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VOL VIIL
ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY. APRIL, 21, 1883.
NO. 2.
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II Ml wiupith
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:9'J.JASKULEK
PRACTICAL
WATCHMAKER, JEWELER,
- OPTICIAN.
AND
.. ALL WORK WARRANTED.
Dealer In Wntc&tt, Clocks, Jewelry,
Spectacles and FyfRlasars,
And a Fall Line of
Cigars, Tobaccos and Fancy Goods.
The only reliable Optometer in town for the
proper adjustment of Spectacles : always on band.
Depot of the Genuine Brazilian Pebble Spec
tacles and Eyeglasses.
OFFICE First door soutA of post office. Rose
bora;. Oregon . , . ...... ; ..
DE. M. W. DAVIS,
DENTIST.
R05EBURG, OREGON.
OFFICE-OS J ACK50S STREET.
Up Stairs, ovir 8. V srks & Co.'s New Store.
r.TAHOfiEY'S SALOON
Nearest to the Railroad Depot, Oakland
Ja. Muhoney, Prop'r.
The finest of winesliquors and cigars in Doaf
laa county, and the best
la the State kept la proper repair:
rartlea traveling on the railroad will find tab
plaoe very hand to Tisit daring the stop
' ping of the train at the Oak
land Depot. Giro me ao&lL -
J as. MAnOIii Y.
JOHN FRASER,
mm If J TJI i I
U0H16 . H UmitUrS.
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WILBUR,
ORKGOX.
Upholstery, Spring Mattrasses, Etc.,
Constantly on hand.
PIIRfjlTMPE 1 haT best stock of
r 11(1111 I Unt. iurnltnre south of Fortlaud
And all of ray own manufacture.
No two Prices to Customers
ETeaiJenta of Douglas county are requested to
give me a call before purchasing elsewhere.
SST ALL WORK WARRANTED.-
DEPOT HOTEL
dAUULAXD, - - OltEUOJff.
Hichard Thomas, Prop'r.
rPHIS HOTEL HAS BEEW ESTABLISHED
for a nrt.nber of years, and has become very
, popularruh. the. traveling public. First-class
SLStrPINC ACCOMMODATIONS.
And the table supplied with the best the market
affords. Hotel at the depot of the ivailroad.
A VINO ON Hand A LARGE LOT OF FINE
Spanish Merino
I offer the ame for sale, Chea for Cash, at my
Farm in Douglas county, six miles from Roseburg
HENRY CONN, Sr.
H. C. STAFITOfl,
Dealer in
Staple Dry Coods !
Keeps constantly on ham!
ment of
a general assort-
EXTRA FINE GROCERIES,
WOOD, WILLOW AND GLASS WAUF,
ALSO
Crockery and Cordage
A full stock of
SCHOOL
BOO Kg
Such as required by the Public County Schools,
All kinds of STATIONERY. TOYS and
PA5CY AUTICL.ES,
To suit both Young and Old.
B
XJYS AND SELLS LEGAL TENDERS,
furnishes Checks on Portland, and procures
Drafts on San Francisco.
8EEDS!"a rEEDS !
ALL ElMtt OF BUST QUALITY
A I, I, OR DERS
Promptly attended to and Goods shipoed
. Uli care.
, ....
Address. Jlachenet & Beno,
Portland. Orejron.
jSotice.
wi.mi U h-r.l r iMven. to whom II .nay concern, that
th undersigned has been wrded the contrmet for
v. nmwi.a nmintv Hiiiix-rn for tis pt'iiod ot
two vears. All persons iu need of assistance iroai aid
' county must first procure a certificate to that effect
of the County Board, and present it
' to one of the following named persons, who are author-
Ued to, and will care Tor uiose preseungucn cbtvuimi
w i Rntton Rnaobunr: L. L. Kelloinr. Oakland; Mrs
Brown, Looking Olas. Dr. 8crojrgs is authoriied to
torn lab medlcd aid to all parsons in need of the same
' who hays been ueciarea paupers y
. WM. B. CLARKE, Supt. of 1'oor.
fUwnroat. Or. Feb. 15. XS80
The Chicago home for the friendless
- refuses to tate more abandoned infants
beoause it is found that with the best of
care 90 per cent ot the whole number
die. A regular foundling hospital is
f called for.
Peter Mackel and Prank Kiser engaged
in a shooting affray at j White Oaks, N.
M., recently, caued by the latter's inti
macy with the former's daughter. Kiser
received a mortal wound ia the breast,
and Meckel's hip was shattered.
LITEST mm SUMMARY.
BY TKUEGRAFII TO DATE.
