THE INDEPENDENT
HAS THE 1
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FIHEGT JOB OFFICE
IS DOUGLAS COUNTY.
CARDS, BILL MEADS, LEGAL BLANKS
v And other printirg, Including
Large and Heavy Posters and Showy
' . Hand-Eills, '
Neatly and expeditiously executed
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Wtx Months ..,
Tfcre Month..,
Tbeee are the term for thorn paying In advance.
The Independent o fieri floe inducements to ad
vertisers. Terms reasonable.
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ROSEBUBGi OREGON; SATORDAY. APKIL 28. 1883.
NO. 3.
A.T PORTLAND rtlc:EO.
THE INDEPENDENT
IS ISSUED
Saturday 9Xornlnga,
-BY THE
DOUGLAS COUNTY PUBLISHING CO.
TiTirnji
3 1 " '
' PBACTICAL
WATCHMAKER. JEWELER," AND
OPTICIAN.
ALL WORK WARRANTED.
In WMe&ea, ClncUa. Jewelry,
Spetele-a d Ejr'giaM,
And a Full Line of v
. Tobacccs and Fancy GooiJs.
Dealer
Cigars,
The only reliable Optometer in town for the
proper adjustment cf Spectacle ; always on hand.
Depot of the Genuine Brazilian Pebble Spec'
. taclea and Eyeglasses. ; r
OFFICE First door south of post office, Rose
banz. Oregon v -
DS. M. W. DAVIS,
DENTIST,
FOSEBURG, OREGON.
OFFICE Oil JACKSON STREET,
Tp Stairs, over 8. Msrks & Co 's New Store.
PAHOfJEY'S SALOON
Nearest to the Railroad Depot, Oakland
Jas. Blahoney, Prop'r.
faa finest pt wines, liquors and cigars in Deerf
'las count, and tha beat
XXIL3L,IA.RI TA.XJr-.I3
la the Stat kept In proper repair y
Parties traveling on the railroad win find tfcb
place Tery handy to risit during the atop
- ping of the train at the Oak- ,
land Depot. Giva rna a call.
- Jab, hahqnzy.
JOHN FRASER,
Home Made Furniture,
WILBUR,
OREGON.
Upholstery, Spring Mattrasses, Etc.,
Constantly on hand.
rilDMITIIDr I have the beat stock of
rUmll I Unr.. lumitore south or PortUud J
And" all of my own manufacture.
No two Prices to Customers
Residents of Douglas county are requested to
give me a call before purchasing elsewhere.
g3r ALL "WORK WARKANTED.-S
DEPOT HOTEL
dAKLASD, - - 0REU09.
Richard Th.om.as, Prop'r
rpniS HOTEL flAS BEEN ESTABLISHED
for a number ol years, and has become very
popularwith the traveling public. First-class
, OLEtPSKO ACCOMMODATIONS. .
And th table supplied with the best the market
afford. Hotel at the depot of the Railroad.
. JJAVINQ ON HAND A LARGE LOT OF FINE
Spanish Merino
I oder the oroe for sale. Cbea for Cash, at my
Farm in Douglas county, six miles from Roseburg
HENRY CONN, Sr.
H. C. STANTON.
Dealer in
Staple Dry Coodsl
Keeps constantly on hand
' uicut of
a general assort-
EXTRA FINE GROCERIES,
WOOD, WILLOW ASD tiLASSWARF,
ALSO
Crockery and Cordage
A full stock of
SCHOOL
BOO ICS
Such as required by the Public County Schools,
All kinds of STATION KR.Y, TOYS and
FANCY ARTICLES,
To suit both Young and Old.
B
UYS AND SELLS LEGAL TENDERS,
furnishes Checks on Portland, and procures
Drafts on San Francisco.
OEEDS "SEEDS !
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ALL K1MK OF BUST QUALITY
jV 3L, JL- OK DERS
rromptly attended to and Goods shipoed
, with care.
Address,
Ilacheney & Bene.
Portland. Oregon.
v Itotlce,
Notice Is hereby given, to whom It .nay concern, that
th unJewijcoed his been awarded the contract for
keapttiff the Douvlas county Pauper tor the period ol
two year. All persons in need of assist nee irom t aid
county must first procure a certificate to tliat effect
from am memir of the County Board, and present tt
to on of the following named persons, who are author
ized to. and will care for those presentiug such certificate
mi Riittnn- RfMehurs". L. L. Kellortr. Oakland; Mrs
IJrown. Uokiiiir Glass. Dr. Scroinrs w authorized to
furnlah medical aid to alt persons in need of the tame
who have been declared paupers of Douglas county.
WM. R CLARKlE, Supt. of Poor.
