Jmm
ZiJ.JACKULEK
, PRACTICAL
WATCHMAKER, JEWELER, AND
OPTICIAN.
ALL WDRlTwARRANTED.
Dealer la Wtefcs. Clek, Jewelry,
Spcctaelra rt Fjreglaaa,
And ft Fall Line of
Cigars, Tobaccos and Fancy Goods.
. The only reliable Optometer la town fcr tbe
proper adjustment of Spectacles ; always oo band.
Depot of the Genuine BrazilianPebble Spec
, taclesand Eyeglasses. k
OFf'Tr First door sotiMfof poet office; Roue
urf . Oregon. '
DR.
S7. DAVIS,
DENTIST,
R03EBURG, OREGON.
OfFICE-OS JACK30S ITREKT,
OPPOSITE THE POSfOFFICE.
.Nearest to the Railroad Depot, Oakland
Jhm. Malioney, Prop'r.
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Tha finest of wines, liquors and cigars in Dow$
lu county, and tha beat
la tha State keptia proper repairs
t artiea traveling on the railroad will find this
place rery hand to visit daring the stop
ping of the train at the Oak
land, Depot. Giro ma acall.
a i
r . ' JOHN FRASER,
Home Made Furniture,
WILBUR,
OBKOOS.
Upholstery, Spring Mattrasses, Etc.
Constantly on hand.
rimniTlint? I hare the best stocks
runif I I Unr.1 furniture south of Portland
And all of ray own manufacture.
No, two Prices to Customers
L Residents of Douglas county are requested to
give rae a call before purchasing elsewhere.
, JALWORKWARBANTED.-gB
DEPOT HOTEL-
AAkLAND, - . OREUON.
Richard Thomas, Prop'r.
nTHI8 flOTEL (IAS BEEN ESTABLISHED
- for a number of years, end has become rery
popular jvith the traveling public. First-class
SLECPINC ACCOMMODATIONS.
And the table supplied with the best the market
a Bonis. Hotel at tbe depot of Ihe Kail road.
XH AVINQ ON AND A LARGK LOT OF FINK
Spanish Merino
: BUCKS,
I offer the ame for sale, Cheap for Cash, at my
Farm In Douglas county, six miles from Rose bur
HENRY CONN, Sr.
r
H. C. STAriTOn,
Dealer in
Staple Dry Coodsl
Keeps constantly on hand
ment of
a general assort-
EXTRA FINE GROCERIES,
WOOD, WILLOW AND ULASSWAUF,
ALSO
Crockery and Cordage
' A full stock of
H C H t)OL
33 O O I8
8iu-h as required by the Public County Schools
All kinds of STATIONERY, TOYS and
FANCY ARTICLES
To suit both Young and, Old.
OUYS AND SELLS LEGAL TENDERS
furnishes Checks on Portland, and procures
Drafts on ban rranmsco.
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ALL KiXDS OF BKST QUALITY
ALL Olt DER8 J
Promptly attended to and Goods shipned
with care.
Address. Haeheney & Bene,
Portland. Oresrf
JKotlcc,
Kntim fa heretT irlven. to whom it .nay concern, that
tht unileraiirnil ha been awarded the contract for
th DouuUs countv Pauper lor the p-riod of
two ve&rx. All oeraous iu need of asaistince from aid
uMintr must firat procure a certifiette to that effect
fr. m a.iiv member of the Countv Board, aiul present it
to one of the following named persons, who are author
(zed to, and will care for those presenting such certificate
W. L. But ten, Roeeburg ; L. L Kellot.ir,.Oakliuid ; Mrs
Brown. Lovkinir Glass. Dr. Scrotres authorized to
ftimmh medical aid to all persons in need of the same
ho have been declared paupers of Douglas county.
WM. R CLARKE, Sups, of Poor.
Kosiroan. Or.. Feb. U. 1880
The memory of General A. J. Myer,
"Old Probabilities, w to be honored by
the erection of a fine granite and bronze
mausoleum in Forest Lawn cemetery,
Buffalo. The structure will be 20 feet
square at the base and 39 feet high, in
eluding a surmounting globe.
One of his doctors says now that Mr,;
uendrick a trouble was erysipelas, ag
gravated by treatment for senile
gangrene, which he never had.
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LATEST NEWS SUMMAliY
TELEGRAPH TO BATt
Imperialists ae urged to proclaim
Prince Victor emperor of France.
The Kingston, Jamaica, fire and relief
fund, sends thanks to the United States
for contributions.
Hon. James Patrick. Sr.. the oldest
journalist in Ohio, died on the 21th ult.,
at New Philadelphia, aged 91.
