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ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY. OCTOBER 13, 1883.
NO. 27.
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PRACTICAL
WATCHMAKER, JEWELER,
OPTICIAN.
AND
ALL WORK WARRANTED.
Dealer
Is Watches. Clocks, Jewelry,
Sjctaeies and Kjegiasss,
And ft Full Line of
Cigars, Tobaccos and Fancy Goods.
. 'The only reliable Optometer In town for tbe
proper adjustment of Spectacles ; always on hand.
Depot of tbe Genuine Brazilian Pebble Spec
tacles and Eyeglasses.
OFFICE Firet door south of post office, Bose
burg. Oregon.
IaiUIGEIirSEnG'S r .
Boot and Shoe Store,
BOSEBURGi OON.r '
On Jackson Street, opposite the Postoflioe. Seers
on band the largest and best assortment of
Kaalera and San Francisco Boot and
Shei, Gaiters, Hllppera
"And every thing in the Boot and Shoe Line and
SEIXS OHE&.P for CASH.
Roots and Shoes Made to Order
Fit Guaranteed.
-Perfect
I use the Best of Leather and Warrant all
my work.
llEl'AIItllVO
Neatly
Done
On Short Notice. I keep always on band
TOYS
AND NOTIONS
MTMnsioal Instruments and Violin Strings a 8po
cialty. . LOVItt LAACiKHRUKU.
DR. M. W. DAVIS,
DENTIST,
BOSEBURG, OREGON.
OFFICE-ON JACKSOK STREET,
Up Btairs, over S. Marks & Co.'s New Store.
nAHOrJEY'3 SALOON
Nearest to the Railroad Depot, Oakland j
Jas. Mahonoy, A?ropr.;
The finest of wines, liquors and cigars in Dowfr
las county, and the beat
BIXXjIA.1YX Tja.lJL.X3
la the Stat kept la proper repair
Parties traveling on the railroad will find tUs
place very handy to Y&tduring the stop
ping of the train at the Oak
land Depot Give me a call.
Jab. ii" A HONEY.
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JOHN FRASER,
Home Made Furniture.
WILBUR,
OREGON.
Upholstery, Spring Mattrasses, Etc.,
Constantly on hand.
FURNITURE. J,
have the best stock, of
lu'rnlture south of Portland
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.
ALL WORK WARRANTED.-
DEPOT HOTEL.
OAKLAND, - - OREtiOH.
Richard Thomas, PropV.
nPHIS HOTEL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED
for a number of years, and has become rerj
popular wtth the traveling public, r irst-class
SLEEPING ACCOMMODATIONS.
And the table su
with the best the market
' affords, ilote
nt the drpot of the Kailroad.
H. C. STAKTON,
Dealer in
Staple Dry Coods!
Keeps constantly on hand
ment of
a general assort-
EXTRA FINE GROCERIES,-
1T00D, WILLOW ASD GLASSWARF,
ALSO
Crockery and Cordage
A full stock of
HCHOOL
Uoo its
Buch as required by the Tublic County Schools,
All kinds of STATION KRY, TOYS and
FANCY ARTICLES,
To suit both Young and Old.
B
UYS AND SELLS LEGAL TENDERS,
furnishes Checks on Portland, and nrocuree
ALL KINDS OF llifoT QUALITY
V Xa iv ait DERS
Promptly attended to and Goods shipped
wiin care.
Address, llachency & Bpiio,
Portland. Oregon.
A fllortnou missionary wuo is at pre
ent in wasmngion city claims to nave
recently made sixty converts, mostly
girls between the ages of 15 and 25. He
is an associate of the Mormons who were
recently tarred and feathered in Indiana.
Congressmen wno are nere express
'themselves very earnestly about the
Mormon question and say tnat it is evi
dent that something more stringent than
the Edmunds law will have to be devised
if polygamy is to be abolished One
plan is to legislate the present govern
ment out of existence and to have a pro
visional government created, ofltcer8 of
which would be appointed by the presi
dent and confirmed by tho senate.
LATEST NEWS SUMMARY,
'UY TtXKOBAPU TO BaTK
The Philadelphia Press has reduced
its price from three to two cents.
Bancroft, the historian, celebrated
his 83d birthday at Newport. R. I.. Oct.
3d.
At Pittsburg, Oct. 4th, James McStein
was banged in the yard of the county
jail.
Galveston, Texas, on the 6th inst., was
visited with the largest fire that ever oc
curred in that place. The loss is esti
mated at a million dollars.
