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ROSEBUHG. OREGON, SATlBl)AY. SEPTEMBER 22, 1883.
NO. 24.
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3S:J. JA8ECULEK
PRACTICAL
WATCHMAKER, JEWELER,
OPTICIAN; -i
AND
ALL WORK WARRANTED.
Dealer
In Watcbce. Clack. Jewelry.
Spectacle ad Eyriumt,
And a Fall Line or
Cigars, Tobaccos and Fancy Goods.
Tbe only reliable Optometer in town for the
proper adjustment cf rpeotaclea ; always on band.
Depot of the Genuine Brazilian Pebble Speo
tacles and Eyeglasses.
OFFICE First door sou lb of post office. Rose
burg. Oregon.
XiAXIGEN BERG'S
Boot and Shoe Store,
KOHEHUUO. OGN
On Jackson Street, opposite tbe Postoffice. Keeps
on band tbe largest and best assortment of
EMateru nud Han Vramelco Boots and
.hoes, Galiero, MUppers)
And everything In tbe Boot and Sboe Line and
SELLS CHEAP for CASH.
Boots and Shoes Made to Order Perfect
Fit Guaranteed.
I use tbe Bent of Leather and Warrant all
my woik.
II El'AlUINO XVently Done
On Short Notice. I keep always on band
AND NOTIONS,
TOYS
W Musical Instruments and Violin String a Spe
cialty. LOUIS LAAGtSKKtCKOt
DR. M. W. DAVIS,
DENTIST,
ROSEBURG, OREGON.
OFFICE-ON JACKSOST FTREKT,
Up Btairr, over 8. Marks & Co.'s New Store.
r.lAHOnEY'O SALOON
Nearest to tbe Railroad Depot, Oakland
" Jum. Mntioney, Prop'r.
The finest of wines, liquors and cigars la Dcsrj
las county, and the bast
BIIililABD 'TJk.TtUTa
In the State kept ia proper repair
kHrUei traveling en the railroad win find this
place very handy to rial t daring the step
. ping of the train at the Oak
land Depot Give meaoall.
Jas. MAHONEY.
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JOHN FRASER,
Home Made Furniture,
LATEST NEWS SUMMARY.
UT TKJLEGRAVII TO IIA.TK.
WILBUR,
OREGON.
Upholstery, Spring Mattrasses, Etc.,
Constantly on hand.
ETI IDIJITI IDC I have the beat stoclc ol
rUnili I Urf C.. turniture sooth of Portland
And all of my own manufacture.
No two Prices to Customers
Resident of Douglas county aro requested to
giro me a call before purchasing elsewhere.
JCST ALL WORK WARRANTED.-
DEPOT HOTEL-
OAKLAND, - - OREUOI.
Richard Thomas, PropV.
rpms HOTEL riAS BEEN ESTABLISHED
for a number ot years, and has become very
popular with tbe traveling public. First-class
SLEfcPINC ACCOMMODATIONS.
And the table supplied with the best the market
affords. 1 1 otel at tbe depot of tbe Kailroad.
H. C. STAffTON,
Dealer in
Staple Dry Coods I
Keeps constantly on band
ment of
a general assort-
EXTRA FINE GROCERIES,
WOOD, WILLOW AND GLASSWARE,
ALSO
Crockery and Cordage
A full stock of
KCIIOOL
BOO K9
fiuch as required by the Public County Schools,
All kinds of STATIONERY, TOYS and
FANCY ARTICLES,
To suit both Young and Old.
BUYS AND SELLS LEQAL TENDERS,
furnishes Checks on Portland, and procures
Drafts on Snn Francisco.
-QEEDS! I&-8EEDS!
SSKSDS !
Ex-Senator J. 0. Furnham of Mil
ledgeville, Ga., died Sept. 15th.
There have been fresh anti-Jewish dis
orders in tbe Hilada district of Hungary .
At Havana eighteen death a from yellow
fever occurred daring the week ending
Sept. 15th.
Two Mormon elders were recently
tarred and feathered near the town of
Laurel, lnd.
The San Francisco Alta was recently
sold a number of prominent Democrats
being the purchasers.
The postmaster-general says the reduc
tion on letterpostage will cause a loss to
the government of over $2,000,000.
A fire at Casey, 111., recently destroyed
eleven buildings (business hoases), and
several offices, causing a loss of $80,000.
Col. Robert M. May of Westmoreland,
Ya., member of congress, shot himself
Sept. 15th, on board the steamer Vir
ginia, from Baltimore to Norfolk.
The independent labor party has ap
pointed a committee to issue a call for a
national convention of the labor organ
izations to be held at Philadelphia Jan,
12, 1883.