Two negro murderers of H. H. Rudd,
of Walker county, Ga., have been cap
tured. There are threats of lynching.
Thirty-seven cadets of the military
academy of Pennsylvania were dismissed
for going to a theater contrary to orders.
Ex-empress Eugenie visited Paris last
week, but in compliances with President
Grevey'a request has returned ; to Lon
don; a' : :, ry
Grand Father Roessley , aged 93, born
in Germany, died on the 24th in Fairfield
county, Ohio. He fought under Bone
parte at Waterloo. He leaves a large
family.
It is generally understood that Van -derbilt
will purchase collections of old
masters, owned by a gentleman in San
Francisco, and place them -in a gallery
he is about to erect in New York.
Over 150 families residing in the
northeastern part of Columbus are in
destitute circumstances, paused by the
closing down of ' the Columbus mill
Christmas, throwing them out of .work.
The auxiliary steamer Geo. S. Homer
has just sailed from New York for Port
land. This is the first vessel constructed
for the Cape Horn trade with auxiliary
steam power, and this is her first voyage.
Proceedings in equity have been begun
by the United States against the Phila
delphia Reading railroad, for the re
covery of $500,000 which the United
States claims is due as tax on scrip issued
by tbe company.
The oil market is excited at Buffalo. A
sharp advance, opening 93 , was dropped
to 93)4 iu the first fifteen minutes, and
from that on there was an uninterrupted
advance until $1 was reached, which was
the closing bid. , r
The first through freight train for
New Orleans, over the Southern Pacific
Company's new route, left San Francisco
on the 25th nit. The train embraced one
full carload of canned salmon, and two
cars of California wine.
A Richmond dispatch of the 25th says:
Information is received to day to the
effect that a few nights since a body of
distinguished men forcibly took from the
jail of Russell county, Va., two white
men, named O. F. Farrall and Evan
Griffith, confined on a charge of obtain
ing, under false pretenses, about $16,000
wortn of cattlo from grazers in this see
tion. It is not yet known what disposi
tion they made of the prisoners, but it is
believed they were lynched.
An express train on the Southern Pa
cific got beyond the control of the brake
men on ine morning oi me zutu nil., ana
'S- it . t ii nn a i
Dac&ed witn irigbtiul velocity down a
steep grade, wrecking the train and kill
ing 22 persons. The grade is several
miles long, and has an average rise of 116
feet to the mile, and down this the train
went flying at lightning speed. The cars
soon caught fire from overturned stoves
and the flames burnt out in every direc
tion. After running 4 miles the two
sleepers baggage, mail and express cars
jumped the track and were hurled broad
side, when many passengers jammed in
the debris were burned to death. Miss
Squires of Oaklaadt and Mrs. ex-Go v.
Downey are among, the. victims.
A dispatch from Key ser, W. Va., of the
44th nit., says: One of the most terrible
ana fatal railroad accidents that ever
occurred in this part of the country hap
pened on Georges Creek and Cumber
land railroad to day. Three coal trains,
consisting of three locomotives, .fifty-two
hoppers and seventeen gondolas, all
lonued, started from Cumberland, coupled
together, one engine in front, another in
the middle and one in the rear. In going
down one of the steep grades the engines
lost control and tue train started down
a steep incline at a fearful rate of speed
ltie train kept the track until it got on
the trestle work. .Having reached the
curve, tue tront engine new tne trade,
dragging all three trains, cars and loco
motives after it, all going rolling and
tumbling down a steep hill between 80
and 100 feet high. Each train consisted
of one conductor, two brakemen, fireman
and engineer, iu all fifteen, six of whom
were killed and all more or less injured.
The Hamburg-American steamer Cim-
bria collided with the English steamer
Sultan in a dense fog in the German
ocean on the morning of the 19th ult., and
sank in 15 minutes. She left Hamburg
the day previous witu 4.67 persons on
board, of whom but bd are known to have
been save:!. The steamer had boats,
but 5 of these it was impossil le to launch
on account of the lurching of the vessel
and the short time allowed. Captain
Hansen was standing on the bridge when
the ship went down. Ihe place of colli
sion was on the ocean highway much f re
quented by vessels. The Cimbria lies
in 90 feet of water with the topsail yards
visible. But o women were saved. The
Sultan .. was but slightly injured and
steamed away leaving the Cimbiia to her
fate. The survivors who escaped in
ooats say mat wuen tuey rowed away
from the scene the water was covered by
bodies kept up by life belts. Tugs were
sent out to the wreck but the most vigi
lant search failed to discover any addi
tional survivors. The Sultan has been
seized by the authorities at Hamburg
and a tnorougn investigation will be had.