Homo. Or. Feb. 16. 1880, -
A Milwaukee dispatch of April 17th
says: George Scheller, accused of set
ting fire to the Newhall house ou the
morning ol tne lotn 01 January jost,
wato-day acquitted by the jury.
Ffve ballots were taken and only one of
the jurors was for conviction all that
time, and he finally gave in because
Judge Mallory instructed, that if there
was any doubt in his mind he must give
the prisoner the benefit of that doubt.
The court room re-echoed with oheers
when the verdict was announced.
LATEST NEwjs : SUM1SURY.
BT TCIiFiGBAPU TO DATE.
Fifty Colorado miners are on their -way
to Alaska to work inj the mines. -
The parliament hcjrase at Quebec was
consumed by fire on April 20th.
y One hundred and . ten excursionists
left Philadelphia Apnl 20lh for Oregon.
The steamer Two Brothers capsized off
Bodega beads, near Bodega bay, and her
crew were all lost.
" About 3000 immigrants left Liverpool
for Canada,' April 20th, most of whom
are bound for Manitoba.
About 500 immigrants arrived in San
rFrancisco on the 21st, most of whom are
for Oregon ajj& WafchnigtoB. -..
Pittsburg cigar makers met recently
and decided to demand an advance of
fifty cents per thousand on May 1st.
At Sacramento, j April 20thj "the Ar
mory wall fell to the ground, killing five
persons and wounding twenty more.
President Arthur jwas seriously ill for
a few hours at Savannah on the morning
of April 21st. He returned home on the
22d. j
Kansas had arother one of its refresh-
ing cyclones on
April 21st, destroying
much property and
injuring a namber
of people. "
Two Presbyterian' missionaries Chap
man and Penny located on Prince of
Wales island, Alaska, are reported
drowned. j
The schooner Eveline Fales, lumber
laden, was wrecked
-.1. . - i
in a storm
on
Lake
Michigan April 22dJ
Five of
her
crew
were drowned. . j
A Madrid dispatch of April 22d says:
An explosion occurred at the dynamite
factory at Leon to day. The bodies of
seven victims were recovered..
At Delhi, India, an extensive confla
gration occurred April 19th, by which
2000 houses were jdestroyed. A great
number of families are destitute and
homeless. j
One of the severest snow storms of the
season passed over
parts of Wyoming
and Nebraska on April 22d. Trains are
blockaded on the Union Pacific road in
oonsequence. j
O'Bree's circus, exhibiting at Dover,
Del., recently, was attacked by a mob.
The mob opened fire on the showmen
while leaving town, wounding several
of them, some seriously.
t
Business failures for the last Bix days,
ending April 20th. are 233 against 185
for the last week. New England states
had 29; middle states, 31; western, 57;
southern, 4t; Pacific states and territo
ries. 20: Canada. 40; New York citv, 10.
Katie Kane, the only female lawyer of
Milwaukee, Wis., recently threw water
in the iac&f jrudaJIallory - while in
court, asserting that the judge insulted
her. She was fined $50, but refuses to
pay, preferring to go to jail.
Hon. H. M. Woods, editor of the
Tombstone Daily Epitaph, was stricken
suddenly by blindness recently, caused,
the physicians say, by too close applica
tion to the duties of his profession. It
is thought the attack is temporary.
The signal service station on the West
Indies will be discontinued on account
of Congress failing! to make the neces
sary appropriation! Gen. Hazen states
that a number of other stations will be
suspended for the same reason.
Oskaloosa, Iowa, 'appears to be an un
healthy place for judges. Congressman
Cutts, Judge Sheeyers, ninth state su
preme court, Judge Johnson, of the dis
trict court, and Judge Lewis, of the cir
cuit court, are all seriously ill there.
A Fort Worth, Texas, dispatch of April
19th says: Between 200 and 300 cow
boys on ranches in ' Panhandle are on a
strike for an increase of from $30 to $50
per month, with board. They are well
armed, and threaten to kill men, fire
ranches and work general trouble.
The managers of the Garfield memori
al hospital have purchased a piece of
property, situated j in the suburbs of
Washington, at a! cost of $37,000, the
money to be realized from the sale of the
Soldiers' and Sailors orphan asylum
property, which was donated for the
erection of a hospital upon the land just
purchased. j
Booth Edwards, colored, of Mumford,
Ky., sentenced to be hanged May 18, for
the murder of Archibald Long, last De
cember, attempted to break jail recently.