A fire at Bordeaux April 12th com -pletely
destroyed the military bake
house and a large quantity of provisions
and military stores.
The Continental oil works at Denver
were destroyed by fire April 12th. The
loss is estimated at $125,000: partly in
sured in several companies.
The Chinese consul writes that If CM-
nese children are excluded from the pub
lic schools of the state of California, the
Chinese will refuse to 'pay -poll tax;
amounting to $175,000, which helps to
support the schools. .
Ezra H. Hey wood, of Boston, charged
with sending obscene matter through the
mai !a, made a live hours address to the
jury, explaining his principles, and the
jury after two hours deliberation de
clared him not guilty.
An Ottawa dispatch of' April 12th says:
The Indians who 'crossed from Minne
sota into Canada are being decimated by
smallpox. Three hunlred are reported
dead. The remainder are on their way
to Portage la Prairie.
A Rangoon dispatch of April 12th says:
A disastrous fire occurred to-day at Mad
aiay, Barmah. One thousand bnildings
were destroyed, including residences of
several cabinet ministers. Two prisoners
were burned to death in cells.
The London papers of April 12th re
port a terrible catastrophe in the theater
at Bivello, caused by an explosion of
gas. A performance was in progress at
the time, and the theater was crowded.
Many were killed in the panio which en
sued. . j
A Booth Bay, Maine, dispatch of April
11th savs: 'lbe extensive buildings o:
the Knickerbocker! company, and its en
11th savs: The extensive buildings of
l i ,1 u
totally destroyed by fire and 60,000 tons
of ice ruined to-day. Wharves were also
destroyed.
The Irish members of the house of
commons on ministerial benches will
inane a united petition to the English
government, setting forth the most
urgent necessity of meeting Ihe distress
in Ireland, owing to the inadequate sup
ply of food.
The banquet of phvsicians of New
I or a to Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes re
cently, was a notable affair. Whitelaw
Reid, George William Curtis and Wil
liam Evarts were among the guests who
responded to sentiments. Dr. Holmes
made his response in a poem.
The San Francisco Commercial Herald
in a tabulated statement of the foreign
import trade of that city for the first
quarter of the year, shows that it was
nearly a million and a nail larger than
that of the corresponding period of last
year. Yokohama J and Hongkong were
the principal points of import.
A Lynchburg dispatch of April 12th
says: marly tms morning iuu disguised
persons attacked the jail at Wytheville,
coerced the sheriff into a surrender of
the keys, and took Wm. Crockett from
the jail and hanged him from a beam in
the outskirts ol town, uroccett was
awaiting trial for the murder of Josh F.
Hunt in Wytheville.
A Bakersfield dispatch cf April 12th
says: Daniel, oweeney was assassinated
to night about 7:du, on our mam street.
He was shot in the back of the head with
a pistol, txe was aooui zu yoars oi age,
and is from San Francisco. He was a
laborer, and recently worked on a farm
in this vicinity, j The assassin is sup
posed to be one Pat Fitzgerald.
A London dispatch of April 12tb says:
At a banquet at the Mansion house last
evening Lord Alcestor eulogized Ad
miral Nicholson, and said: 4 4 Although
representing a country thousands of
miles away, he is still very near an
Englishman in blood. I will never for
get the cheers with which the men on
the gallant admiral's ship greeted
English sailors whilst steering around
our squadron at the time of the bom
bardment of Alexandria. He did every
thing in his power to aid us."
A Washington dispatoh of April 12th
save: it is oeaevea mac ine jjriusn gov
ernment has made strong exertions to
induce the United States to co-operate
in the proposed system of surveillance.
whereby Americans euspected of con
spiring against what is termed the peace
of Great Britain imay be detected and
prevented from carrying out their pur
poses. The British minister lias repre
sented to this government that the
troublesome clasa of persons with which
her majesty's government has to contend
are Americans ot Irish descent, who con-
nub'ate in every! possible manner for
Irish independence. Her majesty's rep
resentative was fully informed some
time prior to the departure of the
president of tne policy ol tins govern
ment with respect to the surrender of
persons on American soil accused by
England of the committal of public of
fenses. All prisoners who under the ex
tradition laws can be shown to have
committed crimes in England will, after
compliance with just forms, be surren
dered to that government in accordance
with the treaty, j In every case Great
Britain must submit satisfactory evi
dence of the guilt of the person accused
before the surrender will be made. Sua
picion or presumption of guilt will not
do. Identification must be positive. The
cabinet has fully considered this ques
tion. That England has for years past
been an asylum for the vilest class of
political offenders is known to history
and is remembered by the administra
tion, and it does not propose to deny to
persons living within the borders of the
United States a just and equal protection
of laws.- In the case of Sheridan the
British crovernment evidently hoDed to
secure his possession without full com
pliance with the extradition laws, and
the fact that be has not been arrested is
regarded as evidence that the plans of
the British authorities are baffled. The
rights of -American citizens in Ireland
will be protected under the laws to the
best of this government's ability. All
negotiations , between tne two powers
have been carried on in a friendly spirit,
but the administration has firmly insisted
upon a strict compliance by Great Brit
ain, in every particular with the letter
oi tne esisuug law.
