Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Douglas independent. (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1883)
THE INDEPENDENT IS ISSUED Saturday AXorx&lnflrs. -BY THE -DOUGLAS COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. THE INDEPENDENT " '. . HAS THE FINGGT JOB OFFIC2 ; . IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. CARDS BILL BEADS, LEGAL BLiXZS i And other prhitinn, lacla ilng Large and Heavy Posters and Showy , . - - - Hand-Bills;; : Neatly and expeditiously executed A.T POXtTIiAND Jl ICEQ. UUP II H Custtdssf1 ssv Tor... i BO Rlx Sfonths . . t SO Thr Month l ou These are the terms for those paying In advance. The Imdetekdznt offen fine inducement to ad vertisers. Terms reasonable. vol. vin. ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY. AUGUST H? 1883. NO, 18. TSSli iff s mL, aJi a slL ..LD L SiJ.JASKULEIC PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER, JEWELER, AND OPTICIAN. ALL WORK WARRANTED. Aealer In Wftten.cs. Clocks, Jewell jr, Spectacle sad Eyeglasses l And a Fall Line of Cigars, Tobaccos and. Fancy Goods. ''The only reliable Optometer in town tor the proper adjustment cf Spectacle ; always on hand. Depot of the Genuine Brazilian Pebble Spec tacles and Eyeglasses. OFFICE First door Booth of post office, Roe bury. Oregon. LAIIGENBERG'S Boot and Shoe Store, ItOSEnUKG, OGIV., Oo Jackson Street, oppotdte tho Postoffice. Keeps on hand the largest and best assortment of 'Eastern snd San Framel.co Eoots and Shoes, Gaiters, Slippers And every thing In the Boot and Shoe Line and SELLS CHEAP for CASH. Boots and Shoes Made to Order Perfect Fit Guaranteed. I use the Best of Leather and Warrant all i my work. 11E21?JLIHIP0 Kently Done On Short Notice. I keep alwars on hand TOYS AND NOTIONS, "Musical Instrument and Violin Strinn a So cially. I.OIJl S LAAGKKHtCKG. DR. M. W. DAVIS, DENTIST, ROSEBURG, OREGON. office on Jackson street, Up Stairs, over 8. Marks & Co.'s New Store. IV.AHONEY'3 SALOON Nearest to the Railroad Depot, Oakland This. Mn. Honey, Prop'r. The finest of wines, liquors and cigars in Dos las county, and the best in the State kepi la proper repair: r&rtiea trareling on the railroad will find tall place very handy to visit during the stop . ping of the train at the Oak land Depot. Give msacalL . - Saa. jtAKGKEY. a 1 1 JOHN FRASER, Home Made Furniture, WILBUR, OREGON. Upholstery, Spring Mattrasses, Etc., Constant on hand. EMPMITIIRC I have the best stock ol run II I I Unt, mrnlture south of Portland And all of ruy own manufacture. No two Prices to Customers Residents of Douglas county are requested to give me a call before purchasing elsewhere. t& ALL WORK WARRANTED.- DEPOT HOTEL OAKLAND, - - OREGON. Richard Thomas, Frop'r. rjpBlS HOTEL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED for a number ot years, nd has become rery popular with the traveling public First-class 8LEEPINC ACCOMMODATIONS. ( And the table supplied with the best the market affords. Motel at the d-pot of the Railroad. H. C. STANTON, Dealer in Staple Dry Coodsl Keeps constantly on hand a general assort ment of EXTRA FINE GROCERIES, WOOD, WILLOW AND ULASSWARF, ALSO . ! Crockery and Cordage A full stock of H O II OOL BOO 18 Such, as required by the Public County Schools, All kinds of STATIONERY, TOYS and FANCY ARTICLES, To suit both Young and OU. BUYS AND SELLS LEGAL TENDERS, furnishes Checks on Portland, and procures Drafts on B.an Francisco. SEEDS !a ftr$EEDS ! SEEDS ! ALL KlliDS OF BEST QUAL1IT ALL OK DISK 1'romptly attended to and Goods shipped with care. , Address. Haclicney & Bem, Portland. Oregon Cetewayo, the Zulu king, died July 25th. i. " Affairs are becoming brighter every day in .Fern. At "Bar Harbor. Me.. Julv 27th.a pleas tiro party of eight, consisting of six ladies and two gentlemen, mostly from Boston.were out driving in a buckboard, and whan thev were on the brow of a 8toephill the rocker-pin broke.throwing the occupants of the vehicle front on the nvmaa f riaVifflnino them, and thev ran dewa the hill. Miss Mafcel Case had her neck broken and all the rest of the party , - i j Were severely mjurwu. LATEST NEWS SUMMARY. BT TELEQBAFU TO D4.TE. The number of deaths from cholera in Egypt August 2d, was 702, including 196 at Cairo. August 3d the Northern Pacific rail road had 68 miles of track to put down to connect both ends. A Dallas, Texas, dispatch of August 5th says: A heavy storm visited this sec tion yesterday eveuing. It struck the village of Midlothian and injured seven people, two it is feared fatally. A Denver dispatch of August 4th says: The weather throughout the state is ex traordinary. Heavy rains are falling every day, and hail to the depth of six inches fell to-day at Como, in the moun tains. The Minnesota democratic state con vention convened at St. Paul August 2d. W. W. McNair was nominated