The direotor of the mint authorizes the
purchase of 410,000 ounces of fine silver
for use by the Philadelphia. New Or
leans and San Francisco mints. "
r- Rear : Ad miral 'Pierce Crosby, com
manding the naval forces at Asiatic sta
tions, telegraphs to the navy department
asking to be relieved and placed on the
retired list.
Exports of specie from New York for
tbe week ending Oct. 6th. were $339,900,
making a total since January 1st of $17,
010,275, against $13,215,646 for the same
time last year.
Business failures for the week ending
Oct. 5th throughout the United States
and Canada were 188, as against 180 last
week. In New York city failures were
insignificant in numbers and amounts.
Hon. Charles Ereighton Haswell, for
a quarter or a oentury connected witn
the editorial staff of the Boston Travel
ler and a writer of a review of the week,
which became a feature of that paper,
died October 6th, aged 69.
A Minneapolis dispatch of October
6th says: The special train bearing 450
members of the Oregon Pioneer associa
tion is expected to reach this city to
morrow night on the Northern Pacific.
The excursionists will go to Chicago
Monday and thence east, returning via
Chicago and Minneapolis within ninety
days.
The national bank has brought suit
against the postmaster general for $100,
000 for directing that money orders a 1
dressed to the bank, but intended for the
lottery company, shall not be delivered.
The plaintiff considers that the order
was intended to charge the bank with
fraudulent practices and illegal action,
and that it has seriously damaged its
business.
At Northboro, Mass., recently, a man
named Taylor, from Brockton, but on a
visit with his wife to the home of Rich
ard Eyleward, shot his wife and then
blew out his brains. The woman was
induced to go into a field, and while
there the shots were fired. The woman
is expected to recover, the ball having
entered the throat, coming out through
the roof of the mouth. The man died
instantly.
At New York, October 6th, the North
ern Pacific directors re-elected the old
board of officers, and authorized the is
sue of sw.vuu.vw second mortgage
bonds, subject to the approval of the
preferred stockholders. It will require
the oonsent of three-fourths of these
shareholders, and it is thought no seri
ous objection will be made to the issue.
The proceeds will wipe out the floating
debt and will also be applied to the com
pletion and equipment of the line.
An Austin, Tex., dispatch of October
7th says: A German alderman, Henry
Pfaunckei'f, and a French brick mason
named Jette, near neighbors, raked up
an old grudge this afternoon in a saloon,
and in an encounter sutside, the alder
man drew a self-cocking revolver and
fixed a shot through Jef te's bowel?, the
ball passing into the leg of a carpenter
named Helly. The alderman succeeded
in putting another bullet into the body of
Jette, but the latter in falling, seized the
weapon and shot the alderman run self
in the bowels. Both will die.
A recent dispatch from Calesville,
Texas, says that near there, some time
ago, a son-in-law of Mrs. Shaw lost his
wife, and turned over hs little two-year
old child to its grandmother, to care for.
He married again, and was desirous of
regaining possession of the child. Mrs.
Shaw being unwilling to surrender the
child, it was then taken by force. An
grieved by the loss she committed suicide
by lashing herself in a most ingenious
manner to a stone fence, having first sat
ura'.ed her head and clothes with kero
sene, bhe then struok a matoh and ap
plied it. When found, she was dead.
The body was horribly burned.
A Memphis dispatch of Oct. 7th says:
This afternoon at 3 o clock tbelarsre
building on Main .street, occupied by
u. ljowenstem fc Uros., retail dry goods.
was discovered to be on rjre. The en
tire building and contents were totally
destroyed. Lowenstein & Bros.' loss on
stock and fixtures is $156,000: insrred
for $106,000. Loss on building, $40,000:
insured for $21,000. H. Movstov. pho-
togrupner, occupied a portion o the
third floor. His loss is $5000. The
building to the south, ocoupied by S.
Halle, retail clothing, was damaged $27,-
000; insured. Other losses are about
$4500.
Director of the mint Burchard has
prepared a statement showing the amount
of silver coinage into silver dollars un
der the act of 1878, with the disposition
made of the same, and showing also the
profits on the coinage of silver dollars
from the beginning of the fiscal year in
which he became director of the mint,
1S73, up to tho 30th of June, 1883. From
this statement it appears that silver on
nana July l, laio, and purchased since
then amounts to 123.447.480 ounces, of
whioh 119.206,224 ounces have been used
in the coinage of silver dollars and some
suDsiaiary silver com; ounces
have been wasted bv the operative
officers of the mint and sold in sweep
ings, leaving a balance on hand July 1,
lrcw. oi 3.U36.881 ounces. This remain
der has been weighed and verified by the
omcers oi tne treasury department. The
profits on the coinage of silver, including
payments by Adams' Express company,
amount to $17,342,113, of which sum
$15,581,713 have been deposited in the
treasury of the United States, and $358,
399 have been paid for shipping silver
dollars, $Di,ud for loss on sweepings !
sold, $71,429 for wastages .and $48 for
loss for reooinage, leaving a balance in t average is not np to that of last.year, be
coinage since June 30. 1883 nf ftl 278 - . incr onlv 38 33-800 ner acre, or An ihtota-
599, all of which, since that date, has
ueeu turner into tne treasury.