Sitting Bull is reported to have joined
the Catholic church.
Two men were killed by a powder ex
plosion at Acton, Mass., on the 10th.
The Democrats of Georgia nominated
fl. D. McDaniels, of Walton county, for
governor.
The rainfall in New Orleans recently
was quite heavy, 11.45 inches falling in
56 hours.
Henry Merritt, a laborer, was killed
by a wall falling on him at Elmira, N.
Y.i recently.
-Hon. Walter Q. Gresham of Indiana
wap appointed postmaster-general by
the President. "
A five-story building was destroyed by
fire on Broadway, New York city, April
15th. Loss, $170,000.
Late Japanese investigations in Corea
fix the population at 7,000,000. The cap
ital with suburbs has "200,000.
The roundhouse and machine shops of
the Northwestern railway burned at
Winona, Minn., April 11th.
Brady, one of the prisoners on trial in
Dublin for the assassination of Lords Cav
endish and Burke, last summer, was con
victed on the 14th inst.
The recent floods at Bismarck, D. C,
washed out three hundred feet of the
northern Pacific railway track, on the
west side of the river. The low lands
are all under water, and the river is ris
ing rapidly.
A St. Petersburg dispatch of April
10th says: The great trial of nihilists
has begun. Three of the aooused act as
their own counsel. The others retain
lawyers.
A Dnblin dispatch of April 10th says:
A number of arrests have been made in
connection with the murder of Lydens,
committed two years ago, and of Con
stable Kavanaugh.
At a meeting of the Republican cen
tral committee of the district of Colum
bia, resolutions were adopted favoring a
movement to secure restoration of suf
frage for the citizens of Washington.
Business failures for the past seven
days ending April 13th, number 189, as
against 197 last week, and 182 the week
previous. New England States, 14,
Western 54,Middle 26, Southern 41, Pa
cific states and territories 10, New York
city 12, and Canada 32.
A St. Petersburg dispatch of April
11th says: Several officers of the Russian
army will soon be tried for nihilism,
owing to the discovery of the meanirig of
cipher letters embodied in some of
Prince Krapotkin's documents, which
were given into the hands of the Russian
government by the French authorities.
In the Pennsylvania legislature a bill
was introduced to prohibit the manufac
ture and sale of infernal machines and
devices to destroy life and injure prop
erty. A bill was introduced preventing
any attempt to personate or represent
any being recognized as a divinity in the
new or old Testament, in any show or
theatrical performance.
An Ottawa dispatch of April 13th says:
In the event of the amalgamation of the
Winnepeg and Hudson bay and the
Nelson valley and Hudson bay railway
companies, it is proposed to organize an
expedition to explore the'Hudson straits.
The proposition is that if the dominion
government will contribute me-third of
the cost, and the imperial government
one-third, the new company will furnish
the remainder.
A Hermosillo. Mexico, dispatch of
April 11th says: Ninety-three persons
have been killed in this state since the
Apache outbreak, of which twenty-seven
were Americans. It is believed that
many killed are not yet reported. At
Palmo rancho ten were killed last Tues
day. Two women were hung up by the
hands and ripped open. rom one a
child was taken. It was found mangled
at the mother's feet. The bodies of the
men were horribly mangled.
A Dubuque dispatch of April 13th
says: unaries omitu, a weu-to-do larmer
living four miles north of Earlsville,
Iowa, went to his barn this forenoon,
where two sons, aged nine and thirteen,
were at work, and killed them with an
ax. Returning to nis nouse witu tne
. s 1 ita
same weapon he killed his wife. He
then attempted to slay his two daughters,
the only remaining members of the fam
ily, but they succeeded in reaching a
neighbor s house Barely, and gave the
alarm. When thev returned it was found
that Smith had killed himself .cutting his
thruat with a butcher knife.
Judge Gresham was qualified as post-
mabfer-general at Washington April 12th.
