and artless frankness, the avowal
of so fervent yet so modest a love, the
secret of which had been so strangely
stolen from her. As the whole scene is"
the noblest paen to love ever written, so
is what Juliet now says supreme in
subtlety of feeling and expression, where
all is beautiful. Watch all the fluctua
tions of emotion which pervade it and
jou will understand what a task is laid
upon the actress to interpret them, not
in voice and tons only, important as
these are, but . also in manner and in
action. The generous frankness of the
giving, the timid drawing back, fearful
of having given too much unsought; the
perplexity of the whole are all summed
up in that sweet entreaty for pardon with
which it closes, i
: 4 Scare at the Vatican.
Not many days ago, while the Pope
was taking his usual drive in the Vatican
Gardens, a shot was heard close at hand.
The coachman no doubt still under the
impression oi tne late uanuaiaian de
monstrations, took fright. He whipped
up his horses, cried oat "Help! Assaa
ins!" and drove fall speed into the court
yard of the Papal -Palace, causing great
consternation among the guards, who
ran for their arms and, barred the gates.
After some moments of panic, and inde
cision the guards went in quest of the
bupposed assasin. all over the Vatican
gardens, and, finding nothing, proceeded
to search on the other side of the wail at
a place where the coachman declared he
had heard the shot.' They soon returned
to the palace with a dead cat. , The keep
er of a neighboring vineyard, whose pas
time was to rear rabbits had just suc
ceeded in shooting a large cat which had
often robbed him of the young ones.
England cannot treat with Arabi Bey.
The moment he begins to negotiate with
England he will , lose his power. The
English demand is that it hold fthe domi
nant influence in vT2gypt. Arabi Bey'a
strength lies in las resistance to this de
mand and .his - maintenance of national
principles. There is no middle-ground
on which they can meet. England must
either whip him or give up its absurd
claims. Denver Tribune,