Results, so far as heard from, show that
the Republicans have carried a large
majority of the towns in Connecticut,
making gains apparently on the figures
oi a year ago.
, uenerai ueorge VV. tfetty, in com
mand of artilery at Portess Monroe, was
placed on the retired list. He will be
succeeded by Colonel John C. Tidball,
of General Sherman's staff.
A Dayton, Ohio, dispatch of Oct. 4th
says: A frightened horse plunged in
iront oi a tram to-day, with a carriage,
causing the death of Mrs. George Trim-
back, and seriously injuring Miss New-
SOCK. ' I . .
At a campmeeting near Kingston, N,
C., rechtly, a large number : of mocca
sin snakes suddenly appeared among the
congregation. Over fifty females fainted
and several persons -were bitten, but not
fatally. The men finally killed the
snakes, but the meeting was completely
broken up.
A singular and most painful accident
occurred at Lake Tahoe recently. A man
named Stackhouse was engaged with
others in wedging lumber, when a sharp
splinter of the steel wedge in use flew off,
cat tnrougu his left eyelid, penetrated
entirely through the eyeball, and lodged
underneath the facial bone. He was at
once sent to Truckee for medical treat
ment, but there is no hope of saving his
sight, and the eye will have to be cut
out.
A special correspondent of the New
York Post has crone over the corn dis
trict of the west and northwest, from
Chicago as far as St. Paul, in the last
week, and gives it as an opinion of the
farmers and merchpnts that the damage
to the corn crop is largely overestimated
that corn does not actually freeze be-
?A I . . . ...
iore it cues oat; that there will be an
abundant crop, even i the frosted dis
tricts, and also that there is a very large
supply of old corn in the countiy.
Inquiries from many persons whether
they could be compelled to pay for news
papers sent to their address without
authority, have called forth the follow
ing ruling from the postofiice depart
ment: The liability of a partv to pav for
a newspaper must be determined by
rules applicable to other contracts.
When a publisher, without request from
a party, either expressed or implied,
sends a paper, the fact that the party ad
dressed takes the paper from the post
office does, of itself, create an implied
agreement.
AlVicksburg, Miss., dispatch of Oct.
3d says: In the interstate levee conven
tion three states Arkansas, Louisiana
and Mississippi only were represented.
Resolutions were adopted declaring it to
be the imperative duty of congress to
improve the navigation of the Mis
sissippi and its tributaries,' so as to
facilitate commerce by cheapening trans
portation for the great northwest, andi
protect from destructive floods territory
now subject to annual overflow. It was
further resolved to continue the agitation
until action was taken by congress.
Application has been made to the war
department by the survivors of a con
federate brigade residing at Norfolk.
va., lor permission to use their old bat
tle flags, now in possession of that de
partment, on ine occasion oi a reunion
to take place in a few weeks. There are
several, hundred confederate battle flat?
stored in the war department. Adjutant
Ueneral Drum said that the application
would have to be rejected, as neither the
secretary of war nor the president can
give or lend those flags without the
sanction of congress.
A conference of representatives of va
rious free trade organizations of the
country was held at St. Louis, October
2d. Ex-Gov. Phelps soon appeared to
open the convention with an address.
He spoke of the necessity of thorough
organization, and outlined the object of
free trade. He said free trade was nec
essary, and in giving a history of pro
tection said that the political parties had
always urged temporary measures. The
whig party thought that it was ephem
eral, but protection still existed; and
still tne cry was, "In a few years longer
its object will be accomplished. He
deprecated the fact that tariff on tobec
co be levied to the detriment of necessi
ties. Speeches were, made by other ad
vocates of the organization of a north
western and Mississippi valley free trade
league.