A fire at Delphos, Ohio, Sept. 15th,
entirely consumed the extensive works
of the Pittsburg Hoop and Barrel Com
pany. Tne night watenman was burned
to death. Loss, $70,000; insurance,
$30,000.
The New York Produce Exchange
Weekly estimates tbe probably require
ments of wheat by all European coun
tries at 313.000.000 bushels, and the
probable available supplies for Europe
at 232,000,000 bushels.
The celebration of the 73d anniversary
of Mexican independence was immensely
enthusiastic. The procession of societiep,
schools, government employes, militia,
and allegorical cars, was four hours
passing a given point. The city was
overcrowded with strangers.
The session of the legislature of New
Hampshire, which closed Sept. 15th, was
the longest ever held in the state. Mem
bers of each house received 102 days'
pay. It will require upwards of $100,
000 to settle the per diem. Nearly 375
bills and joint resolutions were passed.
At San Francisco, Sept. 15th, Henry
Marks, a laborer, stabbed to death John
Connelly, who was living in tbe house
with Marks and wife. The victim was
caught in the act of adultery with Marks'
wife and was stabbed eight times, and
died in a few minutes. Marks was ar
rested. '
The side-wheel steamer Queen Victo
ria, which has been running the past
three weeks on the route between Chat
ham, Ontario and Detroit, caught fire
at Clemens' wharl, six miles below Chat
ham, September 14th. The flames
Bpread so rapidly that the crew barely
had time to ef cape with their lives. The
loss is estimated at $13,500; insurance,
$10,000.
Prof. Swift, director of the Warner
observatory at Rochester, discovered a
oomet Sept. 16th, in the oonstellation of
Draoo. It is a significant fact that only
two comets have been discovered in the
same constellation ana bo near eacn
other. Prof. Swift receives the Warner
prize of $2000. The wonderfully brilliant
northern lights prevented an extended
obeervation, but the motion of the comet
is southwest.
The postoffice department Septem
ber 15th, 1883, began the distribu
tion of the new two-cent stamps, and
the requisition upon the contractors was
the largest in the number of pieces and
value ever issued in one day. The order
was for 37,879,830 postage stamps, 7,131,
950 stamped envelopes, most of these be
ing of the two-cent denomination, and
59,830,090 postal cards, the aggregate,
value of the articles ordered was
$950,000.
Benjamin Styles, a miner, met with a
horrible death in tho Eureka Con. new
shaft Sept 15th. It seoms he was work
ing on a timber across tho shaft, 600 feet
below the surface, when by some mis
take, a heavy water tank was lowered
nnon him. His head was mashed to a
pulp, his leg was nearly torn off, and
the breastbone was mashed, forcing the
entrails to protrude. Deceased was 36
years of age, and a native of Ontario,
Can.
The report of the commissioner of im
migration for the state of New York
shows that 39,374 emigrants landed at
the port of New York from August 3,
1882, to June 30, 1883, inclusive. The
largest number landed in one month,
6959. was in May. 1883. and the small
est, 1343, in January the same year. The
duty imposed by the board on returning
paupers and persons nnable to take care
of themselves to the ports whence they
came, has been carefully exercised, and
a large number of undesirable persons
have been sent back.
Yellow fever is raging at Guavmas and
Hermosillo, Mexico.
Mechanics' Institute fair opened in San
Francisco September 11th.
ALL KM IIS OF BEST QUALITY
A X Ij, ORDERS
Promptly attended to and Goods shipped
with care.
Add rent, Iiachenej & Reno,
Portland. Oreon.
The weekly statement of the bank of
France shows a decrease of 2,565,000
francs in gold, and 3,475,000 francs in
silver.
The Chicago Daily News publishes a
large number of letters from physicians
of that city, in answer to a circular ask
ing their opinion as to the probability of
a cholera epidemic in this country next
year, or within a few years. Most of
them anticipate more or less cholera in
this country next year, and urge the ne
cessity of a thorough observance of sani
tary precautious, both municipal and
personal.
Eight veterans of the war of 1812 met
at Washington, D. 0., Sept. 13th, to
celebrate the anniversary of the battle of
North Point. They were Major Edward
Simms, Michael Caton, S. Mase, Capt.