Of coarse the oath of office was adminis
tered by Judge La wrenson, one of the
clerks in the department. Whether the
post-master-general's oath would be
binding if taken before any one else than
Judge Liawrenson, is a mooted question'
in the department. It would certainly
be a great violation of ancient precedent,
and there is little doubt that the shock
of such a violation would be fatal to the
venerable notary, who has been em
ployed in the department ever since 1833,
and who has administered the oath of
office to nineteen consecutive postmaster-
generals, beginning with Cave Johnson
in 1545. The same bible has been used
on each occasion. It is a small, thick,
clumsy copy of the scriptures, in small
type, printed at Hartford in 1831, and
looks almost as venerable as its owner.
The brig Letitia, which arrived in New
York from Maracavbo. Venezuela, re
ports mac on marcn iwin, at o A. M.', a
revolution party headed by Boer Bozel
n-w T w. -
ais ana ueu. xariow, witn a lot of men
well equipped with Winchester 12-
shooters, took the town without opposi
tion, un landing the general assured
the peoDle that thev had nothiner to fa&r.
To all who joired them he gave Reming
ton rines. Most of the able-bodied men
joined him. He began immediately to
fortify the town in such a way as to show
the people that he meant to hold the
town against any attack. The roads lead
ing to the town were barricaded with
barrels two or three tiers high and filled
with sand. Mot of the women and ot
dren, and the sick and lame, who were
afraid of the burning of the town, were
put upon four vessels lying in port. ' Up
to the morning of the 29th no attack
was made by the government forces.' No
one was allowed to leave the town on
any pretext.
A STREET FAKIR STORY.
We will begin by saying "that a person
dressed up in a strange, fantastic manner
and going about the streets distributing
circulars, selling patent medicines, or
advertising some house or business by
show cards, is called a "street fakir."
When Teddy Banker came home in the
disguise of a frog, his little girl (Baby
Bobinet, as she was called,) was rather
in doubt at first; but after the father had
explained matters,' the odd dress be
came a source of perpetual delight to her
heart. ' -V
It was Teddy's fir$ employment since
rheumatism had taken "him prisoner and
obliged him to resign the head watoh
man's place of the " Fidelity Bank."
The humiliation was a grievous one,
and Tfiddy was about to decline wear
ing the ugly suit, when Baby Bobinet's
infantile face came before him, and for
her sake he at last concluded to par
ade the busy thoroughfares in that dis
guise. '
Teddy's new employer was desirous of
introducing to the attention of the pab
lic a new brand of shaving soap, or tooth
picks, (I can't say which,) to which he
had given the irrelavent title of "Jim
jams." In the equally irrelavent dress
of a frog he meant to attract the eyes of
a buying world. Closely fitting breeches
of green stuff, came to his knees, confin
ing from thence downward in vivid yel
low, and concluding in broad shoes,
painted to represent the splay-footed ex
panse of a frog's extremity; a coat with
long and narrow tails, also of green, fitted
closely about his body, and was liberally
splotched with black, the breast being of
deep yellow; while a mask, with huge
glaring goggle eyes completed Teddy's
outfit.
Of couree the "street arabs" coald not
resist an instinct, natural to every boy,
to pelt Teddy with orange and banana
skins, and objects of a more solid char
acter it being, apparently, the incon
testable right of every urchin to stone
bullfrogs, from iEaop s day down to the
present.
Baby Bobinet could not know this, and
her papa's costume was a source of un
mitigated pride, in which her delight
never lessened. Baby Bobinet was the
priceless treasure which Teddy Banker's
wife had bequeathed to him some five
years before, and the legatee cherished
the little sunbeam with a devotion to
which all other objects were small in
deed.
Teddy Banker occupied two rooms
with an honest widow, Mrs. O'Gliaty,
and Baby Bobinet remained in her care
during the tireless wanderings of the
"street fakir."
After her father, no one fostered great
er love and pride in the little lass than
Mrs. Catharine O'Glinty.- It vrould have
been a hard heart that could have resist
ed the claims of Baby Bobinet to a reign
ing place among the first ladies of the
royal heart chamber.
Teddy s mortification had lost much of
its wire edge at the time of which I write,
although Baby Bobinet had not yet
ceased to ujoy the costume in an emi
nent degree.
It was somewhere about dusk one day.
and the coal-oil lamp was illuminating
the front room, with its window looking
out upon the rather out of the way street.
Baby Bobinet was seated on the floor, in
the center of the room, surrounded by
her collection of marbles, blocks and
miscellaneous toys.
Mrs. O Glinty came in from the kitch
en witn a platter in lier nana ana an
apron thrown over her head going, as
sne saia, to cue corner ueyant ior a
rasher for daddy's snppher."