The cigar manufacturers' association
of New York city has issued an address
to its members, relating to the new law
which went into effect Oct. 2d. The law
relates only to the city of New York,
and makes it a misdemeanor, subject to
fine for the first penalty, to manufacture
cigars in living rooms of tenement
houses. For many years millions of
cigars have been made in the very
rooms where workmen and their wives
and children ate and slept. There are
now 19,200 families living in tenement
houses in New York, engaged in this
business. These families number over
55,000 persons. The cigar manu'actur
er's association notifies all landlords of
tenement houses used for that purpc e
that special rooms must be set apart in
each building, free of rent, for the
manufacture of cigars: that no tobacco
will be delivered at rooms as heretofore.
This is being forced by the action of a
few energetic citizens, who have begun
the war against keepers of tenement
houses.
The state statistician of Minnesota, in
his crop report last issued, states that
wheat has turned out better than antici
pated. There was a shorter transfer of
stocks from the field than last year, but
on threshing it is reported that the yield
i3 for the most part in excess of last
year. The acreage in which, reported
in June, was 2,716,370, and from returns
received this month the average yield
will be 14.83 bushels per acre, giving a
crop of 38,305,400 bushels. As much as
3 per cent., however, was destroyed by
the storm, which reduces the average
per acre to 14.45 bushels per acre, or an
aggregate of d7,lot,rJ(J bushels, lte-
turns show a greater area in wheat. By
the statement of the statiscian this differ
ence was caused by late seeding. It is
reported there are 922,813 acres m oats.
t The crop is generally good, although the
I gate of 34,486,090 bushels. This is due to
j late seeding and arougut.
Oh! what Is home? that tweet companionship
The happy smile of welcome on the Un.
. U Hit) U BBllM VUW
upspriflgmu irwa me newt.
It Is the eager clasp of kindly nandsf -
Tbe lone-remembered one;
The ready sympathy which understands
All leeinig oy iw own. . - ;
The rosy cheek of little children pressed
roours in loving giee; I
The presence ot our dearest and our best,
no mailer waere we oe.
And, fAilln? this, a prince may homeless lire.
rnougn pause waus are nifrn;
And, baring it, a desert shore may give
i ne joy wemiia tannoi ouy.
Far-reaching as earth's remotest span,
Widespread as ocean roam.
One thought is sacred in the breast of man
it is tne thougnt oi nome.;
That little word his human fate shall blndl
With destinies aso,? .
For there the home of iCt immortal soul '
Is in uoo a wider tore, i
A SHOT IN THE DARE,
It was a 25 calibre.and carried a leaden
pellet no larger than a pea. It did not
look very formidable, and, in fact, was
not, but when Eva put it in what she was
pleased to call her pistol-pocket, in the
rear of her dress, she felt as safe as if she
had the escort of a regiment.
"What are you doing with that pop
gun?" said Cousin Jack to her one morn
ing as he; observed her I putting her
armory in her pocket preparatory to
going out.
"That s my beau, if you please, sir; he
sees me saiely along those four dark
blocks when I come home at night."
" J ust let me look at that gun. will
you?" said Jack. "Pshaw 1 you couldn't
hurt a mouse. Come, 1 11 let you shoot
at me all day for a nickel a shot. Hurt
me? Not a bit. But why in the name of
the guardian angel of all young women
do you want to carry a pistol?"
"Well, Cousin Jack, you know that it
is late when I leave the store, and I can
not always have company. It's a dark
walk from the cars over here, and I
thought I saw a sneaking fellow follow
me one night. I shall be ready for him
the next time. I don't intend to be
bothered or robbed if I can help it.
Don't think I can't shoot. I have been
practising a little, and shall make it very
uncomfortable for the coming Band
bagger as sure as my name is Eva."
"But you couldn t hurt anybody with
that thing, you know."
"Couldn't I? Don't you get in front
of it, that's all. Good-bye, I must hurry
along.
Jack looked after her as she tripped
down the steps, and laughing, said:
"She's a dandy, and no mistake." Then
as he caught sight of a dainty boot with
a little glint of white above it, as she
crossed the street, he repeated: - "A dan
dy, well, I should say she was, and as
pretty as a picture. What shall we do
with our girls?
Eva Barton was twenty-three, and a
saleswoman in the great establishment of
Hersohell, Shield & Co. She was rather
under than over the medium size, some
what slight in figure, but compactly
formed, every gesture and movement de
noting energy and character. Her cheekB
were like lilies, and her eyes of limpid
blue, such as Solomon would have de
scribed as being "like the fish pools of
Heshbon by the gate of Rathrabbin;
that divine blue, capable of expressing
every passion of the soul.