for the governorship, R. G. Frasee, lieutenant governor, J. J. Green, secretary of state, and John Lodwig, state treasurer. The London Daily News of August 3d asserts that the total number of deaths from cholera in Egypt so far has been 16,000. It says the disease is now less virulent. Of ten men attacked among the British troops an average of six sur vived. There has recently been transferred from the war department to the aban-4 doned property division of the treasnry department a large quantity of confeder ate scrip, bonds, etc., representing sev eral million dollars, which, it is said, is now to be macerated and converted into pulp, on order of Secretary Folger. Reports received at the postoffice de partment from twenty-five of the larger postoffices show an increase in the sale of postage stamps, postal cards, etc, for the quarter ending June 30, 1883, over the corresponding period of the previ ous year of $232,457, or about 6 per cent. These offices in the second quarter of 1882 collected about 34 per cent, of the total revenne direct. A dispatch from Concord, N. H., dated August 3d, says : The forty-second bal lot resulted in the election of Austin F. Pike for United States senator for six yeais, from March 4th, 1883. - The result of the ballot -was greeted with tumultu ous applause. Pike is 63 years old, a lawyer in aotive practice, has been a rep resentative in congress, and is considered one of the ablest men in the state. The inauguration of tha bust of Gar fit 1 1 will take place at San Franoisco, August 24th, under the auspices of the grand lodge of Masons of California. The procession to the park will be one of the longest ever in California, as all the visiting Kuights Templar will take part,' and so will other Masons. Grand Army of the Republic, National Guard, United States troops and officers and marines from the navy. Jewish residents of Ekatarinoslay, Russia, were attacked by a mob on the 22nd ult., and soldiers were called out to disperse the rioters, ton of whom were killed and thirteen wounded. The trou ble was caused by a Jew insulting a peas ant woman. The town council at Eka tarinoslay resolved to give the Jews 5000 roubles to compensate them for their losses, and to provide shelter for those who were rendered homeless. A Chicago dispatch of August 3d, says : A finely educated young Swede was found dead in the Swedish Lutheran ohurch at Englewood, near thatcity, yes terday, having committed suicide. The morning papers claim that tho young man has been identified as an illegiti mate son of King Oscar of Sweden, and that he was raised in .the family of a sister of the king. Daring his stay in this country he has been engaged as in structor in a private school. A Philadelphia dispatch of August 3d says: The memorial celebration of the sixty second anniversary of the birth of the Uriah S. Stephens, founder of the order of the Knights of Labor, is being held at Renzez park to day, under the auspices of district assembly No. 1, of that city. The attendance was large. T. D. Powkerly, mayor of Soranton, who suoceeded Stephens as grand master workman of the order, delivered an able address in tae afternoon. A Rochester dispatch of August 3d says: Trie northern part oi Monroe county, including the towns of Greece, Penfield and. Irondequit, were swept last night with a terrible storm of wind, hail and rain. Grain, and especially fruit, were badly damaged. Many farmers report losses of from $5000 to $10,000, with many grape vines entirely ruined. The hail killed birds and fowls and brought blood from horses and stock. The belt traveled by the storm was two miles wide by ten or twenty miles long. A San Francisco dispatch of August 4th says: Fire broke out this morning on Post street, near btockton, and de spite the fact that the entire fire depart ment was o ailed out, some thirty houses were consumed before the names were ohecked. The territory traversed by the fire covers half a block. The principal buildings burned were the Pacific col lege. Rod Men s hall, tha Winter liar den. used as a variety theater, Verein Eintracht hall, Druids' hall and a fash ionable lodging house kept by Miss Bissett. A strong west wind prevailed and the flames spread with astonishing rapidity to Stockton" street, seriously threatening Trinity church. The efforts of the firemen were concentrated on the Red Men's building and Eintracht hall, which burned in an incredible short time. The flames baffled the efforts of tha entire department. It is impossible to tlx the amount of the loss. Several narrow escapes from death occurred, Officers broke into Winter.Garden, find ing Mr. Strable and wife asleep, and an other man almost stupefied by smoke, Thev had to be dragged from their beds Another man,when the flames struck the Red Mens building, stepped from a window on the second