She had been absent but a moment,
when Baby Bobinet was at?acted by the
closing of the door which opened di
rectly upon the stteet. She looked up
and saw a slender young man pass hastily
through the room. She was attracted
by the fur collar "he wore about his
throat, and the hunted expression of his
colorless face. As ho passed rapidly
across the room he drew a handkerchief
from his pocket and wiped the moisture
from his forehead. Baby Bobinet stared
in a placid way at the intruder's exit,
and then went across the room to pick
up one of the glass marbles which had
evidently come in contact with the toe
of the briekly -moving stranger.
The marble had an especial attraction
for the little maid; and when Mrs.
O'Glinty came in from the grocer's, she
held it up admiringly that the dame
might observe it.
"Troth, an yer an angel gossoon but
I cant' be afther playin' wid ye now.
Daddy'll be wan tin his bite, I'll warrant
ye; for it s snarp tne weatner is outside.
my darlint! and then she hustled out of
the room with the closing admonition
"JNow, be afther gittin yer gewgaws in
tne box! Daddy 11 be here in a pig s
whistle.
Baby Bobinet made haste to put up
her treasures, the better to devote her
whole attention to the wondrous "street
rig" which only her. papa might wear.
Another incident happened to divert
the damsel's attention; and that was a
second si ran ere face, whose bearded out
lines she saw peering in at the window.
But it was quickly gone also, and, Baby
Bobinet gave her whole mind to gather
ing together her valuables.
The next evening there was an event
of a much more startling nature, the like
of which was quite beyond her compre
hension.
Papa had just come in from the street
and put aside the mask, in order to ob
tain his daugther a kiss in all its purity,
when the door was thrown violently
open and two raeU laid hands upon the
indignant Teddy. Why they should take
him away, or tumultuousiy to3s over
and examine the boxes, drawers and bed
clothes throughout the house she could
not understand ; but they did so.
Even the usually sage Mrs. O'Glintv
had no explanations to offer which could
sataafy Bobinet s perturbed mind.
That woithy matron's humor oscillated
from a tearful mood to spirited dennnni.
ations of "perlicemen" and the detective
force generally.
During the aiternoon, Mr. Stickem,
the boisterous proprietor of "Jim-iams "
called and put a new string on her Hi
bernian harp. Mr. Stickem had cnm
to recover his properties; he knew Bank
er was in trouoie, ana "m quod also;
out me puDiic must not suffer for the
wo or -jim-jams;" he must have an
other man to perigrinate the streets in
the suit, that he must; he really, hoped
the. detectives had left the suit;
it nadn t been a doia anything against
the peace and dignity of the common
wealth. He confessed he would be out
of pocket, but "Jim-jams" mast not suf
fer; he would be obliged to order another
suit at once.
Mrs. O'Glinty persuaded the ag
grieved Stickem to give her "the bottom
facts' concerning Teddy's arrest, which
may thus be summarized:
Some days before, a fashionably
dreBsed young man alighted from his
oarriage in front of the establishment of
Messrs. Asteroid & Carkus, and had re
quested to be shown some unset dia
monds. A tray of gems bad been placed
before him; and the customer, evidently
a connoisseur, had selected one. pavmsf
one hundred dollars for it. The gentle
man who was a person of education, had
been very talkative, and had occupied
considerable time over the purchase
saying that, as he wanted the gem for a
birthday gift for his wife, he must have
a stone of the best quality. He would
call back in a day or two with the draw
ing of the setting, which he desired the
Messrs. Asteroid & Carkus to manufac
ture.
Day before yesterday, as Mr. Stickem
explained, he came - back with the two
drawings and consulted with the clerk.
After discussing the matter, he concluded
to exchange the one large diamond for
two smaller ones. While engaged in ibis
treaty Teddy Banker came into the store
and left several advertising cards. His
odd drers attracted the attention of- the
purchaser, and he made some jesting re
mark to the clerk; and shortly after he
withdrew, leaving the diamonds and the
drawing in the hands of the attendant.
Mr. Asteroid having occasion to look
over the tray of gems the next day, took
it from the safe. No sooner had he
brought the tray forward to the light
than he exclaimed:
"Great Mercury I We've been robbed!
These are all pastel"
.Examination proved it, and more be
sides. The tray itself, notwithstanding
the worn velvet, was declared to be a
make up.
The amazed diamond merchant now
saw the game. The whole tries: be
came ch ar as day, and it flashed upon
him that the first visit of the elegantly
attired gentleman was one of discovery, !
and intended to create confidence. The
customer had carefully studied the dia
mond tray, and prepared one exactly like !
it in size and looks, even to the worn and
trayea velvet nning. Returning in a
few days, with a false tray and paste
stones, in size and number to correspond
with the genuine, he had parleyed over
the operation Pending the discussion
and examination of the gems and . the
drawing, the "street fakir" had entered,
and, in one of-'f he clerk s unwary mo
ments, the false tray had been substi
tuted, and the valuables transferred to a
convenient receptacle in the customer's
ulatcr. It was the old 4 stall and sneak
game in a new shape I
With all possible dispatch, Messrs.