Calling the jailer) to bring him a-tub
of water for a bath, he rushed out on
that gentleman with a pistol and would
have escaped had not the jailers wife
locked the outer doors. Finding escape
impossible, Edwards returned and shot
himself through the heart, killing him
self instantly. j
San Francisco stands second only to
New York in quantity or value of ex
ports of domestic breadstuff for the
hSKiv& ftJfftnSSf
I mmmv vhv vm -vumsv -. - ja.WW
From the port of j San Francisco there
were exported, the; last month of the yeas
40,863 bushels of barley, valued at $30,-
aa, and i.4y,3oy pushels of wheat, val
ued at $2,177,455. j The value of exports
of wheat from New York for March was
$2,332,276. For nine months ending
March 3ist, the
breadstuff from
value of exports of
San Francisco was
$2,763,120 more than the value of simi
lar exports from any other port in the
United States, except New York, which
leads with a value of $68,193,991.
The Tucson Star Hermosillo special of
April 20th says: The government troops
which followed the Apaches from south
east of TJres, had running1 fights with the
Indians from TJres to Gambies. They
claim they have killed nearly the whole
band. After losing the trail of the re
mainder some of the soldiers visited
Gambies, where a soldier, who was in
the campaign last year, recognized a
white man who was with the Indians at
that time, acting as chief. This soldier
was wounded and left on tbe field for
dead, but was conscious. From the
description of ah Apache chief it was
thongh to baL.jN. Streeter, formerly
United States Indian agent, a most
desperate character, who for 12 years
has been a leader of the Apaches. His
capture proves that he was not mistaken
in the man.
Lord O'Neill is dead.
Booth, the actor, is playing to large
bouses in Yienna.
Charles A. Dana, of the New York Sun,
is visiting in California.
Berlin working men are organizing for
a general strike for an increase af wages.
The village of Oakville,in the province
of Ontario, was destroyed by fire April
18th. ., v; '-r
The city council of Minneapolis raised
the license in that place from $100 to
$1500.
The safe of H. H. MaColley.of Willow
Creek, Nev., was robbed of $5000 on the
16th inst;
Allen Potter, a reporter of the Chicago
Times, committed suicide at Cheyenne
April"l7th. .-"- . -
Prince Thomas, duke of Genoa, and
Princess Isabella of Bavaria were mar
ried April 17th.
The colored citizens of Washington
city celebrated the 21st anniversary of
the emancipation proclamation April
17th.
Arbor Day was a great s access this
year in Nebraska. It is safe to say that
over 5,000,000 trees were planted in the
State on that day. ,
The Pennsylvania senate has passed a
bill making general election days a legal
holiday ; also a bill preventing consoli
dation of competing pipe lines.
The Connecticut senate, by a vote of
15 to 6, decided the bill forbidding rail
roads to charge a higher rate for freight
for shorter distances than for long.
A St. Petersburg dispatch of April
19th says: Five hundred dwellings, tel
egraph station, postoffice, a number of
stores, a large quantity of coal and wood,
and much mining property wore burned
at the village of Katow Iwanoski.
' A San Francisco dispatch of April 19th
sayB: A heavy rain storm set in this
morning and continued throughout the
day. Indications this evening are that
there will be more during the night.
The rainfall is confined to the northern
part of the state, with snow falling in the
Sierras. .
The commissioner of internal revenue
has decided to redeem stamps and to
return to the owners with the word "re
deemed" imprinted upon each check, all
checks and drafts bearing two cent inter
nal revenue stamps which remain unused
ou July 1. ( The checks and drafts can
then be used in the regular course of
business.,
C. A. King & Co., Toledo, have re
ceived over 1300 reports covering every
important wheat growing county in Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Missou
ri. On the quarterly report the present
condition is very favorable. One-quar
ter is fair, one-third poor, one-sixth very
poor and one-quarter good. The present
condition is much better than that of two
weeks ago.
Pension Commissioner Dudley has is
sued a circular directing special pension
examiners to give public notice that they
are not authorized to collect money for
fees or expenses from pensioners or ap
plicants for pensions. Also, all special
examiners are provided with certificates,
signed by the commissioner of pensions
and the secretary of the interior, and
bearing the seal of the interior depart
ment. Without such certificates all per
sons claiming to be pension examiners
are frauds.
A San Francisco dispatch of April
19 says: Young McGreevy, shot by F.
Valencia at a picnic last Sanday at San
Bafael, was buried to-day at that town.
The remains of the unfortunate boy were
interred by the side of his late grand
father, who for many years was a highly
respected citizen of the county wherein
tbe boy met his sad fate. A large as
semblage of relatives and friends were
present and floral offerings were numer
ous. Great sympathy is felt for the
family.
The 306 medals have reached Phila
delphia at last, and have been distrib
uted to those entitled to receive them.
Thev have been at Senator Don Cam
eron's house, at flarrisburg, for nearly
a year. One or two of the stalrart phal
anx, who were at Cameron's house when
the bronze trophies arrived, were given
their medals with an injunction of se
crecy. The others were put away until
the campaign should bo over. Cameron
in overhauling his rubbish before going
abroad found these medals and con
eluded that this was a good time to dis
tribute them. Boys here are exhibiting
them as curiosities.
