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.THE INDEPENDENT IS ISSUED Saturday Slorninira BY THE , : DOUGLAS COUNTY FUSLISHING C0 THE INDEPENDENT HAS THE v FINEOT JOB OFFICE! IS DOUGLAS COUNTY. CARDS, BILL 'READS, LEGAL BLANKS And other printing, including ' . Large and Heavy Posters and Showy Hand-Bills. : One Tr.M. SO Mix Months. Three IlMitu, I OO 1 0 - These are the teraM for thorn payln is advance. Tbe InDKf fwdcnt offer fine Inducements' to ad vertisers. Terms reasonable. vol. vin. ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY. OCTOBER 27, 1883. weauy ana expecuuousjy executed A.T POItTli .JVL PRICES. NO. 29. i ... ..." hzft " Se"-. SbJ. JASItULEIC WATCHMAKER, JEWELER, AND. OPTICIAN: - ALL VYORKwARRA?iTD v Dealer In ' Watchsa, Clerks, JW4!ry, fjpectaele and Eye ,iUuw, - Andalilltlaeof ' Cigars, Tosaecgs F&scy .Gaocs. The only -reliable Cptoiaeter -la town-for the proper adjustment of fepec&clesi fc'ay cu band. Depot of the 6esuta BrwKisa Pettis trsc- taclea tzi s;!asies. OFFICE First .door burg, Oregon. 0& of poet office Rose IiAUGSXIBSXlG'S Boot and Shop Store,:. HOSElllXJIlG. OQN., ' ' Oo Jackson Street, opposite tbe Poatofdce. Keeps on hand the largest and beat assortment of Eastern and San Franelaeo Roots and Shoes, Gaiters, Sllpaers And everything In tbe Boot and Shoe Line and SELLS CHEAP for CASH. Boots and Shoes Made to Order Perfect Fit Guaranteed. I use tbe Beet of Leather and Warrant all my work. HTrA.IUIIV Neatly Done On Short Notice. I keep always on hand TOTS AND LTOTIOIJS awitusical Instrument asd Violin String a F pe nalty. LOOM LAAGKABICBO. DR. M. W. DAVIS, DENTIST. ROSEBURG, OREGON. OFFICE-ON JACKSON fcTRBKT. Up Stairr, over 8. Ma rks & Co.'a New 8tere. nAHOHEY'O GALOON Nearest to the Railroad Depot, Oakland Ja. IMalioiioy, Prop'r. Tbe finest of wines, liquors sad cigars in Dowj las county, and the best in the State kept in proper repein Parties traveling on the railroad will find this place Terr band to Tlsnaunng uw step ping of the train at the Oak- land Depot. Oire me aeaJJ. Jab. HAnONSY. . a - JOHN FIJASER, Home Made ' Furniture, WILBUR, OREOOX. Upholstery, Spring Mattrasses, Etc, I Constantly on hand. FURNITURE.J hare the best stock of lurniture sonth 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. S ALL WORK WARRANTED.- DEPOT HOTEL 4AICLAHD, - . ORKOOJT. Richard Thomas. Prop'r. rpHIS HOTEL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED for a number ot years, snd has become v.ery popularrith the traveling public, i 1 rat-class SLEEPING ACCOMMODATIONS. And the table supplied with the best the market affords. Hotel at the depot of the itailroad, H. C. STAfJTON, Dealer in Staple Dry Coods I Keeps constantly on hand ment of a general assort- EXTRA FINE GROCERIES, WOOD, WILLOW AND ULASSWARF, ALSO Crockery and Cordage A full stock of HCHOOL BOO K Such as required by the Public County Schools, All kind of STATION KRY'. TOYS and FANCY ARTICLES, To suit both Young and Old. OCYS AND SELLS LEGAL TENDERS, lurnishes Checks on Portland, and procures trans on can r rancisco. SEEDS tAPr?n.Q ! ALL OF BEST QUALIIY ALL ORDERS rromptly atteiuled to and Goods Bhipoed , wnn care. Address, lUehenej & Beno, Portland. Oregon. A Uon8tantmople dispatch of Oot. 17th sajs: "The earthquake destroyed six vil lages. Mont of the honses collapsed at the first shock, burying their inmates. People -who escaped became panic stricken, and sought the fields, where they are still huddled together in a starv ing condition, and suffering from cold. Help for the stricken people is going forward from Smyrna. The people issue a notice, stating that 20,060 persons are homeless, and pleading for immediate assistance. A government commission will start as soon as possible, to aid local officials. The report that 1000 persona perished is conCrmeJ. LATEST NEWS SUIOIABI. ar Yeleokapii to date. The Mexican government ia negotiat ing for a $10,000,000 loan. There were eighteen deaths from yel low faver at Havana during (he week ending Oct. 20th. It is reported that the French embas sador at Madrid has resigned. It is be lieved he will be succeeded, by General Ballot. A gale of wind recently did considera ble damage in the west and north of Germany; Numerous wrecks are. re ported. - 'f . The- Princess victoria, daughter of Crorn-;Prinee Frederick William, has been, betrothed to the hereditary prince The Navajo-Indiana have opened a war against the Mexicans. A number of the latter were 'recently attacked and two men wounded. A conscience contribution of G00 was received at the treasury department in a letter postmarked Alleghany. Pa., and signed, "Clergyman." Business failures in the Usited States and Canada for the week 'ending October 19th, were 2d, an morease of fifty-six over the previous week. The Norkolk, V., republican conven tion passed, unanimously, a resolution declaring Blaine the choice for president and Lincoln vice president. Margaret Harrison, oolored, mur deress of little Lela Lewis, was hanged at Calhoun, Ga., October 19tb, in the presence of nearly 4000 