story, after last ening the window curtains together, he started to lower himself, but when with in fifteen feet of the ground, the curtains parted and he fell on his head, sustain ing fatal injuries. Chief Scbannell and assistants were injured from inhaling smoke. Henry Morgan, an actor, is re 'ported burned in the flames. There were 887 deaths from cholera in Egypt on August 1st. At Semenor, Russia, 180 houses were destroyed by fire recently. There were forty-eight deaths from yellow fever in Havana last week. General Sir William Fenwiok Will iams, of the English army, is dead. The Hanlan-Hosmer-Lee boat race at Fulton, N. Y., recently, was won by the former. Tho next national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic will be held at Minneapolis. At Cairo, July 29th, there were 330 deaths from cholera, and 443 at other places between Synpett and the Mediter ranean. Carey, the Phoenix P&rk informer, was shot dead by a man named O'Donnell.on the steamer Melrose, near Cape Town, July 29th. The telegraph operators made an ap peal to the president for an investigation into their difficulties with the Union Pacific Company. Capt. Webb, the noted English swim mer, who attempted to swim the great whirlpool lust below the Niagara falls, July 28th, was drowned. Coiuage at the Philadelphia mint for he past month aggregated 3,056.000 pieces, valued at $1,228,800. The amount includes 1,200,000 silver dollars. It is stated at the treasnry department that the reduction of the publio debt for July will be unusually small, if there be any. An estimate cannot be given. Among the injured in the earthquake at Ischia was Miss Van Allen, daughter of William K. Van Allen, a well known real estate dealer of San Franoisco. The war department is informed that the body of the late General Ord has been embalmed and will remain in Cuba until autumn, when it will be brought here. The German government will send some one of its highest officials connect ed with railroads to attend the opening ceremonies upon the completion of the Northern Pacific. The French senate has adopted, by a vote of 139 to 19, article fifteen of the Judicial reform bill, which reduces the number of magistrates. The vote im plies the adoption of the entire bill. A Berlin dispatch of August 1st says: A large building on Kopmioker strasse in his city, used as a manufactory of vel vet, burned last night. The loss is heavy. Three firemen were killed by jailing walls. A Dublin dispatch says that owing to he quietness of the country the govern ment has dispensed with the services of Clifford Lloyd, resident magistrate, from the special duty to which he had been emporarily assigned. The Pennsylvania democratic state convention was held at Harrisburg Au gust 2d. J. F. Taggart, of Warren county, was nominated for auditor- general; Joseph Powell, of Bradford county, state treasurer. A new telegraph company was incor porated at Chicago August 2d, to be known as the Exchange Telegraph Com pany. The general route is from Chi cago to Sac Francisco, with intermedi ate branches. Capital stock $2,000,000, divided into 20,000 shares. At San Francisco, August 2d, Patriok McGrath, an engineer, on being re proached for his drinking, remarked: "HI stop it to night for good and for all," and immediately thereafter went off and cut his head so completely as nearly to sever the head from the body. A mystery involving the fate of a wo man and child occurred at the Presidio Cal., recently. A woman, accompanied by a little girl, was observad to disrobe herself and child, and proceed towards the bay, only a few hundred feet distant. Nothing was afterwards seen of them. The clothing of tho woman showed the name of Maria Gotto. A New York dispatch i of August 1st savs: The situation ox the telegraphic strike is about the same. There are ru mors that an important movement will soon occur on the part of the strikers, but nothing can be learned regarding it. Business is apparently going smoothly at the Western Union. All the operators were paid off yesterday and are at work his morning. Strikers who desire money were paid off by the brotherhood to day. The total bushels of grain exported from New York in sailing vessels during the six months ending July 1, was 2,692,383, against 1,566,841 the same period last year. Of the former amount the American flag carried 41,922 bush els. The amount carried in steam ves sels tha sume period this year was 21,- 922,3U0, against 14,441,673 the same period last year. Tho United States transported nothing by steam from that port. The lion's share belonged to England, which carried in the neighbor hood of two-thirds each year. Belgium comes next. Last year corn formed less than one-half of the exports of giam, while this year it is fully one-half. Wheat formed last year two-thirds of all, but this year a little more