A Leavenworth dispatch of April 18th
savs: John M. Abernethy's furniture
factorv burned yesterday afternoon; loss,
$40,000. Forty-five men were at work
in the mill at the time, and being in the
midst of continuous noise it was neces
sarv to run from one department to an
other and warn the men individually.
While doing so, George Snyder was
forced, in the laBt room, to jump, with
several others, from a second story win
dow. In falling. Snyder struck the side
walk with such force as to cause his
... .....
body to sink between his hip bones. Mia
recovery is doubtful. His companions
are all dangerously, and it is thought,
fatally hurt. The names are John Basil.
W. Osborn. V. J. Westerman, B. Ander
son and George Baughman. During the
fire a hose cart ran down Mamie Frees, a
little girl, and it is believed she will die.
A Bichmond, Va., dispatch of April
19th says: Dispatches to-day state that
the announcement that a number of
skeletons of dead confederates, who fell
at Seven Pines, have recently been
plowed xlv by farmers living near the his
toric battle-field, has caused quite a fetir
in this eity. In many cases where the
skeletons have been exposed the waists
of most of them were encircled by leather
belts, cartridge boxes and buckles, bear
ing tha legend "C. S. A.". The First
Virginia, of this city, and the Seven
teenth- Virginia, of Alexandria lost
scores in the battle of Seven Pines. The
federal dead were removed long ago and
buried in the national cemetery, near the
battle field. All believed that hundreds
of confederates were buried with them,
and now rest beside those with whom
they were opposed in deadly strife.
While most of the bones plowed up are
undoubtedly those of confederates, yet
it is oeiievea mat some oi tnem are
those of union soldiers who fell in the
same battle.
SEW T0RK FASHIONS.
ECCENTBICmES.
Great circular spots, three inches in
diameter; great square or oblong, or
many sided blocks, or triangles oast
about, as if awaiting the mason's ham
mer; birds and butterflies, and heads of
four-legged beasts on. dresses, or on
broad sash ribbons; great palm leaves a
foot in length, and - proportionately
broad; immense sprays and wide, feath
ery, or leafy columns sweeping length
wise; baskets or sprays of flowers be
stowed on checks. Call you net these
eccentricities? Then, too, one can ren
der an ordinary piece of goods, such as
plain wool, silk or satin as eccentric as
the most fashionabl y heart could desire,
by cuttingeut - large yiet -epota pr ,
blocks, and putting them on in applique
with a narrow braiding or rows of stitch
ing as a finish; while sprays for such
purposes can be bought ready made.
Goods with checked ground are seen
united with velvet blocks, : and stylish
costumes show the- basque and sleeves
so devised, while the skirt is of plain
check plentifully bestrewn with velvet
bows. All that I have told you seems
nothing, however, - compared with a
young lady's costume at tha Vanderbilt
fancy ball. he went as a wnite cat; lier
dress thickly decorated with oats' heads
and tails a cats head worn just above
her own, and her coiffure showing a fin ish
of cat tails. In considerably better
taste, Mme. Christine Nilsson, after sing
ing at a Brooklyn concert, appeared in a
dress of black velvet and jet, as Marie
Stuart. To journey back from a Brook
lyn performance, and then attend a ball
is not such a feat after all, when you
consider that the entertainment only be
gan at 11 o'clock.
QUEEN YELLOW.
Yellow is queen, and queen regnant.
For dress goods, there are of mongrel
yellows, many: yellowish, reddish,
brownish yellows; leading up to yellow
proper, which, in millinery, attains su
premacy. Not so much pale, delicate
yellows, but flaring, flaunting yellow;
dashing boldly into orange. Scarce as
yet the entire bonnet thus pronounced;
very pronounced dashes of orange rib
bon (narrow, of course, this season),
very bright yellow flowers or pompons
of equal tone. Just now, too, scarce
anything renders a lady more happy
tnan a band of narrow ribbon (chiefly
yellow) which passas somewhat in hang
man s style about her neck, and is fin
ished by a dangling mass of loops and
ends either in front or oh the left side.
When the new bonnets begin to be worn,
moreover, what a dangling there will be;
since a bonnet is scarce a bonnet unless
provided with at least one and often two
pairs of ribbon strings, which are rigor
ously narrow.
BOWS AinBOW8.