persons. There is a large and growing demand for silver certificates, coming mainly from St. Louis, the Mississippi valley, Georgia, and cotton and sugar growing regions generally. Comptroller iinox states that the re duction of circulation for the current year will be between $20,000,000 and $25,000,000. There will certainly be a much more rapid increase next year. Recently a violent storm on lake Ladoga and the gulf of Finland, caused great loss of life and shipping. Sixty vessels were stranded. The bodies of sixteen persons have been recovered. A Vienna dispatch of October 19th says: Two Danas oi mounted gypsies. encamped near Wiessenburg, beoame in volved m i light in which both women and children joined. Four of the par ticipants were killed and many wounded. Elizabeth Payne, aged 77 years, ar rived at Cleveland, Oct. 20th, after walking from Holton, Maine, fully 1000 miles. Her husband died recently. She was too poor to pay her fare to the home of her son. He is in similar circum stances, and was unaware of her coming. The American Baoid Telegraph com pany has become involved in the consoli dation of their lines in the states of New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Connecticut, Massachusetts ana Pennsylvania, and the city of Baltimore has executed a mortgage upon their property and fran chises to the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust company for $3,000,000. n At Lisbon, Dakota, intense excitement prevails over the discovery of gold. H. W. Griswold, of Cmoago, made the dis covery on his place, near there, two months ago. He had 130 samples as sayed, and the result showed from $20 to $2oU per ton. The matter was kept quiet until Griswold had secured all the land in the vicinity. There is great ex citement in this part of the country, and crowds are leaving for the scene of the discovery. " A London dispatch of October mn says: An explosion occurred yesterday at the Wharacliff colliery, in Yorkshire. Twenty-three men were in the pit at the time. It is believed that all perisned. Three bodies have been already recov ered. When the explosion occurred five men rushed to the bottom of the shaft. and were rescued, though injured. The men remaining in the pit numbered twenty. A search force was organized, but the falling of the roof of the pit re tards the work. The explosion is at tributed to a blast shot. A New York dispatch says: The bus iness situation is much the same as it has been for many weeks past. Conser vatism dominates in the markets, and tbe wholesale trade is gauged to the actaal requirements of distributors and consumers, without muoh reference to prices. There has been so muoh abuse of the Credit system, through the issue of accommodation notes, and in other ways, that it is extremely difficult to ob tain money by discount of a single name paper, notwithstanding an abundance of loanable funds and low rates of interest, when security is undoubtedly good. This caution unquestionably has muoh to do with the comparatively slow trade movements and slender profits, but there is now a condition of things whioh pres ages better results, after the process of going down to a solid foundation shall have run its course, and impaired confi dence shall have been restored. Wool meets with some attention, but only what may be considered regular calls and holders of supplies equal to call. One of 'the largest hop dealers in New York said recently that the present hop season will long be remembered, on ao count of the extraordinary fluctuations down to September. A greater calamity conld not Dossibly have happened to American hop growers, for while a few profited bv the fluctuations a very large majority of the growers lost. Thousands of farms have increased their acreage, and thousands who never before grew hops have gone into hop raising. Amer ican rowers who think that farmers in Entrland and on the continent of Europe have been oblivious to the situation, will awaken from their delmsion som9 day. The true cause of the very high prices was not the failure of the English crop, as generally supposed, but can be laid at the door of speculators. There is no bet ter reason for hops going up to $1 i pound than there was for potatoes going to $50 a barrel. We may not have grown as large a crop this year as was expected, owing to the three months' drouth on the Pacific slope, and to the setting out of new fields last spring, which will not come into full bearing till next season, but if we have a favorable crop for 1884 and 1885 farmers, may expect price to be greatly lowered Mayor Low of Brooklyn was re-nominated by the republican city convention, Oct. 17th. - The celebrated chateau or Prince Czartoryiki at Sieniawa, Austrian J3ali cia, burned recently. Loss, $500,000. Becently, 20 miles east of Chattanooga, two freight trains run into each other, killing the firemen on both , engines in stantly. ; The democratic city convention of Brooklyn nominated James Hendrix for mayor. He is a reporter for thelfew York Sun. It is reported that friends of General Grant will