than two- fifths. A San Francisco dispatch of Aug. 2d says: Arrangements ar9 about com pleted for expediting the delivery o eastern mails intended for eastern Oregon and southeastern Washington Territory. Heretofore those mails have been ciis patched from K el ton, on the line of the Central Pacific railroad, to Boise City by stage. It is proposed ou August 15th to send them via the Oregon Short Line from Granger, Wyoming, to Shoshone, making a saving of something over 100 miles. The mans thus forwarded will be principally for Baker and Union counties and also for Walla Walla, and tha arrangement will hold good until the completion of the Northern P aoific,when all Oregon, Washington Territorv and British Columbia mail will be made up in the east and sent over that road. On the above date mail matter from here will be cent to Ogden. and thence on the Utah Northern to Pocatelle, then on the Oregon Short Line to Shoshone, from where they will be taken by stage to Boise City and finally to Baker City, making a considerable saving in time. On such days as steamers leave here for Portland, mail intended for the north west will be carried over that route. . The Dana Paradise. Mr. Charles A. Dana, the able editor of the Sun, hascdme prominently before the publio many, : many times, but one seldom hears about "bis beautiful home and accomplished family. Mrs. Dana is a charming lady past the middle ago, with gray hair and fair skin. She has fine expressive eyes, dresses with taste and is an excellent conversationalist. They have four children. , The oldest daughter is Mrs. Underwood who lives at home, the other daughters are Ruth, who was married a year ago this Sep tember to Mr. Wm. Draper of this city, and Minnie, who is still unmarried. The daughters are unsualiy well educated and accomplished; ani.woro at one time very popular, indeed, 'in the best New York society. Latterly they have gone again into society. They are all fine pianists and linguists and connoisseurs in art matters. They have handsome horses and ride a great deal, especially about their island home. They are fond o : beautiful dresses, and have many sent every year from Worth. Paul Dana, the son, who is an exceed ingly clever young man. is a graduate of Harvard in the class of '74. He is tall and slender, with blue eyes and fair hair. He is fond of driving, riding, fishing and hunting, and is an excellent sports man. The family spent about eight months of the year at their beautiful home 'Dosoris," on West Island, three miles rom Glen Cove, on the Sound. The origin of the name of the house has an interesting little story. West Island and East Island near by were both orig inally owned by the old Cole family, and Nathaniel Cole gave West Island to his wife, and it was then called VDosUxoria" he wife s dower, which has been cor rupted into Dosoris. Mr. Dana purchased West Island about eight years ago from Mr. James F. Cox, his brother, ex-Commissioner Townsend Cox owning and living still on Etst Island. West Island, the home of the Danas, is a perfect Eden. It con tains about fifty acres beautifully laid out in parks, groves, forests and farm and, which is highly cultivated. 'Dosoris is the only ; house on the island, excepting a most artistic little cottage which is lather a private club house for the men of the family, and whioh contains the finest of billiard - tables. The house itself is situated on a hill, and is very commodious. It was built by Commodore Dickerson, U. S. N., who owned the island before Mr. Cox bought it. The halls are large and airy, as are also the rooms. Mr. Dana, who is a connoisseur in all art matters, especially in pottery, has spent many years in making a .collection of the latter, and he has one ol 'the finest in the country. He may often be seen at the different galleries in the city examining the pictures and porcelain, ard when anv nlatfl nr inc RtrilrAH hia artist if! fanov he immediately makes a purchase of it j . o ------- - J 1 and adds it to his collection. This is his one hobby, and he has assisted American art galleries very materially by his purchases. The house is approached through an avenue of fine old elms, noted for their beauty all over the country. The in terior furnishings show a refined and cultivated taste; the parlors are large and airy, and the sleeping rooms veritable pictures of comfort and quietude. Mr. Dana leaves home on the o o clock train in the morning and returns on the 4 o'clock. He has never traveled by boat since the Seawauhaka disaster. At Glen Cove he has a private telegraph wire whioh connects with the Sun office. The island is connected to the mainland by a grand causeway, over which Mr. Dana drives his handsome team every morning and evening to and from the railway station. - In the winter months the family oc cupies a handsome house up town, at