The fashionableness of velvet ribbon '
must not be forgotten. Many of these
new boifnet strings are velvet; while on
a survey of spring costumes, one is
struck by the f requenoy of velvet ribbon
as trimmed, laid in rows or fancifully
disposed in bows. Bows upon bows,
until veritably this may be called the
season of bows. Not always indeed of
velvet; gros graiu or satin ribbon do
duty, and often take the place of brocade
ou dresses of plain material. For, be
yond a doubt, fashion is bidding good
bye to combination costumes. A slow
good bye, it is true, and a good-bye
said, and said again. Yet they are vanish
ing slowly, and even now the disfavor
shown is toward the more ordinary
classes of goods, since never were
unitings of expensive stuffs more in
vogue. Then, too, if there were no
longer "combinations," what would be
done with these eccentricities of which
I have written? Ecoentrio as fashion
may be, she would hardly permit one to
drag around such floral or geometrical
monstrosities, without an emehoration.
In the cotton sattines . likewise, it must
be confeKsed that impostors show plain
material, besides fancifully printed. Yet
ruf&ings of lace are much liked, and
there are Cash's Coventry f rillings,
both plain and with lace edge, which
are more in favor this season than for
some years. The narrow are used for
trimming underwear or morning
dresses, either white or colored; for
grown people or children, while house
keepers rejoice over pillow cases, shams,
curtains, etc., showing ornamentation of
the wider. Tne wear of these goods is
almost everlasting, and accounts, doubt
less, for some of this popularity. . The
makers guaranteed every dozen to run
full measure.
GRADUATING DRESSES.
A grand decision has been made in
favor of simplicity; and mull, covered
with stars, sprigs, dots, etc., is to be
more used than anything telse. The
dresses are called, by courtesy, white;
but for the most part the white is dingy
enough, though "cream white" is the
accepted term. The cream, however, in
which some have apparently been
dipped. mu3t have been very, very stale,
for tbe fabric is presented us of a hue
that in olden times, would have caused
an outburst from the , good lady mother
who prided herself on snowy laundry
ing. These soiled looking costumes,
nevertheless, must be set down as among
the eccentricities, and so pass muster.
Gloves, still wrinkled, long, and some
times as muddy looking as the dress,
only a deeper shade of mud. Then,
there are uncertain yellows, terra cottas
or black; and if the young lady decides
on black silk stockings, for which there
is naw a furol, there will be commenda
ble harmony. Other solid colors are
worn; chiefly those prevailing in dress
goods, but black silk is, par excellence,
the thing. Even babies are wearing black
silk stockings. Think of it, and tell me
fashion be not a little unsound of mind?
At watering places, many a dainty stroll
. 1 1 .11!
will be tasen oy young laayaora irea
in white and black; black shoes and
stockings, gloves, accessones and hat,
and especially stylish results will accrue
from the carrying of a Boulavard para
sol. A flat parasol with canopy top, and
in silk or satin to match or contrast
handsomely with costumes. Introduced
last season, it promises to be very popu
lar.
CARDS AS ORNAMENTS.
- - Tis a phase of New York life, this
giving and carrying of pioture cards.
Exaotly what merchant inaugurated
such donations, I know not; but once
inaugurated, it has grown into a curious
subject of Speculation. One lady after
another, goes hugging these devices,
and various are the ideas adopted, as
each dealer strives after novely. So we
see vases, birds, dogs, cats, babies in
baskets, and I know not what. The com
pany presents packages of these leaves
deftly bound together with fine wire, and
the garlands, bouquets, or any other
wall ornament. Is this not worthy of
the nineteenth century? Then, as to
Christmas, Easter and , birthday tsards
which are sent and received by the
thousand, what may not be done? What
is not being done with them? They are
ranged on mantle pieces, cover one's
tables and brackets, till Ingenunity is
busy contriving unlooked for uses.
Some cover fancy . boxes ththem,
others make variously shapeof "stands
for them; and thus disposed of, they
make pretty enough wall ornaments.
Correspondence Denver Republican.
What Tripe Is.
Occasionally you see a man order tripe
at a hotel, but he always looks htrd, as
though he hated himself and everybody
else. He tries to look as though he en
joyed it, but he does not. Tripe is indi
gestible, and looks like an india-rubber
apron for a child to sit on. When it is
pickled it looks like dirty clothes put to.
soak, and wen it is cooking a dish cloth
On the table it looks like glue, and tastes
like a piece of oil silk umbrelia cover. A
stomach that is not lined with corrugated
iron would be turned wrong side out by
the smell of tripe. A man eating tripe
at a hotel table looks like an Arctio ex
plorer dining on boots or chewing pieces
of frozen raw dog. You cannot look at a
man eating tripe but he will blush and
look as though he wanted to apologize
and convinoe you he is taking it to tone
up his system. A woman never eats
tripe. Thero is not money enough in the
the world to hire a woman to take a cor
ner of a sheet of tripe in her teeth and
try to pull off a piece. Those who eat
tripe are men who have had their
stomachs play mean tricks on them, and
they eat tripe to get even with their
stomachs, and then they go and take a
Turkish bath to sweat it out of the sys
tem. Tripe is a superstition handed
down from a former generation of
butchers, who sold all the meat and kept
the tripe for themselves and the dogs;
but dogs of the present day will not eat
tripe. You throw a pieces of tripe down
in front of a dog, and see if he does not
put hts tail between his legs and go off
and hate you. Tripe may Lave a value,
but it is not as food. It may be good 'to
fill into a burglar-proof safe, with the
cement and chilled steel, or it might
answer to use as a breast plate in time of
war, or it would be good to use for
bumpers between cars, or it would make
a good face lor tne weight of a pile
driver, but when you come to smuggle
it into the stomach you do wrong. Tripe!