Asteroid & Carkus had put the matter in
the hands of the city detectives, and our
hapless Teddy Banker had been the first
fruits of the official drag net.
In a few days the trial came on, and
Widow O'Glinty, with the perversity of
her sex, resolved to "see it out." She
could not resist the temptation. She
had attained sudden dignity among her
neighbors; the arrest of her boarder ele
vated her into a prominent position in
their eyes, and in response to the unani
mous view of the folks, nothing less was
expeoted of her.
Through the interposition of a police
man, a somewhat distant relative, she
managed to secure a seat "way to the
front."
Baby Bobinet was thore, too--for the
good woman conceived that anything
short of that would be doing something
less than her whole duty. Baby Bobinet
looked bewitching in a clean, white
dress, with a blue sprig and a blue rib
bon in her curling locks Mrs. O'Glinty
had bestowed much muscle and care in
"doing up the darlint'a dress."
It was with the utmost difficulty' that
the damsel could bo restrained from
rushing toward the dock in search of her
papa's strong arms; but by means of
specious promises the child was detained
and made to amu&e her3elf with several
marbles, which Mrs. O'Glinty had in
duced Baby Bobinet to bring with her,
to relieye the tedium of the trial.
The court assigned a young man of
clever attainments to defend Teddy
Banker, and to the evident discomfiture
of Mr. Asteroid, it now looked as if the
complainants would not be able to secure
Teddy 8 conviction. Aside from the
"frog dress, there was nothing , but
good to be heard of the prisoner. ;The
b idelity Bank had a good character to
bestow on him, through the testimony of
one of its officers, and there was no past
bad records to assail Teddy.
While Mr. Allen, Teddy's counsel,
was in the midst ot an eloquent defense
of his client, in which Mrs O'Glinty
was thoroughly absorbed, to the neg
lect of Baby Bobinet, that young lady,
whose thoughts were all with her father,
managed to slip quietly off the seat, and
was industriously picking her way
tnrougn the crowd to the "dock." Mrs.
O Glinty happening to look around dis
covered the loss of her protegee.
"Wmrrahl whirrahl an where s the
childer sthrolled away to?'J exclaimed
the excited vnmtn
This exclamation, reaohing Baby bob
inet s ears, naturally hastened her steps
towards ner latner s side.
The toe of her chubby boot caught in
tne matung, the little lass fell prone
upon the floor; and from between her
fingers escaped the glass marbles, one of
them rolling, to the feet of the prosecu
tor.
He pounced upon it like a hawk, look
ed at it for a moment, and then, starting
up, with the article between his fingers,
held it aloft, so that every eye could see
it- , : . :
"Your honor, here's one of the dia
monds which were stolen from nael
The thief's child has turned state's evi
dence!" There was a moment of silence in
which one might have heard the beating
of his own heart a moment of deep
quiet, broken at length by a stern voice,
whioh oried aloud: 5
"Whoever calls my Baby Bobinet a
thief s child is a liar!
Then jumping over the rail.before the
etneer could prevent him, the prisoner
picked up Baby Bobinet and kissed her,
again and again, while the tears ran
down his cheeks. ' v - ' f-
Baby Bobinet, pleased beyond words,
laughed and crowed merrily at once
more finding herself in papa's arms.
A child's laugh a strange sound in
deed to be heard in such a plaoe a
laugh so innocent, so purs, so musical,
that it must have startled the ghosts of
by-gone perjuries and oaths and mock
eries, which haunt the modern temples
of justice. " . . ..
How it touched the hearts of the spec
tators, and penetrated the breasts of
those who from day to day had grown
callous from the continual hearing of
theft and murder and all uncleanlinessl
The young advocate's soul sank with
in him at this episode; he was con
vinced of Teddy Banker's innocence;
butitseemed as if Baby Bobinet had
clinched a felon's chain about her
father's wrist.
A thought, however, struck- him; and
he resolved, if possible, to turn the inci
dent to the advantage of his client. At
onoe addressing the judge, he said:
"Your honor, in view of this unex
pected revelation, I would like to ask
this child some questions. The prisoner
assures me he knows nothing about this
gem ; and we will explain away this
matter for however dark it may look,
there is no desire on our part to conoeal
anything."