No. 48 West Thirty-ninth street. They are fond of the opera, concerts and the the ater, and go into society quite a good deal. They have a small circle of inti mate friends, with whom they spend most of their time, however; seldom going out to large entertainments. The family attend the wedenborgian ohurch, and Mrs. Dana, and her daugh ters have a great deal of that sweet, kindly, ohari table graciouBness which seems to belong to a true Swedenbor- gian. Mr. Dana s family have in years past traveled very extensively, but very little of late, their home on West Island be ing almost too fascinating to leave for any length of time. New York Journal. Stretchy Religion. An old couple, man and wile, were along tne wnarves a day or two ago hunting for an Hp-shore boat, and the woman explained lo a steamboat agent It is a very stormy season and we ex pect to be seasick, and we'd ruther go on a boat where the captain is a relig ious man. "Well, that's all right," he replied. "We've got one very religious captain on our line, and his boat sails to-night. "Can we go down and see him?" "Oh, yes. Keep right down the street until you see the boat. The couple walked on and finally boarded the steamer. The captain and all hands were busy with the cargo, but the old folks walked up to him and the woman said: "Capting, you have been recommend ed to us as a religious man." The 1 have!" he growled. Thev looked at each other with con sternation depicted in the their face, and then the old man said: "Captain what church do you belong to?"-' " . "See herel" roared the offioial, "if vou've oome to bleed me for some char ity, or want me to sign a petition, or ex peot this boat to carry a lot of dead heads up the lake, I won't stand it What do you want7 Out with it, now, and no infernal chawing around. I'm blanked if I ain't bothered with more blanked lunatics than any other blanked man on the lakes! Man and wife retired to consult, and after getting ten feet away the woman said: - ' "Henry, he's not a religious man." "Well, I dunno." "But he Bwears like a pfrate." "Yes, Maria, but you Bee this is out west. We don't swear and belong to the church too up in New Hampshire, but they may do different here. He swears, but he looks like a man. to depend on in a storm." - -. "Shan't we look for another? "I guess not, Maria. I guess the re ligions out here in Michigan are kind o' stretchy, and they 'low swearin on the steamboat and around the depots. We'll go by this boat, and if he don't swear any harder than he did to us, mebbe Providence will let him squeeze through on the up trip and sink him when he comes down." Free Press. SCIKXCE AND INTENTION. In Krupp's great trun manufactory, at Essen, compressed carbonio acid is used for the manufacture of what ice and selt zer water may be required by the work men. It has been observed that"right;hand edness" extends far down in the scale of creation. Parrots take hold of their food in their right foot by preference, and insects like wasps, beetles and spi ders, use the right anterior foot most frequently. For a period of forty-four years none of the men employed in a German ultra marine works had been observed to suf fer from consumption. The immunity of the employes is attributed to the con stant production of sulphurous acid by the burning of sulphur in the course of the making of the ultramarine. A composition has been invented by M. M. Dankworth and Landers, of St. Petersburg, which is reported to be tough, elastio, water-proof, insulating in short, a nearly sufficient substitute for India rubber. It is composed of a mix ture of wood and coal tar, linseed oil, ozokerit, spermaceti and sulphur, which are thoroughly mixed and heated for a long time in large vessels by means of superheated steam. In a recent German scientific work, Dr. Otto Mohinke advanoes a new argument in favor of Darwinism. Small -pox is a disease supposed to be confined to human beings, but Dr. Mohinke had a gibbon (hylobates caucolor) in Borneo whioh was infected through contact with . his olothes on returning from a hospital, and passed through all the stages of the dis ease, escaping, however, with only a slight injury to one of his eyes. Major White, says the J ournal of the Franklin Institute, has provided the steam fire engines of the city of Berlin with pipes for the discharge of com pressed carbonic acid into the steam chamber. When the engine starts from the station the boiler is heated; on arriv ing at the fire the carbonio acid is at fiat employed as a motor, then the gas and steam work together, and finally steam alone is used. By this arrangement the engine is brought into action four or five minates sooner than would be otherwise possible. Tne following analysis by Schwartz tends to show that American barley is richer in starch, and therefore in ex- ract, than European barley. Moisture 13.71. starch. 