The Cimbria's passengers were mostly
emigrants irom xast Prussia bound for
New York. The scenes at the time of
the wreck were appalling. A passenger
in the shrouds begged his neighbors to
push him into the ?a, he being too much
chilled to move himself. They refused
.to do so, when he let himself fall head
long into the waves. An elderly woman.
holding her bible in her cramped hands
and singing loudly funeral hymns, was
washed away from the deck. Two girls,
belonging to the Sanbian singing troupe,
having secured life-belts, swam about
for a long time frantically crying, Help!
help!- The people in the rigging cried,
"Come to the rigging; we cannot move."
The grls, half benumbed and no longer
able to swim, cried out for the last time,
"We can't come," and disappeared be
neath the waves.
The American Peace Society has come
into possession of $40,000, bequeathed by
Rev. Geo. C. Beck with. .
Katicaghala, a whisky peddling Indian,
was dragged from his house recently by
a party of Indians, and beaten and shot
to death. -"v: y-.; .
The board of directors of tbe Chicago
board of trade fix the margin prioe on
corn for January delivery at 55 cents.
This is a decided victory for the bears.
Jansen. the resurrectionist, who ex
humed the body of Shaw, who killed his
sister, has been sentenced to imprison
ment for eleven months and twenty-nine
days, i -;.r,, ' '
A Newport, R. I., dispatch of January
26th says: Kate Judd, who has already
served five years in prison for arson, has
been arrested on a charge of burning
Weayerville. She is suspected of other
incendiary acts. . . i
Mrs. Grace Wellman, wife of John- H:
Wellman, the Denver lawyer, who sui
cided near Pueblo several weeks ago and
whose body was found recently fright
fully disfigured by magpies, . has three
times attempted to destroy herself in the
last two days.
The unprecedented cold has produced
widespread destitution among the poorer
classes at Lynchburg, Va., especially
among the negroes, hundreds of whom
are out of employment in consequence
of the suspension of work in the tobacco
factories, on account of the tax question
agitation!
A Yreka dispatch of the 25th ult. says:
James Beveridge, an old pioneer teamster
of this place, was killed yesterday near
Portuguese Flat, on tlie Sacramento river
road, in Shasta county. He was hauliag
a load of freight from Redding for Yreka,
and being thrown from his wagon he"fell
on his head so that bis neck was broken.
A Muskogee, Indian Territory, dispatch
of Jan. 28th says: While a guard of
soldiers on "Wednesday were taking
$200,000, belonging to the Creek orphan
fund, to Okmulkee, where it was to be
distributed, they were fired upon from
the bush by unknown persons. The
troops returned the fire but no casualties
are reported.
The Tribune's Gunnison special of the
28th ult. says: Yesterday two miners,
Lawler and Owen, were caught in a snow
slide near Irwin, and carried several
hundred vards down the side of the
mountain. Owen, who had a long pole
W -
used in snowshoeing, succeeded in mak
ing a hole through the snow, thus enab
ling him to breath until be could extri
cate himself. A large party of miners
late in the evening found Lawler dead
There has been a marked improvement
in the face of the drift on the 2500 foot
level of the Norcross mine in Nevada.
It has been found that toe mass of ma
terial outside of the strike of white quartz
found recently is ore, though the outside
of the rock, at first sight, looks like lignt
porphvry. being covered with a green
stain. On being broken open this rook
shows blaok sulphurets, and several as
sava show over $100 silver per ton in
mental. The extent is not yet Known.
Two middle aged men arrived in the
town of Rockville. S. C. on the 27th ult.
They gave their names as Elders John
M. Eaton and Angus McKay, of bait
Lake, missionaries of the cbnrch of
Latter Day Saints, and announced their
intention of entering at once upon their
work cf proselytism. A committee of
young men of the town waited on them
and warned them to leave the county
within 24 hours, on pain of being tarred
and feathered and ridden on a rail. They
left
A general funeral of the victims of the
Newhall bouse disaster occurred at Mil
waukee on tne VSutn nit. uusinesa was
suspended. The funeral over twenty
three of the bodies was by Protestants,
and twenty by Catholics. Sabsequently
the two processions joined on the way to
their respective cemeteries, forming a
procession two milea long. The Protes
tant ceremonies were in the exposition
building, and during tueir progress a
steam pipe burst, causing a temporary
panic among the 0000 persons present
The condition of the San Francisco
streets is such as to -excite severe criti
cism. ' The recent rainstorm ha3 broken
the culverts and a horrible stench is em
anating from the cesspools and the sewers
are said to be damaged in the outskirts
of the city, while the business thorough,
fare along the city front are almost
blocked with mud. The street depart
ment fund is virtually exhausted, so as
to leave no prospect of immediate relief.