Bahi A piece of Turkish towel cooked in
axle grease would be pie compared ?ith
tripe. Burlington Hawkeye.
The Want of Food.
7
Next to the want of sleep and rest as a
cause of tne frail bodies to be seen
throughout the country comes a want of
food. W nen company comes up to a
farm-house the table presents a glorious
appearance. Chickens and preserves
and pickles and nice bread and innumer
able good things crown the board, but
let the guests go away, and it is amaz
ing how quickly those good things dis
appear! They are all transient. The
lambs and pigs and chicken need have
no fear of harm from the regular family.
It is only when company comes that
any chicken need have any fear for its
life, or any child need hope for oake or
pudding. Tne ninety-nine meals- are
poorly devised and executed, gulped
down, and put upon a basis of salt meat
and fried potatoes the human machine
goes forth to work. What is wanting at
the daily table is sometimes made up out
of the stimulus of tobacco and whisky.
What is needed on the farm next to
plenty of sleep is plenty of food on the
table at all three of its spreads. Fruit,
bread and milk should be fed out ex
travagantly, and fresh meat, too, as of
ten as possible. The table and the pil
low will make happy young farmers.
Men cannot work with profit more than
ten hours a day. All effort to do more
will result in loss. And without plenty
of sleep and food man cannot well per
form his ten hours of service. Under
the influence of food and sleep and the
ten-hour law our skeleton-like boys and
girls whose lives are on the farm, would
put on flesh and the bloom of health,
and would have some light in their eyes
and some happiness in their hearts.
Egyptian Ills.
Egypt is scarcely a desirable country
to live in, if we take into account its
fever-breeding and eye destroying cli
mate, and then consider the various in
ternai worms which swarm in its historic
swamps. The worst of these is Bilhar
zia, a fluke that lives in the blood ves
sels, and causes a violent and often fatal
disease. The females are less than an
inch long, and very slender; the males
stouter. The disorder does
not spare
tates that
Europeans, for Dr. Cubbold states
he saw six' officers of the Eastern Tele
graph company afflicted with it, all of
whom had contracted it by carelessly
drinking unfiltered water during shoot
ing expeditions. It is this drinking
of unfiltered canal water that causes the
disease in all cases. The free cerca
Iarone are swallowed, or tne organism
containing the "redia" stage is swallow
ed, and the result in both cases is the
I development of this blood-letting am-
ii mal in the interior of the drinker. The
other worms. Anohylostoma duodenale
and Filaria sanguinis, enter in the same
manner, and the three are frequently
found on the same person. A large mor
tality among the natives is caused by
them, how large is not fully known; but
now great the misohief caused by the
Anchylostoma may be shown by the
fact that it was the agent of the endemic
outbreak that carried off so many of the
laborers employed upon the St. Goth
ard tunnel., ,
A policeman wears a uniform so that a
person engaged in devilment may see
him oomisg and gat away.
"Jack."
A year or more ago, as the foreman of
one of the iron works of this oity was
crossing the yard one day, he espied a
little skip of a boy, not over eleven
years old, seated on a big fly-wheel and
chewing the cud of a bitter reflection.
"Who are you?"
"I m Jack."
"What are you doing here?"
"Besting."
r "What do you want?"
; "A job."
1 Those were the inquiries and answers.
The boy was pale-faced - and ragged; but
in his steel-blue eyes the foreman ; saw
game; and, too, the idea of a waif like
him setting but to battle with the world
touched a tender chord in the heart of
the man who had boys of his own.and he
set Jack to work in the yard. -
No one thought the boy would stay a
week, and so no one cared to ask where
he came from or who he was. But he
stuck. He was hard-working and faith
ful, an des the weeks went by he gained
friends. One day he walked up to the
foreman and said:
"I want to learn the trade."
"You? Ha! ha! ha! Why, Jack, you
are not big' enough to handle a cold
chisel!" "I can whip any 'prentice hoy in this
shop," was the earnest declaration.
"Just hear him! Why, any of the lot
could turn you wrong side out! When
you get big enough to whip the smallest
one you come to me for a job."