65.05. albuminoids 11.41, ash 3.23, and phosphoric acid .953. The percentages of starch, albuminoids, ash and phosphoric acid are calculated on the perfectly dry barley. The following comparative analysis of American and European barleys by the same authority have been given by a contemporary: Moisture American 13.71, European 15.11. Starch American 66.05, Europ- i t . ai a ean 04. l. Aiouminoias American 11 41, European 11.21. Ash American 3.23, European nil. Phosphoric acid American .953, European .995. A flutter has been caused in scientific circles by the announcement in the Union Medioale of June 2d of the discov ery, on piercing a new gallery in a coal mine at Bully-Urenay (ras-de-uaiaiBi.of a series of very remarkable caverns. In the first were the intact fossil bodies of a man, two women and three children. Beside them were petrified pieces of wooden utensils and remains of mam mals and fish, as well as stone weapons. A second subterranean cavern revealed eleven bodies of gigantic size, the fossils of several animals, and a great number of various objects, including precious stones. Into a third and larger chamber the miners could not enter on account of the carbonio acid it contained. If all this turns out to be as true as it appears to be the existence of pre-historio men is a stern fact even to the most skeptical. Chicago's Cable Cars. Clang! Clang! The warning sound of the gong, whioh in large cities means the rapid rush of the fire laddies and the "machine to a hre, smote sharply on our ears as on the evening of our first arrival in Chicago we stepped from the obsourity of Tan Buren into the glare of State sireet. Clang! clang! clang! fiercely rang out the bell. We stopped and anx iously scanned the sky, but as yet the conflagration did not appear to be much of a success. let from every direction came the clanging of the gongs, and we stood expectantly awaiting what, next to a charge on the neiu oi oauie, is tne most thrilling exhibition of man s cour age the charge of the Fire Brigade. Bnt no one else in the throng seemed to share our excitement; there was no turn in? to right and left of teams, no shout- inor of urchins, not even "one of the finest" in sight, not a ripple could be discerned. "Well," said I to mybelf , "Chioairo must be fire-hardened." And on came the clanging bells, and there passed across our line of vision three cars coupled together traveling steadily and rapidly. No plunging eteeds, no smoking funnels, no shower of sparks. no hoarse shouts only three horse cars swiftlv and mysteriously bearing their heavy freights up and down the busy street. We bad seen the cable cars! But on they go now stopping, now starting; now slower, now faster; no motor in sight, no cylinder, no esoaping steam no machinery; yet, under the perfect oontrol of a driver, they are as docile as the finist "Baldwin." What, then, pro pels these numerous trams to say simply an endless chain would oonvey to the readers of the Metallurgist a poor idea of the complexity of the system But suppose we take a ear and visit the home of the giant who. Prometheus like, we have heard rastliag his chains beneath the pavement. No, not here; we must go to the farther street cross ug. raere we are i w itn an easy accelerated motion we start off almost at lull speed, and propelled by this unseen giant, we roll rapidly south. Patrons of the road tell us there is a great differ ence in drivers some starting and stop ping with scarcely a perceptible jerk, others with a suddenness rather more than perceptible. But as the, road has been in operation but little more than a year, 'it is hardly just to criticize the raw recruits.- But here we are at Twenty-second street. Above the door of the building an illumninated shield bearing the leg' lJiWj&w&"'titQa us that wS are not trespassers; so we enter. The first that strikes our attention is one of the "grips" with a section of cable. This is a very simple contrivance; and (not to go into detail too closely) consists of two parallel'shoes of iron, shod with wood, between which the cable is allowed to slip either faster or slower or not at all thus guaging the speed of the car. For instance: At full speed the cable is firmly grasped by the grip; at the slow est it is merely pressed by the shoes. The cable is of wire, six strands, with a hemp oenter. Next we look at the en- ginea.built by Jerome Wheelock of Wor cester, Mass., two of which are busily workinsr. They are of 250 horse power each, and work seven cables, four di rectly and three indirectly. These cables move at different rates of speed. On State street down town the rate is seven miles, while beyond the busy streets the rate is increased to eight miles. On Twenty-second street, for two blocks, the rate is but four miles an hrur. One of the most interesting