- The gentleman on the other side
smiled derisively,- but did not object to
letting the child testify. -
Taking Baby Bobinet from her father's
arms, Mr. Allen placed her upon the ta
ble. She seemed a trifle dazed, and
looked with wonder at the great crowd.
The judge asked her a few questions,
tj whioh she returned intelligent an
swers. He then remarked that whoever
would doubt the simple word of such an
innocent creature would not be satisfied
with an oath.
Teddy Banker locked at his child
through misty eyes, as he brokenly said:
"Now, Bobinet, you must answer these
gentlemen, fnd tell them the truth.
Papa ia here, and no harm shall come to
you!" .
With childish simplicity Baby Bobinet
smiled backet answer, and threw him a
kiss from her rosy finger tips.
"Bobinet, rhere" did you get that dia
mond?" asked Lawyer Allen.
She looked questioningly at her father,
and he said to his attorney:
"Show her the diamond; call it a mar
ble, and she will answer you."
"This pretty glass marble, Bobinet!
Did papa give it to you?" questioned
the lawyer.
"No, sir; the mans lost it!"
"What man, Bobinet?" J
"A min wif a white face, what corned
frew and frightened Bobinet."
"Where was Bobinet?"
"Me playin' on a floor wif my fings."
" Where "was papa?"
"Tumin home."
"Where was Mrs. O'Glinty?"
"Dittin' fings for papa's supper."
"What did the man say?"
"Nofin him just mn'd frew!'
"Did he give the marble to you?"
"Pretty marble corned out o' his
pocket when ho went dis way."
Here Bobinet mopped her little white
forehead with a tiny handkerchief.
"Didn't you show it to any one?"
"Troth, an' she did, sir!" exclaimed
Mrs. O'Glinty, rising to her feet, "an'
I thought it was only one of her old
marbles which I say now it ain't, ear!"
"Never mind now, madam we will
hear you presently!" Said the judge.
"An' it's the truth I'm tellin yees!
Teddy Banker's no thafe! d'ye moind
that, sar!" ' -
Mrs. O'Glinty was suppressed, and
Mr. Allen began again to question Bob
inet. "Now, my dear little girl; are you
sure your papa never had it?never
gave-it to you?"
"Papa never seed it tause the mens
tooked him away."
"Can you tell me how the man that
dropped the marble looked?"
"He was a long man. and had a
wooly fing around his froat."
"Your honor," said Detective Starke,
"I lost a man answering that descrip
tion, in that very neighborhood. "
"An' a mans looked in the window
after a bit," said Bobinet.
"Your honor," explained the detect
ive, "I did look in the window, and saw
this very child on the floor."
"Now, Bobinet,': asked Mr. Allen,
anxiously, "try and tell us what day
you saw this man?
"They tooked papa 'way next dav."
When cross-examined it was impossible
to break down Bobinet's testimony in
the slightest degree. The prosecution
was obliged to desist. The unruffled
sweetness of Baby Bobinet's temper,
through all the badgering, was re
markable. All thoughts of his own per
ilous position were chased away from
the father by the admiration of his
daughter's sweet serenity.
The testimony of the detective and
Mrs. O'Glinty went to confirm Bobi
ret's story.
And now a new sensation was intro
duced, when another frog dress was
brought into court, which must have
been made for a twin brother of Teddy
Banker. This had been found by. an
officer, and it began to seem possible
that another person than the prisoner
had assisted at the robbery. .
It was certainly a mixed -up case, and
to convict upon such slight evidence
would have been manifestly unjust. So
at least thought the jury.and the father
and daughter went out of the 'court
amid the cheers of the audience. -
Facts came to light shortly thereafter
which established Teddy's Innocence
beyond cavil. Two well-known thieves
were "run in. the crime was piaoea
where it justly belonged, and Messrs,
Asteroid & Carkus were enabled to re
cover the bulk of their property. I
Dear little Baby Bobinet, when she
."grows, up," can wear the pretty glass
marble which came so near sending her
father te a felon's cell for the diamond
merchants had it set in a ring for her.
as some reparation for their false aooti
sation.' - : j ':
Vennor calls Wiggins an ass-tronomtr,
ALL S0ETS.
A shorter man than Tom Thumb The
man without a penny. ' -
The man who always puts his "best
foot forward" The one-iegged man.
, Don't you think that the bride is
foolish that she never marries the best
man? :'; ' '
' Men ' : 1 "i . , .
: compound for sins they are inclined to,
By damning those they have no tniad to.
The "old veteran's" friend: The fbung
man who writes "funeral obsequies'V ia
out with something about "King , Rex."
N. O. Picayune. 4-i
.This is the time of year when the av
erage wealthy citizan commences to bow
very respectfully to the assessor . of his
ward. Lowell Citizen.