At noon that day Jack walked up to
the biggest apprentice boy in the shop
and said:
"Come out doors."
"What do you want?"
"I'm going to lick you!"
"What for?"
"Because I want a chance to learn the
trade."
The two went out, and in sight of
twenty witnesses little Jack won a vic
tory. At 1 o'clock he touched his cap to
the foreman and said:
"I've licked your bitterest 'prentice.
and want to go to work" !"
Ten minutes later he had become a ma
chinist's apprentice, and if you co in
there to-day you will find him with
greasy hands, oily face and a head full
of business ideas. Jaok carries the keys
to the drawers where the steam-gauge,
safety valves and other trimmings are
kept.and he knows the use of every tool,
tne working of every piece of machinery.
and there is a constant call for Jack here
and Jack there. Before he is twenty he
will be a finished machinist, and before
he is twenty-five he will be foreman of
some great shop. He is quiet, earnest,
respectful and observing. What he does
he does well. What he is told he never
forgets.
And here in Detroit are hundreds of
boys who complain that there is no
chance for them, even when backed by
money and influence. They wait and
wait and whine and complain, and leave
it to waifs like little Jaok to call up the
game to their souls and walk boldly into
a great manufacturing works and say:
'To here I want a lob! Detroit
Free Press.
Natore In Siberia.
"The history of animal and vegetable
life on the tundra," says the author, "is
a very curious one. or eight months
out of the twelve every trace of vegeta
ble life is completely hidden under a
blanket six feet thick of snow, which
effectually covers every plant and bush
trees there are none to hide. During
six months of this time, at least, animal
life is only traceable by the footprints of
by
the occasional appearance of a raven or
snow owl, wandering above the limits of
forest growth, where it has retired for
the winter. For two months in mid
winter the sun never rises above the
horizon, and the white snow reflf cts
only the fitful light of the moon, the
stars or the aurora borealis. Early in
February the sun only just peeps upon
the scene for a few minutes at noon, and
then retires. Day by day he prolongs
his visit more and more, Until February,
March, April and May have passed, and
continuous night has become continuous
day. Early in June the sun only just
touches the horizon at midnight, but
does not set any more for some time. At
midday the sun's rays are hot enough to
blister the skin; but they glance harm
lessly from the snow, and for a few days
you have the anomaly of unbroken day
in midwinter.
"Then comes the-south wind, and
often rain.and the great event of the
year takes place the ice on the great
rivers , breaks up, and the blanket of
snow melts away The black earth ab
sorbs the heat Of the never-setting sun;
quietly but swiftly vegetable life awak
ens from its long sleep, and for three
months a hot snmmer prodaces a brilliant
Alpine flora, like an English flower gar
den run wild, and a profusion of Alpine
fruit, diversified only by storms from tne
north, which sometimes for a day or two
bring cold and rain down from the Arctic
ice." Chambers Journal.
Wants Her Slaves..
Judge Cobb found it necesssary re-
I cently to prove the identity of pne of the
illegal voters by an old lady named Mrs.
Oglesby, who was once tne owner ox a
number of slaves, but is now in very re
duced circumstances, i She was accord
ingly summoned to appear before this
august tribunal. The witness walked
into court with a short clay pipe in her
mouth, and stepping up in front of his
honor, she remarked: ;
"Now, ain't you ashamed of yourself,
Judge, to make a poor old bed-ridden
body like me come here, while you're a
great, big strapping man that could have
walked up to my home- just aa easy as
not. Now, if you've got anything for
ma to do, just spit it out; for my old
man's ailing powerful bad to-day."
Judge Cobb explained that he would
not detain the lady long, and asked if
she knew the prisoner, pointing to a ne
gro man. . - . " . .. ' .
"Well, I should think I did," was her
reply, "for didn't I raise him? and he
b'longs to me right this minit. I've got
his name and age sot down in my Bible,
and I do hope that you will fix it np so
that I can put him to work again. I've
never Bold that nigger, and he b'longs to
me just as much as this froek that
Tve got on. And there sets another one
of my niggers (pointing to another ille
gal voter) r and ought to be At work right
now in my garden. I tell you, Judge,
inis tnmg oi steaur g a body's property
is a shame, and I do hope that you will
give them back to me. There ain't no
law nor justice in it."
The judge explained that he only want
ed Mrs. Oglesby to identify the parties,
and that hlsjurisdiction extended no
further, as they were tow free.
"Free ! you say shrieked the old
lady. "Why, they are as much my nig
gers to-day as they were when they were
first hatched. Why you talk', Judge, like
an old Abolitionist! If my old man
wasn't on his back we'd soon show you
how folks around town are hiring our
niggers and not paying a cent for Jem.