Viewed from a sanitary standpoint the
situation is alarming, as it cannot fail to
be productive of disease unless speedily
remedied.
It is probable when the question of the
abrogation of the Hawaiian treaty comes
before congress, a proposition for the
annexation of the islands will be made
by some of the southern senators in favor
of annexation. Senator George said he
not only wanted the United States to
acquire all the territory on the continent,
but to reach out into both oceans and
take possession of the islands that natur
ally belong to the United States. Senator
Maxey thought destiny pointed to the
acquisition of every foot of territory from
the .North Jfole to the isthmus of 1'ana-
ma. Senators Jones and Kellogg would
take all the land within reach of our very
long fingers and grapple it to our hearts
with hooks of steel. Logan was opposed
to further acquisition of territory.
A Milwaukee dispatch of Jan. 28th says:
The Newhall house inquest to-day devel
oped considerable adverse criticism on
the actions of the fire department. Pri
vate Watchnan Richards was one of the)
first on the scene. Efforts were made by
the firemen to raise, a 70-foot extension
ladder, but the gearing broke. Then
only short ladders were raised. In wit
ness' opinion all the inmates0ould have
been aroused if the proper efforts had
been mode. Kleinsteuber, electrician, of
the police alarm, rescued seven persons
over a fire escape on the north end of the
building: he called to the firemen to
assist, bat they refuse!. He says the
firemen were excited and without proper
system. John Fnrlong saw the register
on the counter after the alarm was given,
but does not know what became of it.
Detective Reimer, testifying in regard to
the missing register, said to the best of
his belief, Antisdel, Jr., had the books
under his arm when coming out of the
burning building.
Lonise.
Society is in a flutter of excitement
over a dispatch to the New York Time's
purporting to explain why, instead of re
turning to RideaufHall from British Co
lumbia, the Govefenor-'GeneTal and Prin
cess Louise will travel in the Southern
States for a time.mfter which the Prin-
A T 1 -m ...
cess win go to isecm joa ior tne winter.
Briefly stated, the cause of the non-return
of royalty is said; to be Lady Macdonald's
disagreeable apd- intrusive f habits.
Friends of the letter are very angry, and
characterize the dispatch as a premedi
tated insult.. An outline of what are al
leged to be the facts that have stirred up
this tempest in the provincial teapot will
not be without interest. When the Mar
quis of Lome and his royal helpmeet
reached here 'in November, 1878. Sir
John A. MacdonaM had been returned to
-j.' 1- . :.jfcs-.lt - . IT.
power oy an cuuruiuxw majority. na is
a man of great force and equal ambition.
He is not only at the bead of his party, ,
but is its soul and its life. What he is in
politic 8, his wife, Lady Macdonald, as
pired to be in society. Perhaps this was
in no way more clearly shown than by
the manner in which she sought to take
charge of the Princess Louise and make
herself indispensable to her. It is even
said that she assumed the role of a female
Mentor, and told her Highness who she
ought and who she ought not to select as
her personal friends.
The Princess has enougu of her mother
in her to resent anything of that kind,
and so it came to pass that one day she
told Lady Macdonald, in effect, that she
knew enough about the duties of her
station to be able to regulate ' her own
conduct and to choose her own associates
without her assistance. This was not
enough, however. Lady Macdonald was
not so easily to be rebuffed, and finding
that she was not to be accepted as the
Princess' guide and counsellor, set up as
her rival. Rumor has it that the Prin
cess was not blind to all this, and that on
one occasion, when she was receiving
visitors, and Lady Macdonald called, she
devottd herself to the pretty wife of a
senator, a French-Canadian lady, to tbe
exclusion of her ladyship. More than
this, Lady Macdonald does not speak
French, and the Princess made it a point
to converse with the senators wife; in
that language. Lady Macdonald was not
able to conceal the rebuff, for it was
publicU administered, but they sav that
she revenged it by coining and circu
lating the insinuation set afloat as to the
not over happy marital relations of the
Marquis and Princess, which were cur
rent some time ago.