W. W. Moore, James Lawrenzo, John
D. Clark, the Rev. French Evans and
John Sanderson. They are all that is
left of 133 members who organized the
association of surviving soldiers of the
war of 1812. For several years past it
has been the custom of these survivors
to meet for roll call at the residence of
Captain Clark, the oldest of the sur
vivors, now 93 years of age. The few
survivors are all well known old citizens
who have, for hall a century or more,
been identified with business enterprises
of this district. The survivors of the
war in the district first organized the
association shortly after the close of the
war. It was kept up for some years;
and then interest died out, but in 1855
thev reorganized. They then elected
Col. W. W. Seaton president, Gen. John
L. Skinner second vice president, James
Lawrenzo secretary, James A. Kennedy
treasurer, Col. Wm. P. Young marshal,
and Dr. W. P. Jones surgeon. From
time to time their officers have been
changed, as death created vacancies.
But one of the original officers has kept
his place successively until the present
time James Lawrenzo who still walks
erect and with a lively step.
Hugh J. Hastings, proprietor of the
New York Commercial Advertiser, died
Sept. 12.
The 25th anniversary of the discovery
of gold in Colorado waa celebrated at
Denver, Sept. 12th.
At St. Joseph, Mo., recently, the
steam printing house was damaged $50,
000 by fire; fully insured.
Admiral Pierre, who returned to Paris
a few days ago from, the command of the
French fleet "at Madagascar, died Sept.
11th. v y-V,; :-.'V ;. :
A man by the name of Scott Pickerell
and two horses, were burned to death in
a freight car near Jacksonville, ILL, re
cently. The sugar refinery at Hutchinson,
Kansas, is pronounced a success. The
manufactory will turnout 100 barrels
per day.
On account of extreme low water, a
portion of the Amoskeag mills have shut
down. About 4000 operatives are tem
porarily idle.
The treasury department purchased
296,000 ounces of fine silver for the
mints of Philadelphia, New Orleans and
San Francisco.
A large number of negroes were
poisoned by eating boiled shrimps at a
celebration in Beaufort county, S. C,
recently. Three have died and seven
more are expected to die.
The postal money order agreement be
tween the United States and the
Hawaiian islands was signed by Postmaster-General
Gresham and the
Hawaiian minister. It is to go into effect
January 1 next.
At Irwin, in Southern Illinois, on Sep
tember 11th, a temple belonging to a re
ligions sect known as Pilgrims, was
blown up with giant powder and the
building entirely destroyed by fire. The
Pilgrims practice polygamy, which
aroused the indignation of the people in
the vicinity, and to get rid of the obnox
ious sect they blew up their temple.
The report of the committee to inves
tigate alleged frauds in the importation
of Hawaiian -sugar has been submitted
to Secretary Folger. The report is un
derstood to state that no evidence of the
importation of Chinese or East Indian
sugar through Hawaii has been obtained,
and the charges ot Belmont are not sus
tained. The report is replete with valu
able statistics of tho sugar, business of
the Pacifip coast.
The New York Commercial Bulletin
prints a letter from H. Kains Jackson of
London, an English authority on wheat,
in which the available crop of British
wheat is set down at 9,000,000 quarters,
disclosing a deficiency compared with
last year which will make it necessary to
import 14,000,000 quarters for the Unit
ed Kingdom. The general situation on
the continent as well as in England, he
says, leads many to expect a revived de
mand and an increase of price in Octo
ber and during the winter months.
Sixteen of the mutual fire insurance
companies of the United States, in ses
sion at Chicago recently, adopted a res
olution to decline any risks on imper
feotly constructed mills and factories,
and to allow those furnished with auto
matic sprinklers and reliable water sup
ply a reduction of 25 per cent, from
premium rates. The companies also ap
proved a suggestion that a chain lead
from tho safety valvo of a boiler to the
exterior of the building, so that, in case
of fire, the engines can be flooded with
steam and the danger of an explosion
averted.
At Smith ville. N. C, Sept. 11th, the
wind reached a maximum velocity of
ninety-three miles per hour, for seven
hours. Many houses were unroofed,
wharves washed away and fisheries seri
ously damaged. All the pilot boats were
blown ashore and one was sunk. Many
vessels were in harbor, but only two
held their anchorage. Tha oldest pilots
say that in duration and violence the
storm exceeded anything ever experi
enced. The revenue cutter at Colfax,
though in imminent danger for several
hours, rode out the gale.
Sixty masked men forcibly entered the
Yell county jail, at Danville, Ark., re
cently, seized John Coker and Dr,
Flood, took them to anj iron bridge
across the river, and hanged them from
the center span cross beam. Coker was
accused of leading into ambuscade the
sheriff and party in search of the Daniels
outlaws several weeks ago, in which two
men, Carter and Cortes, were killed.
Flood was accused of harboring the out
laws. Coker begged to be shot, but was
told he must hang. The bodies were
discovered and cut down Sunday morn
ing. .