present his name for the pres idency, and that he has no idea of re tiring from politics. ; - At Little Bock, recently, Wyatt Ames, who filled Sander J. Blount whilere sisting arrest was caught.and in attempt ing to escape was riddled with bullets. Tha TSvcf. V.ti'nn.l t rUl- has notified its 130 clerks that thev must all procure bonds which will range from A i AAA Avaaa ' S4uuu to tfouuu each, and aggregate over $320,000. A bad state of affairs is reported to exist along the advance line of the Mexi can railway. Six men have been mur dered in the past six weeks. Parties say lie is at a great discount. The Southern railway time convention has appointed a committee to make ar rangements with the different telegraph companies for the transmission of new standard time to the different railroad companies. The new schedule goes into effect Nov. 18. General James B. Stedman died at Toledo, October 18th, of pneumonia. after a protracted illness. The deceased was a prominent army officer during the war of the rebellion and was made major general ior conspicuous bravery at the battle of Chicamauga. There is a report current in Salt Lake to the effect that John Taylor, by reason of his feeble condition and advanced age, proposes resigning the presidency of the Mormon church. If the report is true. and many believe it is, George Q. Can non will be his successor. It is the general opinion that the ac tion on the part of the Northern Pacific, in refusing to be a party to the special contract system, will undo all that was accomplished at the San Francisco meet ing, and is likely to lead to serious com plication on Pacific coast business. A Victoria dispatch of October 16th says: A nsherman seining near the 1 harbor this morning-caught a dozen! young shad, the first ever caught in these waters. They are undoubtedly the progeny of the shad that were placed in the Sacramento river some vears aero. Comptroller Knox finds that the call for $1,500,000 3 per cent, bonds would take at least $7,000,000 deposits for cir culation by ninety-six banks, and Der- haps $10,000,000 ; which would comDel the retirement of $9,000,000 of national bank currency, unless other securities could be obtained. At Castalia, O., recently Charles Schwabacher, while driving home very drunk with Henry Carson and Martin Kroeh in the wagon with him. drove on the railway track just in time for the lo comotive to strike the wagon, and in stantly killed the three men. A young lady in the wagon escaped death, but was seriously injured. The grand lodge of Mesons met in Masonic temple at Louisville, Oct. 16th, Grand Master M. D. Buckner presiding. His annual report was read, and other routine work performed. Among the distinguished visitors present is Bev. Joseph A. Galbraitb, president of the university of Dublin, and representative from the grand lodge of Ireland to the grand lodge of Kentucky. Postmaster General Gresham has made the following rule: The reduction, the 1st inst., of the domestic rate of postage from 3 to 2 cents, reduced also, from the same date, from 6 to 4 cents per half ounce, the double postage charge, made in pursuance of section 3913 of the revised statutes upon letters for delivery in the United States, com moniy caned "snip letters, wnicn are conveyed to this country by vessels not regularly employed in carrying mails. At a recent meeting of the Boston executive council trie governor nomin ated Sylvanus B. Hinney to fill a vacan cy whih he alleged existed in the board of health, lunacy and charity, claiming that Mrs. UlarJ; X . Leonard had legally no place upon the board; The statute provides that the board "shall consist of nine persons." The governor asked the opinion of the attorney general whether woman was legally a "person, and Attorney General Sherman decided in the negative. The council held that Mrs. Leonard had been continued in omce Dy tne legislature, and ignored new nomination. B. Edward Earll and Wm. V. Cox United States delegates to the interna tional fisheries exhibition at London an announce the following awards to the inry: rorty-eignt gold, forty-seven su ver and twenty-nine bronze medals twenty-four diplomas and seven specia prizes to United States exhibitors. The United States fish commission received eighteen gold medals. Other gold medals were given the United States national museum, the United States lighthouse board, and the United States signal service. Gold medals were also given, among other citizens of the United States, to Prof. David S. Jordan of Indiana university, Bloomington, for works on ichthyology. Governor Tntle of Arizona territory in a report to the secretary of the inter ior, states that the population is now 75, 000 and taxable property $25,000,000 and the affairs of the territory generally are in an exceedingly prosperous condi tion. The value of the gold and silver product for the year ended December 31, 1 1882, was $9,298,267, against $8,198,766 in 1881. The yield of copper in 1882 wa9 15,000,000 pounds. The combined value of the silver and copper product for 1883 