The state of affairs thus inaugurated
continued, and the Princess found her
situation .uncomfortable, and peihaps
did not conceal this fact as closely as she
might have done. To this is doubtless
due the impression that she dislikes
Canada and Canadians. It might be
going too far to say that the squabble
has determined her to winter in Ber
muda but people hint that such
is the case. When it was made
known that she would not return here
this winter, much disappointment was
caused. Parliament opens in February,
and society looks forward to a gay season,
a prominent feature of which would be
grand viceregal entertainments. It does
not satisfy society that Lady Macdonald
is here, however much pleased she her
self may be, but she is, and that without
a greater light near by. At first people
saia tnat tne princess was not ionu oi
.?1Val r
Canadians, and they were piqued at the
idea that they were not considered good
enough to bask in the sunshine of roy
alty. Others looked at the matter from
a patriotic standpoint, and expressed re
gret that she should have wilfully re
fused to endear her house to American
subjects of the crown: but there are not
a few who say that the princess is not to
blame. These last claim that her Royal
Highness is right not to subject herself
to a repetition of the unpleasantness of
the past. They go even further, and
hint that Ludy Macdonald has purposely
made Canada unpleasant to the princess,
so as to induce her to oppose any exten
sion of her husband s term of office,
which draws near its close. It is said
that she desires to reside at Rideau Hall
herself, which is not an unlikely event
should the Marquis go home, and Sir
John Macdonald, as is quite possible, be
appointed to succeed him as governor-
general.
An Iron Palace. -
it ' .
George L. Huston, of Parkersburgh.
Chester county, Pa., will build a palatial
private mansion for himself entirely of
iron, the foundation being of solid rock.
The architect is an Englishman whom
Mr. Huston recently met while abioad
The iron work is now being turned out
at Coatesville, as the superstructure is to
be of iron entirely. The floor of the hall,
vestibule and library will be laid with
polished cast iron tiles, in which differ
ent qualities of iron will be used to pro
duce the same variety oi color as in or
dinary tile flooring. All the other floors
of the house will be of stout iron plates
firmly bolted to the iron joists. The out
side wall and inside partitions all through
the structure will be composed of two
courses of iron plates firmly bolted to
gether, so as to be air-tight. These hol
low iron walls and partitions will be
Use I instead of chimneys for con
veying beat to different parts of the
house, and for ventilation. The hot
smoke and gases from the furnaces
passing through the sides of the rooms
in this way will, it is claimed, be almost
sufficient to keep the house comfortable
in the coldest weather, so that the heat
ing can be done with about one-half the
f uel ; required hi ordinary houses'. All
the doors and window sashes will also be
iron, but will be constructed in such
light way ana so niceiy Daiancea upon
hinges and weights as to open and shut
as easily as those made of wood. All the
; inside walls and partitions" will be
painted and frescoed so as to present the
appearance of an ordinary house finished
in plaster. ..Outside, the style of archi
tecture will be light and graceful, and it
will be painted and ornamented so as to
look as if it was built of wood. The
roof will be of strong boiler plate, and
on tne top, at tue convergence or the
four gables, will be a handsome conser-
yatory supported at the four corners by
four Ionic pillars of iron. Inside tha
ornaments will be made of the same ma-
terial. Iu the parlor will be a mantel of
Lorno and
polished steel, handsomely ornamented.
There will be a similar one in the dining
room upan which -will -be en-
graved hunting scenes. ' In the li
brary will be a massive . mantel
so constructed that it will look as if it
were made of pig-iron fused together.
Quite a curiosity In this room will be a
cabinet for the exhibition of iron. This
will be constructed entirely of stronglv
magnetized iron, so that all the speci
mens will adhere by magnetic attraction.
In order to guard against the bulging
which would tike place in such a solid
iron structure on account of the contrac
tion and' expansion, caused by heat and
cold, there will be breaks in the iron at
intervals, which will be filled with rub
ber, so that when expansion takes place
there will be room for it without produc
ing any change in the contour of the
frame-work. As much as possible of the
furniture will also be iron,; so that -if it
tafces nre in any part nothing but the
carpet and the few articles of wood that
may be within reach will burn. The
house will be an architectural and scien
tific curiosity. Mr. Huston admits that
it may cost twice or three times as much
as an ordinary house, but claims, with a
little attention, that it will last for cen
turies without repairs, and will never
cost a cent for insurance. Reading (Pa.)
Jagie.
Death to Wild Ducts.
The wild duoks are more destructive
to grain this winter than are the geese
at least, that is the complaint of the
ranchers. While the geese feed more or
less during the day, the dnoks confine
their depredations to the night, when
the darkness prevents the herders from
warring against them. Charles Chap
man has been greatly annoyed by
ducks, and his grain has suffered to
a considerable extent. But Charlie has
hit upon an expedient that is not only
protecting his grain, but threatens to
annihilate the duck family. He stretched
five strands of barbed fence wire from
the top of bis barn to a post twenty-five
feet high, placing the wires about eight
inches apart. A hair-trigger shot-gun,
loaded, was fastened on tae side of the
post, at the top, the muzzles pointing
along the wires. From one of the latter
a small wire ran to the trigger of the
gun. This trap was set Thursday night
of last week. The wires were only thirty
four feet in length. About 2 o'clock
Friday morning Charlie was awakened
by the discharge of the gun. Then fol
lowed a chorus of "quacks." He went
out. On the ground in the vicinity of
the wires he found twenty-three ducksn
nineteen were dead, the remainder crip
pled so that they couldn t fly. Ten of the
lot had been struck by the shot
from - the gun. The remainder
had flown against the wires, the shock
killing them. He reloaded the gun and
tut up one of the wires which had been
oosened from the pole. Between three
and four o clock the same morning he
was again woke up. but didn't go out.