A St. Johns dispatch of Sept. 12th
says: It is my painful duty to report the
total failure of tbe expedition. The Pro
tens was crushed in a pack in latitude 78
degrees 52 minutes, longitude 72 degrees
25 minutes, and sunk on the afternoon of
the 23d of July. My party ,crew and ship
were all saved. I made my way across
Smith Sound, and along the " eastern
shore to Cape York, thence across Mel
ville bay to Upernavich, arriving there
the 24th of August. Tbe Yantic reached
Upernavich the 2d of September, and
left the same day, bringing the entire
party here to-day. All are well. Lieut.
E. A. Garlington.
A bloody affair occurred Sept. 12 on
the prairie three miles from Cheyenne.
James Knight, a freighter, and two men,
H. Moore and J. H. Wenzell, slept in
Knight's wagon. About daylight Moore
arose and struck Knight with an axe, and
knocked him senseless. He then at
tacked Wenzell, who, after the first blow,
awoke and fought, taking the" axe from
Moore not, however, until he had re
ceived another blow on the head. Moore
then took a revolver and shot at Wenzell
four times. Wenzell has two bullet
holes in tbe chest, one in the left arm
and one through the left hand. . sol
dier from Fort Russell, out duck shoot
ing,' went to the rescue, and Moore fled
over the hills. Wenzell's skull was
fractured, and a ball passed through
both lungs. Knight's skull was frac
tured. Neither is expected to live.
Moore's object waa to get $53 in Wen
zell' satchel, but he was unsuccessful.
Romance In Kcil Life.
A strange romance of low life one
that would have delighted the heart of
Dickens having woveain its plot the
absorbing element of love, suicide, mur
der, desertion and the final triumph of
the good over the bad, has "just come to
light in this city". The persons con
cerned have already acquired notoriety
in one shape or another through the
medium of the public prints. Recently
there came to Philadelphia from
Denver, Colorado, Mrs. Cody, a sister of
Secretary of the Interior Teller, a venera
ble lady with white hair. Mrs. Cody's
mission waa to find tha wife and children
of a certain John Slanlon, the son of
David Scanlon, whoi died last year in
Denver, leaving property valued at $25,
000. The only clue jwhich the lady pos
sessed as to their idefitifey wa that Scan ;
Ion murdered his mother and afterward
killed himself while awaiting trial. A
search was made through the records of
the court without revealing the name of
Soanlon. Mrs. Cody went to the county
jail, where she learned that a man named
Davidson had murdered bis mother, and
afterward, in June, 1882, killed himself
while awaiting his trial. Davidson was
none other than Scanlon. David Scanlon
was born in this country, and thirty
six years ago went to the
Dounty Donegal, Ireland, where he
married a pretty lass with
blooming cheeks the happy couple sailed
for this country during the honeymoon.
Reaching New York, they stopped at a
cheap boarding-house. A short time after
landing Soanlon deserted his young wife
and left New York. He had no settled
trade or occupation, but took to ped
dling suspenders and like articles, and,
little by little, in his wanderings drifted
west, halting in the cities by the way,
and finally settling in Denver.
Here he flourished by dint of strict
economy and constant application of busi
ness, and acquired a snug fortune.
After Scanlon deserted his .wife, she
came to Philadelphia, likewise turned to
peddling small wares, and, after waiting
for years for news from her husband, she
married a man named Davidson. David
son in his turn was a peddler, and after
his death his wife took charge of the lit
tle business which he left. John Scan
lon, the son of her first husband, born
after he deserted her, grew up to be a
simple, half-witted lad. He drank heav
ily and worked only when compelled to
do so. He married some years ago, a
young woman in his own station in life
and lived happily with old Mrs, Scanlon
or Davidson, as she was now called. Al
though John's right name was Scanlon
he got the name of Davidson and went
by it until his death. He grew quarrel
some and frequently beat his aged
mother, his wife and his two ohildren,
both boys. John sold peanuts and huck
stered when not off on a spree. The old
woman bore a reputation for industry
and sobriety.
On May 4, 1882, the elder folks and
the children were living huddled to
gether in a miserably furnished attic at
No. 718 Swanson street. Young Scanlon
had been drinking heavily in the morn
ing, and the neighbors heard him quar
reling with his mother. He went home
to dinner, and then out again for more
whisky. He was in an unusually ugly
frame of mind when he returned to the
garret shortly before dark. He pioked
idea of the excitement created in certain
circles by this attempt to give the women
of the country an education which is
abreast of modern progress, y The
Catholics are even dangerously excited.