It was more in her expression than in
her features that she was beautiful. She
knew how to dress, and the art of be
stowing the simplest ribbon or her neck
or hair in such a way as to lend elegance
and refinement to her toilet. If she had
been French they would have' said she
had chic. No English phrase can exact
ly describe what a chic is, but we know
it when we see it. It is style and soma
thing more. It is the knack of doing or
being in the best form. It is not fash
ion, but it is to fashion what poetry is
prose. It is entirely a feminine attribute,
but all women do not possess it. When
a woman has chio, age can not wither
her, nor custom stale her infinite varie
ty; other women oloy the appetite they
feed : but she makes hungry whom she
satisfies.
Eva had chic.
She had come to the great city to
make her way in the wo -Id, not that she
was obliged to, but because she wanted
to. Her mother was dead. Her father s
second wife was her schoolmate. Her
home was pleasant enough after a fash
ion, but a glimpse of the great world
and business ways is good for a sensible
girls. So Eva had come and took up
quarters with Aunt liiscom. Having
some knowledge of ribbons and dry
goods she got a place in Hepschield,
Shield & Co. s, cominancing at nve dol
lars a week, bhe was now getting twen
ty, and was considered the best saleswo
man in the store. She had such an art
of displaying goods, of throwing them
over her arm or shoulders that the la
dies were obliged to buy. The could
not help it.
Cousin Jack, or more properly, John
Bascom. was teller in the Southwestern
National. He was 25 and was perfectly
loyal to one woman, and that was his
mother. Whatever he did he did for
her.
"1 don t thinK l snail ever get mar
ried," Jack would say to himself. "They
come too high, and, besides, I don't 6ee
any like my mother. Toward his cousin
Eva he had alwavs felt in a paternal sort
of sort of way, and he would deal out to
her large chunks of fatherly advice, fit
ted for almost any occasion.
The pistol cspisoda amnsed Jack not a
little, Every now and then he would
mutter through the day,"She is a dandy,
but i guess x snail nave to give uer a
lesson of some kind;" and inward parox
ysm of suppressed mirth would almost
choke him. Jtte went to bed that night
with his head fall of undefined practical
iokes, but all having a sort of center
piece in Eva and her pistol.
It was only at the breakfast table that
the family met, for Era took her lunch
at the store and was always late to din
ner. ' ' !
The next morning, Jack commenced
on Eva:
"Well, my Amazonian little saleslady,
did you slay any sand-baggers last
night?"
"I am not a saleslady, I want you to
know. Cousin Jack."
" hat! been promoted again?"
"No, I am not promoted and I am not
a saleslady. I am a saleswoman. If there
is one word I despise more than another
it is saleslady. Do yon say sales gentle
man? X I suppose you 4 are a teller
gentleman in the Southwestern."
. "No," said Jack. I am a crentlemanlv
teller." V -
"Yon may joke, but I tell you I abom
inate saleslady. Why can't irirls and
women have as much sense as men? Are
we to say kitchenlady, cooklady?"
"jcivery woman is a lady bv her risrht
of sex," said Jack.
"Doubtless that's true.but why should
we American girls be so distrustful as to
be constantly announcing ourselves as
ladies? We are ladles if we act suitably
to whatever place we are in. Others may
call themselves salesladies, if thev
choose, but ,for myself, I am A8ales
woman, and when it is necessary to refer
to me in that capacity, I prefer to be
called so. Think of a man advertising
for a place as salesgentleman! He would
get it, I guess!"
"Bravo! bravo! my belle cousin. An
other new departure. Here is a sales
woman, armed cap-a-pie. Well may the
philosopher ask, whither are we tending?
Are there any more young women in
your store of your mind?"
xes, a few; but the great majority
are and prefer to be salesladies."
"1 hope, coz, you don t consider your
self a woman with a mission?"
No, sir, I am not a woman with a
mission. J he strongest points about my
sex are their weaknesses, and one of their
weaknesses is to be called salesladies.
I don't believe I could reform that out
of them if I tried. I like the name lady.
It implies dignity, refinement and good
breeding. Don't let us drag it in the
mire. Every saleswoman can be a lady
if she chooses, but she is not a lady be
cause she stands behind a counter and
sells goods to customers. Saleslady!
fiddlestick!" and Eva started up and off
with an energy that almost made Jack's
head swim. "My opinion is that she is
a dandy," soliloquized Jack. "But the
pistol idea is not a good one. She must
give that up. She'll hurt herself some
time, and I should reproach myself. I
can't argue her out of it, that's certain.
but I shall find a way.
Jack continued in a brown study
nearly all day. In the evening he came
home to dinner, but strolled out imme
diately after. He had an idea and was
going to work it out.
Eva left the store as night was falling.