When he arose in the morning be picked
up thirtv-seven dead ducks making a
total of sixty killed during the night
He was in town Friday and told us that
he intended erecting at least five : hund
red yards of the trap on his grain fields
The experiment was suggested to him
by recollections of the mannet in which
prairie chickens killed themselves by fly
ing against the telegraph wires "back
East." The experiment would be a costly
one to large ranchers, but if the game
was bled immediately, so that it would.
be fit for maaket, the sale of ducks would
more than meet the outlay. Gndley
Herald.
Miss Living-stone's Yerdict.
At twenty minutes to four Thursday
afternoon, the case of Mary Alice Ali
mont Livingstone, who sued the million
aire oil merchant. Henry Fleming, for
breach of promise, demanding $75,000
was given to the jury in New : York
They were . out but a few moments
When they returned there was. strained
quiet in the room and the audience list
ened eagerly for the result. When the
jurors' names were called by Clerk Byrne
he asked: "Gentlemen of the jury, have
you agreed upon a verdict? The fore
man. Mr. Seaman: responded: . "We
have. We find for the plaintiff the f al
amount claimed." There was ah mstan
taneous cheer which shook the house
Mr.'Fleming had slipped out and was no
where to be seen. Cheer upon cheer
followed for the jury. Judge Pratt
sat back, with a contented smile
on his face, looked placidly at the
uproarious scene before him. Miss Liv
ingstone was in the witness room, where
she had been joined by her mother
They had not yet been informed of the
result. The junior counsel for the de
fense asked for a new trial and the plain
tiff asked for an extra allowance. Jus
tice Pratt granted a stay and fixed a day
for the argument of the motion for a new
trial. Miss Livingstone was making
love to her little baby in the waiting
room, with her mother by her side
when she heard the tramp of a throng
rushing, with cheers, to the door. She
was called out by a messenger and she
came with her baby in her arms. .The
crowd made way and on each side ot the
lane that was formed for her. there were
men and boys vigorously clapping their
hands. She colored almost, to purple
and her little one-year-old waved his
hand as though he knew something o
his mamma s victory.
flow to Buna Co-operative Store.
Philadelphia has a co-operative store
with a present capital of $36,650 and
real estate worth $20,000. it pays an
annual dividend to its shareholders o
six per cent., and returns quarterly to
customers from four to nine per cent, on
their purchases. The manager says the
whole secret of success in co-operation is
to start on a small scale and extend
business slowly. To this rule he attri
butes the success of the venture. ; It was
begun eight years ago by several men
who worked in a factory, and thought it
would be a good idea to cheapen pro
visions by bujing in lots and then divid-
J ing. They formed a little society, and
kept their stock in a room of a member's
. residence. Next they hired a small
i urn n1 from tw. tl,a w;naaa i...
grown to annual sales aggregating
$2$d,000.
liurled AH re In Russia
A most extraordinary case which has
astonished all the medical pfroession in
Russia and Poland, has iust come from
Warsaw. A short time ago three died in
he outskirts of the old capital a young
peasant woman who was buried with that
haste which characterises the funerals of
he Russian peasants. - A few das after
ward doctors were called to determine
he cause of her death, but' none could
say positively as to the nature of a disease
that had shown no symptoms whatever,
and which had brought this young woman
to a premature and sudden end. She was
buried in due course. However, it was
rumored about the city that her husband
often ill-treated . her,- and at her death
some people went so far as to say that he
was the cause of it. Theao rumors spread
more and more until they reached the ears
of the authorities, who immediately
caused the body to be exhumed. The
udicial commission followed the grave-
digger to the cemetery, and the latter
proceeded to disinter tbe remains. Hav
ing reached it, a rope was lowered, .and,
fixing it firmly arou ad the half -rotten
coffin, the ghastly fright was hoisted.
once more to the level' of the earth.