An American friend who lives in the
south of France tells me that he believes
that the Protestants in that section are
almost as angry with the republic as the
Catholics are, simply because of the
many new measures which the govern
ment is undertaking, and which, inde
pendently of religions considerations,
seem to populations long accustomed to
a monarchy as "subversive" and diaboli
cal. Two thirds of the southern French
would go over with a rush to an Orleans
pretender, should one arise.
But I do not believe that one will
arise; certainly the indications now are
just the contrary; and the friends of re
publicanism . and llDerty in all tilings
can comfort themselves by reflecting
that if tho republic can keep at work ten
years longer it will have effected the
radical change for whioh it is striving.
The spread of education has already
marked results in the country districts,
where once ignoranoe reigned supreme.
If the discontent at added burdens and
duties can be allayed, France will soon
bo numbered among the European
countries which have decently instructed
common folk. Paris Corr. N. Y, Post.
The anchor chain of the New Orleans!
weighing 8000 pounds, was carried from
Utica, ninety-six miles, to the harbor on
the shoulders of 300 men, who traced
their ways by means of blazed trees.
After the cessation of the war the govern
ment ordered the boat housed to pre
serve it. A double-roofed . building was :
accordingly erected over its 300 odd feet
of length, which was blown down some
three yeags ago. Since then the vessel
1 a i a m .
ua own tue sport oi- eiorms, and pre
sents a decidedly weather beaten appear
ance. Many of its timbers have walked
on in tne snape of canes, and to-day it
stands awaiting its final destruction at
the fall of the auctioneer's hammer.
Such a Mee Man.
Coming down the river from the Flats
tha other day waS,A. bon( ixR f-ra.
old, neatly dressed, white plug hat; kid
gloves and appearing to be a real nice
man. As he was alone, some took him
for a widower, while others argued that
he had been disappointed in love in his I man who slipped Vip on
The Modern Virginia Negro.
The second generation, grown np since
the war, is not without education, but it
wholly lacks discipline and sense of re
sponsibility. Naturally, having escaped
out of slavery, it regards liberty, which
is often interpreted license, as the chief
good, and it is very slow to learn habits
of industry and thrift. Idle and ill-clad
negroes about the streets are a common
sight; perhaps the women are more in
dustrious; they certainly develop a fond
ness for dress and cheap jewelry, but
their morals are not a recognizable
quality among the assests of o: aracter.
The negroes and it is the same where
ever I went in the state are gregarious;
they likqj to live in town, to huddle
together in close neighborhoods and a
good many in a tenement. Many
of them own little places and
cheap houses of their own.bttt their pres
entambition does not go beyond a hand-to-mouth
existence. A good many
of the girls go to the White Sulphur and
other watering places in the summer and
pick up enough in one way and another
to keep them during the winter. Some
who are single or have become so by tno
loss of their husbands, frankly say that
they prefer to remain alone rather than
undertake the support of an idle darkey
too many "good-for-nothing niggers''
around seems to be th?ir point ot view.
The long and short of it is that the col
ored brother likes to enjoy himself with
as little exertion as possible, and he
has equal delight in religion, balls and
dancing, and larking around in the
night generally. His religion has no
relation to morals it is something to be
enjoyed for its own sake. The question
of domestic service is a very serious one
in Virginia just now. The negro has a
monopoly of this labor market and he
likes to show his independence. No ser
vants, men or women, live in the
houses where they are employed, not
even in the hotels. They come in the
morninar. when it suits their conveni
np a quarrel with the female occupant of ence, get through tho work of the day as
the room below that occupied bv the easily as t bey can, ana men go nomo,
family on a triflins pretense, and after
his evil1-passions had been thoroughly
excited, turned upon his mother and
struck her in the face with his fist. The
old lady picked up a chair to defend
herself, but before she could use it Scan
lon had snatched up a hatchet, and
rushing at her hit her a terrible blow
with the butff end on the top of the head.
She fell to the floor insensible. Fren
zied, Scanlon jumped upon the prostrate
form and literally beat the head to a
jelly. He was arrested by two of the
neighbors and taken by the police to the
Second District police station. He knew
nothing of the murder and lay all that
night in a beastly state of intoxioation.
In due time he was given a preliminary
hearing and committed without bail
to Moyamensing prison to await a
trial for murder. He appeared to take
to his confinement cheerfully, and his
suicide in his cell, which occurred on
the afternoon of Monday, J uly 10, 1882,
created the greatest surprise among
the prison officials. He chose the
method of his death with singular delib
eration. After having first removed all
his clothing, he hung himself by his red
flannel shirt from the lower bar of his
cell window.