will be between $15,000,000 and $16,000,000. The number of sheep in the territory is 300,000, that are produc ing 24,000,000 pounds of wool yearly.' The vield of cereals for 1883 was 14,000, 000 pounds of wheat and 18,000,000 pounds of barley. THE SOUSES OP SIGHT. The curtain stirs its fold and seems to thrill Expectantly, white o'er, : The honeysuckle's web the whUpering hne za Creeps chilly, weaving oa the chamber floor A spray of lace-like shadow evermore. The poplar, starting fltfelly from sleep, Snakes out its leaves, but soon Sinks Into dewy slumbei with a lh, r Content that not a twig athrob with June Will miss tbe sunHgtn of to morrow's noon. In the wide mirsb, with vapor gray. Where the flag bends its blade... The bur-r-r and gurgle of th frog is heard. While the lone whip-poo-will in horny glade ' Monotonously wakes tbe pensive shade. ' -' :'- - All sounds are sweetly blent, as though the night, Tuning the world's harsh lyre. Had righted its lax chords and strove to wake The holy note which trembled from l.s wire . To wm tbe hearts of Eden did aspire. Sounds; many sounds arise, while through the ..gloom ' . a We wait for slumber dear. ' U But never e ever at jiStV ef yore can e with rapture sweet me hear Ot footstens that bare sought the dreamless sphtre. Nor though we listen can we hear the fl w Of Death's unmeasured sea. Whose mighty tide at last thall flood tbe world, Drowning all discords with its symphony. And washing all souls white, O Dawn, for thee ! Boston Transcript. Cur ions Facts About American Coins. i ""There is really no end," said an ama teur coin collector, "to the lists of arti cles collected in cabinets. ! I collect only American silver coins, and I know that there is a whole world of absolutely un suspected details about this branch of collecting. There, for instance, is the mystery about the coinage of 1S04. A small number of dollars was struck, and of these coins not one has ever been found. There are two specimens in ex istence of the 1804 dollar, but there is every reason to believe that these were restrikes made in 1828 by some one in the mint at Philadelphia in a surrepti tious and unlawful way for some col lector who had influence. What can have become of those dollars that have disappeared so completely? From time to time at auction sales one of the re strikes appears, and at each sale fetches a greater sum. As high as $1600 has been paid for one of them. But what shaU be said of the half dollar of 1804. Of these no less than 156,519 specimens were coined, yet none has ever been dis covered. A certain number of half dol lars bearing the date of 1805 will, if ex amined closely ,discover that the five has been struck over a four. This only shows that a certain number of the 1804 half ollars was never issued from he mint, and was converted into 1805 pieces, but it does not explain the total vanishing of those that were issued. There can be no doubt that some thins happened of a mysterious character, which caused the dollars and half dollars to disappear, for the quarters of that year are not par ticularly scarce; a finespecimen costs only $10, and a fair specimen can be had or $2. Yet there was only 67oo pieces of that denomination struck in that An nus Mirabilis for us collectors, and of dollars there were 19,570. There were only 321 dollars struck the next year, and these were, in all probability, for the cabinets of collectors, for no dol- ar was issued in 1805. Then the coin age of silver dollars ceased, and did not begin again until 1836. It would be easy to frame the hypothesis that the arger American silver coins were over weight, and that merchants bought them up and sold them for melting. But a!- hough tne facts in relation to the uol ars bear out this theory, yet the annals of the mint about the half dollars are opposed to it, for in 1805 there was a very large issue of this piece, and so on every year until lolb, when tnere was comparatively a small issue. In 1816 nere was no coinage , at all of nan dol lars. Coins of this denomination for 1815 are rather scarce, so that a fine specimen is worth from $10 to $20, ac: cording to its appearance. 'it is well to know that before the mint was organized there was coined somewhere a small supply of the 'dis- mes' and half dismes mentioned by Washington in his fourth annual ad dress. Tne want of small coins was keenly felt and the first president was so evidently at one with tbe popular feel ing in the matter tnat a legend is ex tant that these small pieces were coined out of his silver plate. But in what mint they were coined is a question that has been asked but not answered. Some persons believe that they were coined in England, but patriotism repels such a thought. Nor is it necessary to frame such a conjecture, because there were two localities in the land where ample preparations had been made for coiniag silver, but had been arrested by the for mation of the federal Union, which took from the states the right of coinage. The two point where the 'dismes and half dismes could have been: oomed were