They opened the bier and, to their hor
ror and stupefaction, discovered not only
he woman, but a second sharer of this
her last resting-place, in the shape of a
still-born child, lying at her feet. The
child had arrived at entire maturity, and
had oeen born in the tomb, where it had
lved for several hours. Thus the tomb
of the mother had been both its cradle
and tomb at the same time. As to the
mother, it was discovered that she had
been buried alive when in a comotose
state, and, returning to. consciousness,
had given birth to the child. It was
easily discovered that the woman had
suffered terribly, for not only did the
dried-up blood, which was still visible
on he hps, give evidence of the fact, but
also her tongue, pierced by her teeth,
and her hands clasped together convul
sively. Burying people alive in Europe has
occurred too often of late years, and can
only be accounted for by the inattention
of doctors, which, in this case, should be
reated as a criminal offense. The fear
of the living of being immured alive has
gained sach power over the mind that
Russians, when on their death-bed, have
eft legacies for tbe foundation and main
enance of mortuaries in their native
city, where supposed corpses are placed
or three days m the hopes that their
thread of life may not have parted. The
mortuary at Friburg can be quoted as an
instance of the peculiar institutions.
which are confined principally to East
ern JUurope. where cataleptic tits are
known to be more prevalent than in any
other part of the globe.
In the center of the cemetery of Friburg
stands a house which, to an unobservant
person, would have .every appearance
of a small chapel. This thought
would" be suggested through the sight of
a tower, which contains a bell: but. on
entering this liliputian building, the
searcher for knowledge might be aston-
isnea at seeing a unman iorm, aeaa to au
appearance. , The stiff, rigid body rests
upon a marble slab, dressed in death s
garments, and the " ring?, which depend
frem a wire rope that runs through the
ceilicg, are attached to its fingers. A
further inspection, aided by the theory
of the apparatus which the genial attend
ant is willing to give to all visitors, would
explain this somewhat mysterious posi
tion of the dead body. The fingers of
the supposed corpse are placed in mag
netic steel rings that fit tightly. Should
the body show any signs of reanimation,
the slightest quiver of the nerves of the
fingers would affect the steel rings, which
in their turn communicate with another
stronger- magnetic current ' that forces
itself on the bell, making it toll, which
brings an attendant physician to the res
cue. By this means several bodies placed
in this mortuary since 1865 have returned
to bfe. A, peasant woman, named Fez
offeki. recently walked from her tomb on
the third day after burial. St. Peters
burg Cur. Philadelphia Press.
Why There U Social Pleasure at Wash'
iflglon
Official people have', as a rule, a short
working day. They begin their labors at
9 in the morning and finish at 4 in the
afternoon. They have then very little to
think of except their own pleasure.
Many of them are accomplished people,
and make a fine nucleus for an interest
ing social life. ' Around them are gath
ering rich people who have nothing to
do, and who live here because in Wash
ington they find the most enjoyment.
These two classes make up the be&t so
ciety, and they give to the citv an atmos
phere of leisure that ought to be, if it is
not, delightful to the denizens of other
and busier cities, where the rich people
are, as a ruie, immersed in tne cares of
commerce. ' Here there is no commerce.
XTT1 a.L . m
iui very iew exceptions, the rich men
who are in business are in retail trade,
the duties of which are too exacting to
permit those who engage in it to indulge
mucn in pleasures of any kind. Penn
stlvania avenue is a sf.ropr. nf
and there is' no highway in Washington
nuBto uieu pusu you out oi tne way as
they rush ou in pursuit of their golden
idol. Some hours of every day are given
up to social duties and pleasures
ana inis is tne reason why New, Year'i
iay does not much differ from
every other day of the winter. I said,
while ago, that people from other and
. ousier eities than this ought to find a
grateful relaxation in coming here. '
said "they ought to, because I know
that many of them do not. I had in
. - i . .
uimu wnat a prominent railway man
said to me on Christmas day. We were
in a house where there were a great
many men, and yt was only 4 o clock in
tue axiernoon. There were not many
famous menr but there were a large
number who are in society. There were
army and" navy officers among them a
general or two, and one or two rear
admirals and. as many captains; there
were . secretaries of legations, lawyers,
persons in high ofSojal lifo, and any
number of men about town. The rail
way man was astonished at the leisurely
way in which these people were taking
life, and he resented what he called their
waste of time. "I never saw such a
.place as Washington is for meretalk," he
said, and continued: f "They talkJike a
lot of women; there's no business ia it.
Whea l talk to a man it's about bnsinsE?,
and when I get through with him he
goes." I have two men in my oflco to
keep away persona who want to flk.just
as these people are talking to each
ether." He saw no beauty in such a
life as his friends here are living; There
is too much enjoyment in this, and too
little money too much sociability, too
many of the'graces of life That is the
way, I imagine, most men look on
Washington and its society. Boston
Post. . - . " : - . '
Abont Cats.
You are accused," said the Austin
recorder to the culprit, "of having fireJ
a gun twice within the city limits. Did
you kill or cripple anybody?"
"No, sir."