From the time of the death of her hus
band Mrs. John Scanlon resided with
Mrs. MaoMitohell, a friend, at Third and
Pine streets. One of her boys was put in
an orphan asylum. When r a. Cody so
luckily stumbled upon her and informed
her of the wealth she had inherited she
refused to believe the story and treated it
as a hoax. When pressed to go to Den
ver to claim the money she refused.
Mrs. MacMitchell, however, finally
coaxed her into the notion, and on last
Monday evening Mrs. Cody and Mrs.
Scanlon, and one of her little boys, left
for Denver. A Wilkesbarre lawyer
named Jerome will follow them and help
them tosecure the property. Mrs. Scan
lon carries with her the record of her
mother-in-law's marriage in Ireland.
The case comes np in tha supreme court
in Denver in September for final settle
ment. There, is said to be no possible
doubt but that Mrs. Scanlon will get the
entire fortune. Her other boy will Be
shortly sent to join her in her new found
western home. Phila Press.
and then
the consequence of this that there is no
Ti ii
control ana no discipline, xt is me geu
eral complaint that only the elders who
were slaves before the war are of much
account as servants. They are not on
hand in the evening, and they come
around in the morning to get breakfast
at suoh an hour as suits their conveni
ence or the pleasures Of the night. It is
also a common complaint that both
house and field laborers slight their
work, and that it is impossible to give
them a realizing sense of the eighth
commandment. They see no reason why
they should not help themselves to what
ever they want from the larder or the
field, or take articles convenient to wear.
A ourious annoyance I heard muoh
spoken of. Articles sent to the washer
woman are apt to bo worn by her and
her friends for some days before they
are sent home. It must be owned that
the Virginians endure this anomalous
condition of affairs with more good
humor than northerners would, and pa
tiently hope that education and time will
ftlmncs them. But education thus far
early days and had never married. But
he was nice. He chuckled to the babies,
patted boys and girls on the head and sat
right down among the ladies and related
all the Indian legends of Lake St. Clair.
Ever so many of them said he was the
nicest gentleman they ever saw, and one
little woman who tnrned np her nose at
the idea of nia being too sweet for any
thing was promptly wilted by a score of
glances.
When the boat arrived at Detroit the
nice man with the white plug hat had
agreed to see a lady and two children
over the Central depot. Oh, no; it
wouldn't be the least trouble to him. On
the contrary, he was delighted at the
privilege. He had a satchel in either
hand, and was in the crowd waiting for
the gang-plank when a woman's voice
was heard crying from the wharf:
"Yes, that's him that's the miserable
old deceiver!"
The nice man suddenly dropped both
satchels and tried to push back, but the
crowd was so dense that he was pushed
along np tne plank, lie had no sooner
reached the wharf than his white hat
went sailing, and a voioe hissed out :
"Had to go to Pontiacon business, did
you? This is the way to return from
Pontiao, is it?"
He dropped the satchels again and
broke for the street, but she hit him
whaokl whack! whack! with an umbrella,
and called after him :
"It's the first time you've had on
gloves in a year, and you've got your
whiskers dyed since morning! Oh, you
base old deceiver! Here the children
and I haven't had a square meal in two
weeks, and you are around playing
masher!"
"Give it to him," cried a voice in the
orowd.
"Oh, yon bet I will!" she replied. "I
Baw him before he did me, and he was
trying to look purty and innocent, as if he
hadn't been married twenty-three years
and has seven of the raggedest children
in Detroit! I'll sweeten him I'll play
masher till he hasn't a whole bone left!"
"You bet!"
" Yes, and you bet ! Whioh way did be
go? Who's got a club? ' Free Press.
Mills' Gift.
The statuary presented to the state by
D. O. Mills is now in the rotunda of the
state oapitol. - The marble and the heavy
wooden casing weigh over six tons. ,lhe
casing was partially removed to-day,
but soon boarded up again. It was
found that the statuary was intact and
not damaged. It has been packed for
more than a year and is very dusty. The
exposed and fiail portions had been
wrapped- ia rags to prevent injury. The
group is o unre white marble upon a
pedestal one foot thick, about six feet
long and three feet wide. The figures
are life-size. Queen Isabella sits upon a
throne that rises about two feet above
the common pedestal. By her side half
kneels an attendant, who looks eagerly
across toward Columbus, who stands
near the queen, holding in his hand a
globe withjHrhich he is demonstrating to
her royal majesty that there must be
another continent. The queen's face is
turned that way and bears a look of at
tention. One hand is also stretched out
as if in promise and assistance to the
bold Columbus, Engraved on the front
of the throne are the words of the prom
ise given by the queen that she will fur
nish the funds on behalf of her own
We hear of clever people gettiag ahead
of Time, but the veteran .soy the-f linger
soon catches np.