She had a long ride in a street car, and
by the time she reached her crossing it
was pitch dark, and the scattered gas-
lamps only tended to make the darkness
more visible. She was not a timid girl,
but she never did like that long walk
alone at night. Quietly adjusting her
dress, and putting her hand in her pistol
pocket, she started forward. As she did
so she saw a figure stealing along the
opposite side of the Btreet and then cross
ing toward the path she must take. She
hurried along, and so did the figure,
now in front of her. When she slack
ened her pace so did the figure. The
street was deserted, but Eva gave ner
pistol a tighter grip and moved on cour
ageously. Just as they got in the mid
dle of the darkest block the figure turned
nnd came toward her. It loomed up in.
the darkness like a giant. She spoke
quickly. "Out of my way, eir! ' No
answer.
Crack went the little pistol.
The figure never heeded it.
Crack again;
"Great Scott, Eva, do you want to kill
me?" howled Jack, as he felt a sharp
pain rush through his upper arm.
"Great Scott! Put up that gun. Don t
you know me? Jerusha! Whew! You've
blown my arm off. Don t you know me
and Jack capered around on tho side
walk holding his arm, while the warm
blood commenced to tricklo out at his
cuff.
Era stood almost dazed.
"Oh, John, why did you not speak?
Why did you act so? Have I hurt you?
Are you killed? Are you dying? What
shall Ido? Come, hurry home: don t die
here in the street; let me carry you; let
me support you. It s only a short way
home. Here, lean oh me.
And Eva clasped him around the body
and rushed him forward. Jack felt as if
he was being wafted through the air by
fairies. They hurried up the steps and
into the house. Mrs. Bascom met them.
"Why children, what is the matter?
John is as pale as a ghost. What is it,
Eva? Look at John's hand, all covered
with blood! Where have you been, and
what has happened?
They jerked off Jack s coat and rolled
up his sleeves. Sure enough there was
a little bullet-hole in the fleshy part of
the upper arm. It had gone through,
but touched no bones, it was not very
serious, and Mrs. Bascom soon dresied
and bound it up. As Jack marched off
to his room he looked at Eva humorously
and said:
"You are a dandy, and no mistake.
But you can now see that pistol is of no
account."
"There were four more charges in it,
Cousin Jack.
"I believe I don't want any more of
them to-night. I hope I can use my
arm to-morrow.
Jack lay awake a long time thinking
over the matter. He had been very
stnpid. He felt that. What would Eva
think of him. And what a girl she was
What intrepidity and character! That
girl is a treasure, thought Jack, as he
floated off into the land of dreams.
As for Eva, she did not sleep a wink
She could Hardly accuse herself o
wrong, and yet she could not. excuse
herself. To think that she had wound
ed Jack was terrible. She might have
killed him. Even now he might lose his
arm. How dreadful. And on her sleep
less pillow she upbraided herself the
whole night through. One thing she
determined to do. As soon as it ap
peaied that Jack's arm was all right she
would return home.
Jack appeared at the breakfast table.
his arm somewhat stiff and sore, but not
mucn more painful than if it had been
newly vaccinated. He tried a feeble joke
or two, but both Eva and Mrs. Bascom
felt too serious for much conversation.
"Eva thinks she will go home," said
Mrs. Bascom.
"What?" said Jack, a sharp pain run
ning quickly through his breast, sharper
than tbe pain in his arm.
, "Eva says she will return to Black
water in a day or two."
"I don't think , you ought to, Cousin
Eva." : i
"Yes, John, I think I must."
A little later Jack and Eva were stand
ing side by side in the parlor. .
"I suppose, Eva, it may be best for
you to return home for the present; but
do you know I am wounded incurably?'
"Don't say that! Oh, it can't be so!"
"Not in my arm, dearest, but in my
heart."
"Oh 1 Jack." .
"And if you go home now, may I come
for you soon and make this your
home?"
Eva looked up into Jack's eyes, her
own full of light and love, and gently
whispered: - v
"Yes, JohnV.;: .. '.. , v : 'Jl
"Then," said Jack, as he clasped her
in his arms, "'it was the luckiest shot in
the dark I ever heard of."
Some Causes of Headache.
Derangements of the heart and diges
tive apparatus are quite common causes
of pain in the head. Headache is also
provoked by changes in other organs,
quite distant from the head. A char
acteristic headache is that in which the
pain is felt most severely upon the top
of the head. Keflex headache is a very
good name for this pain. The way in
which heart troubles cause headache is
purely mechanioal. An enlarged heart
or one temporarily over-excited from
some cause pumps an undue quantity of
blood i into the cranial cavity, which is
an unyielding space. Tho unusual
amount of blood now present in this
space pressing upon the sensitive parts
of the Drain produces u pain in the head,
which is oalled a oongestive headache.