French under difficulties: The follow
ing dialogue was heard the other day:
He "Araminta, je t'tadore." She
"Shut it yourself." Anon.4 ;
A man in Connecticut has succeeded
in making a perfect artificial egg. We
would like to see the woman who. can
beat it. Lowell Courier. "
-
Nioolini vews ha does not sing for
pleasure, but to please Patti. . He for
gets that he thus annoys thousands of
persons by pleasing one. Musical -People.
-. .
The old familiar advice, ''Young man,
go Weet, should now be applied ex
clusively to young women." There are
at present in Nebraska 7000more boys
than girls.
Country yokel (to his son, at a con
cert, -during the performance of a duet)
D ye see,Ton;now it s getting late they
are singing two at a time, so as to get
done sooner."
Standing before a clergyman who was
about to marry him. a rustic was asked:
"Wilt taou have thiawoman," etc. The
man stared in surprise and replied: MAr.
surely 1 Whoy, I kummed a-puppua."
"My boy," said a politician to his son,
"lean a little toward everything and
commit yourself to nothing. Be . round
as a bottle and just dark enough so that
nobody can see what's in you."
A Nebraska man committed: suicide
because he owed 75 cents. A man who
hasn't the business capacity to owe more
money than that ought to commit sui
cideRochester Express. : ;.,
A couple was recently married In
Goshen, N. Y., after a courtship of twenty-five
years. There was no apparent
obstacle to their marriage years ago, ex
cept that they
were "not quite ready"
before.
A New Enoch Arden.
" What are you doing here?" demanded
a policeman ol a chap whom he had
caught peering in at a window of a Fur-
man street house last night.
"Nothtn , replied the man, jamming
his hands in his pockets and gazing up
at the sky.
"Didn t I hear a woman yelun that
house a few minutes ago?" continued the
policeman.
"Sbouldn t wonder," returned the
man, carelessly, "in fact l know you
did, for I heard her myself."
What s going on in there? queried
the policeman, peeping in.
"1 guess he's licking my wife," sug
gested the stranger.
- "Do you live here? asked the police
man in some astonishment.
"I used to, but I kinder fell out o the
habit lately," was the indifferent re
sponse. "What kind of a man are you to stand
out here and let another man lick your
wife?" demanded the policeman in
dignantly.
"I think he can do it better than I
can, growled the stranger. "I never
had any luck at that kind of a job, and if
there's any one can make a success of it
I'm not going to interfere with his fun,
now you bet!" - ;
"Who is the man? Do you know
him?" . ;
"Never saw him before,", replied the
stranger. "I guess he and she thinks he
is her husband."
"And she's your wife?"
"Sure! Only I've been away a long
time iship-wrecked, you know and I
just got home. I saw 'em at it, and I
thought I wouldn't interfere.
"Do you want me to arrest him? in
quired the policeman, contemplating the
returned husband in amazement. .
"Just as you like," returned the other: ,
"only don't mention my name in the
matter. ' ..;
"But don't you propose to do anything
about it?"
"Well, now, you just bet! Just as
soon as that man winds off that job he's
going to be dry, and if I've got a quarter
anywhere he s going to ;a arms, ana
don't you interfere; now, hear me?"
And the policeman strolled down the
silent street, while Enoch, "bending low
his chin upon the window that contained
Annie, absorbed the scene, then turned
him , round as Philip came Jhe while a
little ahead of a flat iron and took him by
the arm and so they went, and Annie
left alone, was not that Enooh had been
so near, and had the shekels in his
pocket wherewith to assuage the grief of
Philip. Brooklyn Eagle.
Orange Pie
Take a teacupful of pulverized sugar
and a tablespoonful of soft butter and'
rub them till smooth as cream; mix a
tablespoonful of oorn; starch in as little
cold water as will dissolve it; then stir it
into a teacupful of boiling water, let
this cook until it is thick, i but not so
thick that it will harden instantly when
cool; add this to the butter and sugar.
Grate the peel from half an orange, tak
ing care not to grate any of the thick in
ner skin; add this and the juice of the
orange and one beaten egg to the otb6r "
ingredients. Make some nice paste and
line a moderately deep pia plate with it,
arrange it around the edges as if for a.
cuBtard pie, then bake it. Remove it
from the oven and put it with Uie orange',
custard described above, and to this add
slicee of another larga orange." Set this
in the oven for the egg to harden. If you
wish this to be especially tempting.makd
a meringue of the whites of two eg3.'
and two tablespoonfuls of sugar; spread
this over the pie when it ia done, and let
it brown lightly in the ovea.