sights is the "tension carriage," a oar confined by a heavy weight and chair, which allows it to move in obedience to the demands of the cable, keeping the latter at about the same tension continually, and allowing or any severe strain by yielding slowly to the demand. While under the old system the oompany could run but one car, it can now run three, and the publio is given better accommodation and more of it, and the cable system is deservedly asuocess. . Husband and Wife. The social and domestic relations of husband and wife were discussed by a clergyman, who said that the Soriptures make the relationship very plain. Hus bands and wives are fellow travelers on ife's highway, and they are brought together by choice, not by chance. In the presence of God and man they have sworn to bear each other's burdens. They have not foreseen all the troubles and responsibilities that await them ; they ill IS 3 1 i 1 . will iiiiu ueiects in eacn oiuer wnicn can only be rightly met by mutual consider ation and forbearance. As the husband is the ruler of the family and sustains be same relation to the wife as Christ does to the church, the hue band is first in responsibility, and the wife, instead of denying this responsibility, as some women do, should force it upon the hus band s attention if he be disposed to for get it. The husband is responsible for the support of the family and no man is a Christian who does not do all he can or his family. If a man gives the reins of government into the hands of his wife, and the family carriage is wrecked thereby, he is re sponsible for damages. Many men treat their wives like children They regard heir views and opinions as of no value. which is altogether wrong. The key to happiness is mutual confidence. Have no secrets from each other. But wives are to submit to their husbands only "as it is fit in the Lord." a woman is not to give up her religion or her conscience. A good husband will nearly always made a good wife. A man does not take a wife because she is a philosopher, but to satisfy his cravings for the beautiful, the good and the gentle. Hence it is his duty to furnish his wife with the means of making herself as attractive after mar riage as before. A neat, tidy house and a neat, tidy wife are bound to exercise a powerful influence for good upon the family. Wives should never be slovenly in dress, and should make themselves and their homes agreeable. Home should be the dearest place on earth to a man, and it generally is when it is made pleasant and happy. An Australian Walking Tour. A walking tour of a very remarkable character has just been completed by Mr. Ernest Morrison, son of Mr. George Morrison of the Geelong Scotch College. He had already achieved some reputa as a traveler, having a few years ago, dur ing a holiday vacation, walked everland from Qaeenscliff to Adelaide. On this oocasion, however,hs undertook and has since successfully completed, the ambi tious task of traversing the continent of Australia from tho gulf of Carpentaria to Melbourne. ' - Leaving Normantown on the week be fore Christmas, he passed through Clon- ourry, followed . down the Diamantina and the Thomson, and struck the Bulloo at Thargomindah and the Paroo at Hun gerford. Following then the Paroo he crossed the Darling at Wiloannia, the Laohlan at Booligal, the Murrumbidgee at Hay, and the Murray at Echuca. He walked the entire distance alone and un armed, generally sleeping in the open air. He was caught by the heavy rains above Thargomindah and for 350 miles had nearly as much wading through water as walking. The journey of over 2000 miles oooupied just 120 days, his rate of traveling being greatly impeded by the weight he had to carry. Mel bourne Argns. Hominy Croquettes To a cupf nil of cold , boiled'hominy'add a tablespoon! ul of melted butter; stir well, then add gradually a cupful of milk, stirring and mashing the hominy until it becomes a soft smooth paste. Then add a teaspoon' f ul of white sugar and a well-beaten egg, Boll into oval balls with floured hands. roll in beaten eggs, then in bread orumbs, and fry in boiling lard. There are over sixty-five thousand law vers in the United States, and the Drum- mer is not nearly so much surprised that truth should be crashed to earth as that it should rise again. ALL SORTS. All light, transparent stuffs are much puffed and draped this year. We are all in favor of knee-breeches for the letter carriers.