"Is Jay Gould a religious man?" asks
a correspondent. Not exactly, but he
knows how to prey. y
The evening had been convivial, "And
now, gentlemen," said the cbairman,"I'll
propose a toast." -
''This is the best fire-escape," said a
minister recently," affeotionately laying
his head on the bible. ,
One who knows says that in the coun
try they blow a norn before dinner, but
in friom fltAv IaVa Ana i .
vw m vuvj itav vuw : . -
There is in Georgia a negro boy with
blue eyes; he probably tumbled into an
old indigo tub on wash day.
"ketch feesb,M but "kill fish." It's just
as much of a lie, all the same.
"Haste makes waste," remarked the
a banana peel
does not appear to teach industry, thrift kingdom of Castile, and pawn her jew
or morality, and I fancy that the best els f the fund in the treasury should be-
fhinff that could happen to tne negroes i uiua.
would be some competition in the labor
field.
Eventful History of an American Frigate.
Tho famous old vessel New Orleans is
to be sold at auction, and a writer well
posted on marine matters relates the fol
lowing interesting narrative concerning
her early history: Near the closo of the
war of 1812 the United States govern
ment began the construction of two
three-decked men-of-war, one at (the
other near to) Saokett's Harbor, more
advanced than the other, received the
name pf New Orleans a name aufficient
to fire the popular heart in those days,
because commemorating General Jack
son's magnificent victory of cotton-bale
fame. The need of a frigate as a counter-match
to the Lawrence was pressing,
and the government was exerting ex
traordinary energy in construction' and
equipment, since no vessel sailing the
stars and stripes could be transferred
from the Atlantic to Ontario, the rivers
St. Lawrence being fully in possession
of the enemy, to say nothing of Lachine
Rapids, etc. In six weeks from the time
the first tree was felled the New Orleans
The apostles of the new educational I was sheathed, two deoks in the third part-
movement in France seem in no wise ly laid. The vessel lacked lining up (inside
ingUKJiieu uy me ueucii iu iue uuaget.
The Upper Council, which deoides on
matters of public instruction, has, just
approved of the immediate creation of
lyceums or colleges for young girls
that is, maidens from twelve to eighteen
years of age in the towns of Nantes,
Amiens, Armentieres, Cambral, Bourg,
Oueret, Roanne, bamt Etienoe, Nice,
Charleville, Moulins, Montauban,
Rheims and Paris. The state pays 1,650.-
000 francs for the building in which it pro
poses to establish the "lyceum" in this
The supposed lace on the rich raiment
of the queen is most delicately carved, as
are all the features of the figures, so far as
could be judged in the hasty look given
at the dusty and half-hidden marble. The
bight of the central figure, the queen,
makes the total hight of the statuary
about eight feet. The cost was $30,000.
It was bought in Italy by Mrs. Legrand
Lockwood and again sold to Mr. Mills.
The name of the sculptor oould not be
found to-day on the marble. The donor
is also having the statuary put in place
at his own expense. As there is no state
and sat down on a basket of eggs.
"I am the power behind the thrown,"
soliloquized the mule, as he pitched his -rider
heels over head to the ground.
Mint is said to keep rata and mice out .
of the house. If a fellow owned a mint
he could also Vkeep the wolf from the
door."
Bismarck is fond of Georgia water
melons. When devouring this luscious
article he always keeps a watch on the
rind.
At this season of the year the good
deacon goes quietly to the drug store
soda fountain and gets his whisky eyrup
titiously. v
A man seldom looks more foolish in
the eyes of a rival than when he kinks
his arm for a girl to take and she does
not take it.
"What 1 Not lend a paltry ten to me,
your other self ?" "My dear fellow, I
should never get it back I know myself
too well."
The fuzzy peach ' picked before , it is
half grown is now a valuable assistant to ;
the young physician who 13 building up j
a practice.
A summer resorter has discovered that
landlords at the mountains ask Bteep
prices for board because the land is so
very high up there. ,
Statistics show that when a fire occurs
in a hotel not more than one-tenth of the
guests are thoughtful enough to pay
their bills before leaving.
A person do 38 not need to be very ob
serving or travel very far to learn that
the great men own all the railroads and
the clerks all the hotels.
When Hamlet said: ''But I have that
within me which passeth show," it is be
lieved that he had in his pocket a com
plimentary ticket to the circus.- , -
There is complaint in Western Ken
tucky that Eastern Kentucky has got all
the desirable offices, and is getting all
the next best things the circuses.
"Sam, I have lost my watch overboard.