This pain is made worse by any excite
ment, or by stooping, a fact that helps to
indicate the nature of the case. The
pain felt in the head after unusual
ibations, and also after some undue
mental effort, is probably of this nature.
Headache from derangement of the
digestive apparatus is probably the most
requent of all. Atrooious headaches
these are. They generally happen like
his : The victim rises from bed in the
jrning feeling a trifle off, with per-
naps a sense of uneasiness in the stom
ach and a slight pain in one temple. As
the day : advances the pain in the head
and general distress increase, and bv
afternoon the individual reckons that his
head is fit to burst and doesn't care very
much if it would do so; presently an
attack of vomiting and perhaps a slight
diarrhea occurs, and then the pain grad
ually disappears, to return again, how
ever, when the necessary conditions are
present for its existence. These aro the
typical sick headaches, some of tho vic
tims of which declare they have inherit
ed the trouble. There "is considerable
likeness I between the condition just de
scribed and seasickness.
The pain in the head very usually co
incident with the onset of some febrile
complaints is a very good example of
headache from general systematic con
ditions. In this case the circulation of
vitiated blood probably provokes pain,
neuralgic in character. Individuals who
have inherited strongly marked nervous
tendencies and who from any cause may
be in poor general health ard very liable
to have pains shooting up through the
temples and back of the head. The pains
are often followed with soreness of the
scalp. They also are neuralgic in char
acter, and are especially obstinate in the
aged. (Coincident plumbic (lead) or
malarial poisoning increases the suscep
tibility of individuals to these pains.
Philadelphia Times.
Defrauding the Poor.
"Many of tne money-lenders areas
bad as ever." said the secretary of the
society , for Organizing Charity in St.
Louis, referring to the men who lend
money i in small amounts on chattel
securities. "Not long ago a poor woman
on the west side fell sick and was unable
to pay her rent. She went to a money'
lender and borrowed $10 on her furni
ture. The money-loaner drew up the
note for $15, charging $5 for writing the
premises and making out the papers.
The poor woman toiled night and day,
and managed to rake together $12, which
sne paid on tne mortgage, leaving a
balance of $3. Her child fell sick, and
unable to pay the balance as soon as she
expected. While she was struggling
to keep her head above wattr. she
reoeived from a man who had
purchased the mortgage against her a
letter, stating that unless she came for
ward and paid a mortgage of $15, which
he held on her furniture, he would be
obliged to take the furniture on foreclo
sure. The poor wlftnan had no receipt
for the $12 paid on the mortgage and
could not prove that she had paid it.
She came to me well nigh distracted. I
gave her $3 and a note to the holder of
the mortgage, setting forth the facts.and
telling him that unless he accepted the
$3 in payment as full and .delivered the
mortgage to the woman, I should have
both him and the party of whom he pur
chased the mortgage arrested. The wo
man came back with the mortgage.
Literary tileanugs.
I One copy of Mr. Buskin's volume of
"Poems" recently brought over $100 at
a London sale, i
It is gravely announced that Colonel
Mike Sheridan will write a book on tht
Yellowstone park excursion.
Ubaries uudiey w arner will soon
publish a record of his recent travels in
Europe under tbe title "A Roundabout
Journey,"
Mr. uross nas made little progress
with the biography of his dead wife.
Cieorge .biiot, Having been greatly inter
rupted by illness.
Miss Eleanor Arnold, the daughter of
the poet, has shown her filial devotion m
the preparation of "The Matthew Ar
nold Birthday Book."
Five additions of ' Bosworth Smith's
"Life of Lord Lawrence" have already
appeared, and a sixth a popular editiom
in one valumo is on the way to publi
cation, v. -
. Praise never giyes us much pleasure
unless it concur with our own opinion,
and extol us for those qualities in whioh
we chiefly excel. '
WIT A3D TTISroX
Woman is the idol thaf-man worships.
And the more idle she i the more he
worships her.
Do not wear your troubles and misfor
tunes all on the outside like an overcoat,
but keep them hidden within, like a
ragged-back vest.
A woman, lately, looking at a printing
press at work, turned to her companion,
and in a most earnest manner inquired:
"Well, Charley, an them's the things as
writes the papers. Be's them what they
call editors?"
An Irish corporal, who now and then
indulged, was thus accosted by his cap
tain, while standing at ease: "Pat, what
makes your noso so red? "Jfirse, yer
honor, said Pat, "I always blush when
Tspakea io aja officer ,!Li ... : .