- Many Faithful Bulldogs. While her mother was taking a fly out of the butter, little Daisy asked: "Is that a butter fly, mamma?" When a poor fellow begins going to the dogs.it is only his dog who continues to sympathize with him. The man who invented the phrase. "Jusi as easy as rolling off a log." must have tried to cross the river on one. The LL. D. croi) of this vsar is a varr large but some of it lias been gath ered oeiore it was - ripe. isoaton trav eler. If we did but know how Utile soma en jov of the things they possess, there would not be verv much envv in the world. Tha oonntrv nreaoriAr is Trufri1 In - r - - be poor and humble. His congregation mnnfc lrnan tiim nnni- ta T.nrrl will maVa. him humble. Money and fame are two things that men work hardest for; and after death one is worth just about as much to them as the other. . ; If vou don't want evil things said of vou. don't do evil things. It is poor polioy to grow feathers for your enemy's arrows. "What is meant by a Sabbath-day's journey?" John "The distance between any place and the nearest good fishing ground. The "Great Eastern" last year earned $65, and cost $20000. Now, if we didn't know the "Great Eastern" was a steamship, we would think it was a member of Congress. The vanity of loving fine olothes and new fashions, and valuing ourselves by them, is one of the most childish pieces of folly that can be. "If ours," exclaims the Chicago Inter- Ocean, "is not a government of the" sa loon keeper by the saloon keeper for the saloon keeper, what is it? A Pennsylvania man still has in his possession the first pair of pants he ever woro. Unlike most fathers, he-hasns tried to work 'em off on the boys. The difference between a long and short yarn is very well illustrated by the difference of one's feelings in holding a skein for one's grandmother or for one's sweetheart. A desire to make everybody happy and comfortable can be carried to ex tremes. An Indiana landlord has been fined $700 for kissing a lady who was a guest at his hotel. - . It appesrs that alum is sometimes . added to wines to give astringency and to raise the color. For its detection, evaporate to dryness, and then set fire to the organic matter. . Mr. Sherman loves to sit on the poroh and watch the lawn mower rattle among the trees. So do we; and so long as somebody else - pushes the machine we don't care how much it rattles. Boston Star. It is calculated by scientists that a man can make more of a blamed nui sance of himself in five minutes with a garden hose than he oan in an hour and a half by any other method. Lowell Citizen. The reason the wives of Brigham Young do not go to his grave and weep is a good one. No woman wants to go to her husband s grave to shed tears and find another woman there doing it. Boston Post. I have often noticed that gallant young men walking with their sweethearts offer their left arm. Why is this? Edith The left arm is nearest the heart; the right arm is nearest the pocketbook. Jrhiladelphia News. "Going out of town this summer?" somebody, asked a drygoods olerk the other day. "Summer nothing," was the curt reply. "I can get all the mosqui toes and stale fish 1 want right where I board in Harlem." The Judge; The principal of a Massachusetts in land academy saw fit to expel one of his boys, who-then wrote home to his father in justification of his course : "I got expelled for riding with the girls, but I took the neatest, cleanest, prettiest girl there was in town." At the dinner to the newsboys at the Soldiers Home one boy had eaten all he could possibly hold, when he leaned back and said to his partner. "Skinny, my stomach will think my throat is out." Volumes could not say more. Peck's Sun. A lady poet asks: "How can I tell him I love him no more ?" Probably the beBt way is to get him into an ice cream . saloon, eat five dishes and then break the news gently. If he doesn't accept the situation you had better try and love him again. You can never do better. A Philadelphia police sergeant says he has arrested men hopelessly, helplessly, rolling drunk, with $1000 in their pock ets. Beg pardon, sergeant, but a man with $1000 doesn't get drunk. He may succumb to, malaria, or eat' buttered watermelon, but he doesn't get drunk. School committeeman (examining a pupil) : "Where is the north pjole?'' "I don't know, sir." "Don't know? Are you not ashamed that you don't know where the north pole is?" 44 Why, sir, if Sir John Franklin and Dr. Kane and Captain DeLong couldn't find it, how should I know where it is?" Accustom yourself to submit on all and every occasion, and on the most minute, no less than on the most im portant circumstances in life, to a small present evil, to obtain a greater distant good. This will give decision, tone, and energy to the mind, which, thus disci plined, will often reap victory from de feat and honor from repulse. Colton. - 44 What d'ye leave that door open for?" exclaimed the gentleman in the office to the intruding peddler." "Oi thought, surr," was the quick reply, " that ye moight want to kick me down stairs, and Oi wanted to make it oonvanient for ye, surr," The gentleman was ; so taken aback that he bought two apples for five cents; passing off a bad quarter in tha , transaction.