It lies here in twenty feet of water. Is
there any way to get it?' "Yes," says
Sam. "there are divers ways." :
Out west the cellar is the place to go
in time of a cyclone,and when a man has ;
a barrel of cider in the cellar, it's sur
prising how many times a day he
thinks there's a cyclone coming.
A young man who went ' into the .
kitchen where his girl was baking, and
inadvertently sat down on a hot pie just
from the oven, now boasts that he "de
scended from the 'upper crust. "
A writer in a current magazine says
"the song birds nearly all build low."
Their human imitators, however, charge
high enough to counteract the humility
of the woodland warblers.
The speaker who alluded to his candi-
date as "the war-horse who snuffed tha
battle from afar," climbed np to the
composition room with a club after read
ing it in the paper as "the ward boss that
snatched the bottle from a bar."
They say in St. Louis that when a
Chicago man registers at a hotel there
the clerk at onoe rings the bell and tells
a boy to "show this gentleman to the
bar."
In a social game of cards it is estimated
that the woman asks "What trump is it?"
seventeen times a minute; but then she ,
doesn't begrudge the effort it costs her.-
"Don't tell me 'you won't,' " said an
Eimira father to his little daughter of six
summers. " well, papa, said tne artiesa
little one, "what shall I say when I mean
I won't?"
"Do you love mo very much, Alfred?"
asked a Boston wife. "Bunker Hill
monument may fall, but not my love."
"Then when you go by the market don't
forget the beana.
Johnny and the Milk.,
Johnny's parent's are puzzling them
selves whether that youth is likely to
turn out a spendthrift or a person of in
tensely econonomical habits, a shrewd
politician or a rogue; and all b causa of
appropriation for such work, tlje donor I a little incident that happened while the
wui aiao pay wr giamwj puoomi i iamny waa recently spenuing a bwuhju o
French Education of Women.
ceilinarl .portions of bulwarks, hatch cov
ers, etc.; and when the order came to
stop work because of the declaration of
peace, it was thought it could have been
lannchftd in thirtv davs more time.
Illustrating the grim energy of our fore
fathers, let me say that all this boat's
rigging was conveyed at great expense
and difficulty from New York City via
the Hudson and Mohawk rivers to Utica,
then overland to Sackett's Harbor.
There were then no railroads, and the
pnvarnment road connecting Utica and
feet high, yet to be built. It will take a I
month to prepare this, and during that
time the statuary will not be open to pub
lio inspection. Probably there will be
some public exercises at the time of the
unveiling. Sacramento Bee, Aug. 22 J.
An Immense Bridge.
One of the principal spans of a gigan-
tio bridge which is being constructed for
the Oude and Robilkund Railway Com
pany of India, is now erected in Eng
land. The bridge will consist of seven
main spans and nine smaller girder
spans each of the former 356 feet long
from the centres of the pier, 25 feet wide,
and 35 feet deep, and each of the latter
114 feet between the centre of piers. It
is designed to carry the railway, and a
roadway as well, over the Ganges, and is
made entirely of steel. The weight of
each of tho large spans is 752 tons, and
that of each of the Bmaller ones 127 tons,
and the total weight of the whole will be
about 6,500 tons. The smaller spans and
two of the larger ones have already been
shipped to India, and the others will
follow as completed.
Great Britain has laid claim to an-
citv. It is impossible to anv one nn-1 the then busv village of Sackett s Harbor
familiar with France to have an adequate I was a very rough and rude highway . J other great slice of West Africa.
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Ll 1L. 1 ; fTkfc
rocreauuu iu mb uuuuity. iuo uiut
night, as they sat down to tea- as- usual,
the horrifying intelligence was brought
from the pantry that the milk and cream
that had been set out for the bowls and
berry dishes of the company had all dis
appeared. The first suggestion was, of
course, that it was the oat, but when it
was suggested that the family kept no
cat, suspicion pointed its withering fin
ger at Johnny. . 4
"Johnny," said his sire, in the accents
of a man who had been disappointed in
his supper, "Did you drink that milk?"
"Ye-yes, I did," replied the culprit,
screwing a tear out of his eye with his
"And what did you do it for?" was the
next question in the catechism which
leads to a licking. ;
"Cause," said Johnny, blubbering, "I
saw a big cloud comin up and thought
it was goin to be a thunderstorm, and I
knew thunder soured the milk and
'twouldn't be good for nothin', and so I
pitched in and drank it up to &ve it,
and he wept once more;
Neither his story nor his tears, how
ever, averted the interview with his sire
which Rnbseauentlv took place in the
1 woodshed. Boston J ournal. ; ,