That black rascal over there knows he
b'longs to me, and I've got about fifteen
other niggers in this here Athens that
I'm going to see if I can't get back, if
there's any law in this country. w Now
just you keep them boys locked up, and
don't turn them loose until I tell you."
The judge told the irate old lady that
she could now return home.
"Howell, ain't you got a cigar you can
give me?" she asked.
The judge said he was out, but told
the witness that doubtless Senator Bar
row conld accommodate her.' "
The captain gallantly passed her a
cigar, and she left with the avowed in
tention of consulting a lawyer about
entering suit to recover her slaves.
Athens, Ga., Banner-Watchman, s
Four Sets of Triplet;
Within the month of February just
passed there were born in Philadelphia
four sets of triplets, which is certainly a
record which any city may be proud of.
The list is as follows: . Thursday, Feb
ruary 8, Mrs. Charles Quinn, the wife of
a laborer at the Mid vale Steel Works,
gave birth to two daughters and a - son ;
on Monday, February 12, Mrs. William
Pedrick, the wife of a laborer employed
at the machinery works, Bace street.
above Fifth, gave birth to three boys; ;
on Sunday, February 25, Mrs. Jefferson
Bryan, wife of a shovel polisher at Bow
land's shovel works, Frankford, gave
birth to three boys. The fourth and last
case of this boom in the triplet business
occurred on Monday last, the mother be
ing Mrs. Kate Welsh, a boarder at tha
Lehman house, Thirty-ninth and Market
streets.
The lady is about forty years of age,
and is remarkably well built. One Mon
day afternoon Mrs. Welsh left her home
to go to an hospital, to be treated for a
sore limb. On ber way there she called
upon a friend, Mrs. Margaret Dman, who
resides ou the south eide of Market street,
below Forty-ninth. While there, Mrs.
Welsh grew suddenly ill. After awhile
she rallied somewhat, and attempted to
go home. She became so weak upon
reaching the door that she reluctantly
yielded to tbe invitation of Mrs. Dinan
to remain with that lady all night.
Mrs. Welsh failed to acquaint: her
hostess with the cause of her . sickness,
and the latter thought it was due to the
fact that her guest was suffering from a
sore leg.
About three o'clock in the morning a
fine, healthy looking little boy was
born. Fifteen minutes later another
boy was born, and half an hour Bubse
quent Mrs. Welsh gave birth to a still
born female infant.
Not until fifteen hours after the event
were the services of a physician secured,
and then Dr. James Henry Lloyd, of
Fortieth and Walnut streets, called. The
coroner was yesterday notified of the
still-born girl, and an inquest will be
held to-day. -
The mother is still at the house of
Mrs. Dinan and is improving rapidly.
The two boys are doing well. Philadel
phia Becord. - .
i He was Deaf.
She was a stylish young lady about
eighteen years old, and to acoommodate
a friend she took tbe baby out for an air
ing. She was wheeling it up and down
the walk, when an oldish man. very deaf,
came along, and inquired for a certain
person supposed to live on that street.
She nearly yelled her head off trying
to answer him, and he looked around,
caught sight of the baby, and said:
"Nice child that. I suppose you feel
proud of him?"
"It isn't mine!" she yelled at him.
"Boy, eh? Well, he looks like you."-
She yelled again, but he nodded his
head, and continued:
"Twins, eh? Where's the other one?"
Despairing of making him understand
by word of mouth, she pointed : to the
baby, at herself, and then shook her
head. - v -.
"Yes--yes,I see; t'other twin in the
house. Their father is fond of them, of
course?"
"She turned the cab, and hurried the
the other way, but he followed, and
asked: ' ;;vV-- 7 . - -
"Do they kick round much at nights?"
"I tell you 'tain't mine!" she shouted,
looking very red in the face.
"I think you're wrong there," he an
swered. "Children brought up on the
bottle are apt to pine and die." -
She started ou a run for the gate, but
before she had opened it he came up and
asked:
"Have to spank 'em once in a while, I
suppose?"'
She made about twenty gestures in
half , a minute, and he helped the cab
through the gate, and said:
"Qnr children were all twins, and I'll
send my wife down to give you some ad
vice. You see "
But she picked up a flower-pot and
flung it at him.
He jumped back, and as she entered
the house he called out:
; "Hope insanity won't break out on tb
twins." r
Women do something in the newspa
per field. Miss Mary L. Booth is. editor
of Harper's Bazar. Miss Nellie Hutchin
son, author of many sketches and pretty
poem, writes the notes of the New York
Tribune. Miss Florence Finch writes
for the Boston Globe, and overJ
women' are emnlovod on the fctaff of
Western papers, and about thirty 'as
editors-in-chief.
Everybody's duty
is dun on the first
day of January. :