'It .is ayevy serious matter to fire off
a gun in the city limits "and not kill any- '
body. Don't you know,you are liable to
be punished, very severely punished for
such carelessness?"
"Yes, your Honor; but there are some
very mitigating circumstances."
'What are they,, and how many of
them are there?" ' - "' '
There are cats, your Honor, and from
the noise they make I should think there
were about , a thousand of them. They
made a worse racket than Wash Jones
Ireland did when they had that joint
gubernatorial discussion at Houston."
"So you are troubled by cats?"
"Yes, your Honor, they worry me
nearly to death, and I fired at them
twice. That's how I came to violate the
city ordinance." ;
: Recorder (brightening up) "Come
here, prisoner, I wish to consult with
you confidentially. Tell me, how many
did you kill?":
"Three with the first barrel and two
"Splendid! Glorious! What size
shot do yon. use when, you violate the
citv ordinance by discharging firearms
within the city limits?'
"I use duck shot, it fetches them
every time.
"I m glad to hear that. I ve been
using a size smaller when l violated the
city ordinance. , ' Would you object to
ending me your gun?
"I will ' lend it to you with pleasure,
replied the prisoner, "but., your honor
must remember that yon are liable to be
severely punished if. you shoot off a gun
inside the city limits and do not kill any
body." r .
"You can go, but do not let it happen
again. f Texas Siftings. .
a i . ii ii f 1 1 , H
Eleraiors In noteis.
The burning of the Milwaukee hotel
repeats a warning which has often been
given people before, which is, that in the
event of fire the elevator shaft simply be
comes a funnel for the flames to draw
through, and instead of it being a means
of safety, it very soon becomes tbe vor
tex of the fire. All - large hotels should
be so arranged that people, in the event
of a fire in the house could reach a
flight of stairs without passing the ele
vator at all. Then there should be sim
ple -; directions posted in each room, ex
plaining to guests the course to take to.
the nearest flight of stairs, and these pre
cautions, together with plenty of watch-
men and fare-escapes, would prevent any
such murders as those perpetrated in
Milwaukee. They were no less than
murders, but just the. same results
would follow in a hundred other places
were a fire to break out. Land has be
come so valuable in the great cities that
hotels and tenament houses are run up
five, six and seven stories in height, and
to make , every inch , possible available
for rooms, the necessary stairs are neg
lected, and no pains are taken to explain
to guests where the stairs can be found
in case of accident. Strangers . come to
a hotel; they are shot , up to a certain
floor in an elevator; from a -sound sleep
they, are awakened ; by an alarm of fire;
they rush to the elevator and find a
column of fire; they do not know where
the stairs are; by this time the building
is filled with screams of f ran ticm en and
women ; utter confusion and panic fol
low an 1 in a little while all are lost.
Every state should make the most
stringent laws regarding every publio
building, and when the state neglects
the duty, each city should see to
it that . no unsafe publio house should
ever get a license, and that no more un
safe houses shall ever be built.
: A Chinese Fxabt. Many ladies in
Hartford look back with pleasure to the
stay 6f the Chinese Embassadors there
while they were awaiting further orders.
They showed great fondness for good so
ciety and ere entertained in many of
the luxurious and refined homes of our
city. , It was something to remember to
see a group of these high officials enter a
parlor, dressed in elegant robes of light
blue, garnet, cream or brown silk, with
the ample sleeves turned back over their
delicate hands and ' showing the white
silk linings. One gentleman perhaps in
mourning, wore an exquisite brocade
silk robe and trousers and white silk
gloves. They always wear their littla
round hate and outer coats during a visit;
and could scarcely be persuaded to re
move them when the drops of perspira
tion stood on their iaces.in a warm room.
A young unmarried attache, who gener
ally appeared in light bine, became
much enamored of the beautiful girls
whom he- met in sooity, and paid most
devoted attention to one not far from
Washington street. Having been present
at a party given at her honsa, he was
particularly taken with the spectacle of
various "young men and women engaged
in flirtation sitting on the stairs. Tha
custom struck him as desirably cosey, so
as early as nine o'clock the , next morn
ing, before the young lady had eaten her
breakfast, he appeared at the door, and
when, in some surprise, she greeted him,
he at once made known his business. "I
have come, Hiss said the poor boy.
"to ask you if you will pJeasa sit on the
stair's with me a little while?" Hartford
Globe. " :
Texas news is monotonous; it is qui
derer escaped, a murderer captured, or
a murderer hanged always a murder.
Chronicle. You should state tha cro vx
its proportion s, about this way: Oaa hun
dred murders committed; ninety mur
derers escape!; ten murderers capture I;
one murderer ha cgs .1 rJ lob 3-D ; n ,