Old gentleman (looking at a very bob
tailed horse): "Bless me! how short
they have cut his tail. Attendant
"His master is a member of the Society
for the Protection of Animals, sir. In
this fashion he will not annoy the poor
flies." '
The liver pad agent asked a Missouri
editor to give him $700 worth of adver
tising and take his pav in liver pads, and
the editor was very emphatic in his in
quiry: "What sort of condition do you
think my liver is in, sir?" Boston Post.
A popular concert singer, advertised
to participate in an entertainment in a
Missouri village, excused her absence on
the ground of having a cold in the head;
the next day she received the following
from an admirer: "Thiz iz gouse greze;
melt it and rub it on the brige of yore
neze until kured. I luv you: to di3
traxshun." "How do you feel with such a shock
ing coat on?" said a young dandy to old
Roger. "I feel," said old Roger, looking
at him steadily with one eye half closod,
as if taking aim at his victim. "I feel,
young man, as if I had a coalon which
I had paid for a luxury oi leenng
which I think you have never ex
perienced."
A man will work twenty-five minutes
trying to light the fuse of a sky-rocket,
without frowning. Strange as it may
seem, this is contrary to all human expe
rience with kitchen fires. The average
man will frown hard at the end of the
first five minutes wrestle with the latter,
and at the end of the second five the
frown will be audible.
Poor Penhecker, his joke "Why, my
dear," said poor little Mr. Penhecker,
with a ghastly smile, "why would the
world without woman, lovely woman, be
like a blank sheet of paper? Mrs. P.,
who had just been giving the little man
la piece of her mind, smiled and
"couldu't think." "Why, don't you seeK
love," said the long-suffering one, "it
wouldn t even be ruled."
Golden Uems.
Conscience is the most enlightened of
all philosophers.
A great name without merit is like an
epitaph on a coffin. Mme.' de Puisieux.
He who can conceal his joys is greater
than he who can hide his griefs. Lava
ter. Gravity is a stratagem invented to con
ceal the poverty of the mind. La Boche-
fouconld.
Nothing impairs authority more than a
too frequent or indiscreet use of it.
Shenstone. "
Satire lies about men of letters dat ing
their life and eulogy after their death.
Voltaire.
Contentment swells a mite into a talent,
and makes even the poor richer than the
Indies. Addison.
To speak, bnt say nothing, is for three
people out of four to express all they
think. Commiktant.
Pride defeats its oxv a ends, by bring
ing tho man who seeks esteem and rever
ence into contempt. Bolingbroke.
Gavety is not a proof that the heart is
at ear e, for often in the midst of laughter
the heart is sad. De Genelis.
Clear writars, like clear fountains, do
not seem so deep as they are; the turbid,
looks most profound. Lander.
Every man has three characters that
which he exhibits, that which he has and
that which he thinks he has.
We have three kinds of friends those
who love us, those who are indiffersnt to
us and those who hate us. Chamfort.
The worthiest people are the most in
jured by slander, as we usup lly find (hat
to be the best fruit that the birds have
been pecking at. Swift.
Women dress less to be clothed than
to be adorned. When alone before their
mirrors they think more of men than of
themselves. liochebum.
He who thinks ha can do without the
world deceives himself; but he who
thinks that the world cannot do without
him is still more in error. La Roche
foucauld.
It is hard to act a part long, for where
truth is not at thd bottom, nature will
always be endeavoring to return, and
will peep out and betray herself one
time or another. Tiilotson.
New York has within eigut years in
creased its area from 12 500 acres to 25,
000 acres, one-half of which lies north of
the Harlem river. No additions haye
been made to the public pleasure
grounds, and a plea is now made for
more parks. In support of the demand
the following comparison is made: JNew
York with a million and a half of in
habitants has 1094 acres in park area.
Philadelphia with 800,000 inhabitants
has over 3000 acres, and its great pars,
Fairmount, has nearly 2800 acres.
Chicago and St. Louis each nave over
2000 acres. San Francisco has 100 acres
more than New York.
Each head of clover contains about
sixty distinct flower tabes, each of which
contains a portion of sugar not exceeding
the five-hundredth part of a grain. The
proboscis of the bee must therefore bo
inserted into 500 clover tubas before one
grain of sngar can be obtained. There
are 7000 grains in a pound, and, as
honey contains three-fourths of its
weight of dry sugar, each pound of
honey repressnts 2,500,000 clover tubes
sucked by bees. Chicago Tribune.