Annapolis, in Maryland, and Dedham in Massachusetts. The work was in all probability done at the latter place, for there has alway been a strong tradition tnat tne nrst coins ot tne union were struck here. The dime of 1792, or the Washington dime, as collectors call it, has on the obverse of a young man s head, with flowing hair, facing to the left. The date 1792 touches the lower part of the bust. Around is - the le gend, 'Liberty, Parent of Science and industry.' On the reverse is a small eagle flying to the left, with the legend, 'United States of America.' Beneath the e.agle is the word 'Disme. The first regular issue from the Philadelphia mint of dimes was in 1796, whereas dollars ana naii-aoiiars ana nan dimes were coined in 1794. In 1794 and the sue ceedmg year tne Lead of liberty on the coins has the hair flowing without any restiaint, but in 1796, when the quarters . e 1 it ! I 1 . ana aimes oegm, mis nau oeen changed, and all the coins have the hair confined with a fillet. This lasted until 1807, V ? . . t 1.1.1. i i wnen in tne lauer pare oi tne year was issued the head of liberty with the lib erty cap. This is considered with reason the most beautiful of American coins. and continued without change down to 1837 for dimes and to 1838 for quarters. and to .1839 for half-dollars and 1836 1840 for dollars, when the beautiful head of liberiy was displaced for a figure of liberty seated, me dollars struck in 1836 and succeeding years until 1840 were tentative efforts only, the first large issue being in 1840. You can understand that it is very easy to recognize a dime or half dime with the head of liberty emong otners; the reverse bears an eagle. with a heral lio shield. This has been retained for the larger silver pieces, but the small coins have a reverse which is simply in sipid. Dimes as far back as 18 ii are in circulation, but they seldom rank above good. Dimes of 1822 are very rare, and one in good condition is worth $3." New York Tribune. Wee Little Nora. Yes, Nora ia a bother. - I don't mind taking care of Agnes one bit, for she runs around and is real good natured. ' -. . , ' But Nora can't walk yet, and I have to carry her everywhere, and she cries the whole time. And the crosser I am the more she cries. ?- v. . I know I'm cross, but I don't mean to be so. Well, last Sunday Jimmy Jones' grandfather promised me ten cents if I picked cherries enoagh to fill two pails for him, and Sam said he would help me to do it. Sam is my brother. He doesn't often help me. We did not want to take Nora with us, so we slipped out of the back door, me and Sam and Aggie. But Nora saw us going and began to cry, and mamma said I must take care of her, because she was going to town. So I lugged Nora across the street, while Aggie carried the pails and Sam went on ahead, and made fun of me for being so slow. My! how hot and dasty it was! Sam was real good when we got to the field, and went up the tree quick as a flash and pioked lots of cherries. Aggie was good, too, and helped me ever so much, but Nora was as naughty as could bo. She fretted and oried and swallowed a cherry stone, and nearly choked to death, and then she upset the pail that was all filled! The cherries rolled all over, every where, and I was so angry I just slapped her! I did! Oh dear! I am so ashamed when I think about it! I slapped our poor, dear, precious lit tle baby, that I ought to be so good to! The minute I did it I was so ashamed. and ran off by myself and began to cry. I was so sorry and so angry, too, that I cried and I cried till I fell asleep. The first thing I knew a great drop of rain fell on my nose and woke me up. It was pouring and thundering and lightning, and the wind was blowing and there was an awful storm. I ran home and never thought of baby till I saw Aggie in the hall. "How d you get home 1 cried. "Me runned," said Aggie; "And see, me fixed your cherries all nice," "Where's Nora?" I cried. "Danno," she answered, shaking the pails. "But Where's Sam?" "Dess he gone to Simmy Jones grand father's garret to play." - I threw off my hat because it was a new one, and ran pacK to tne neiu, ior x thought poor little Nora was all alone out there in the storm. It rained so hard it seemed as if my bones must bo wet right through my skin. I thought I could hear Nora crying but she was not there. I looked under the blackberry bushes and everywhere, and I called at the top of my voice, but nobody answered. There was a big black cow in tne pas ture, and I thought perhaps she might have eaten her. Oh, do cows ever, ever eat little girls? Or suppose an eagle had llown away with her, the way an eagle flew away with a baoy in a story I read once. I was awfully frightened. I thought Nora was dead and I had killed her. What would mamma say? I was 'most crazv. Then it flashed across me that Sam might have taken her with him. He never does take the children any where, but I thought he might have, this once. So I rushed over to Jones' and up their garret without stopping for permission The erarret was empty. As I ran by the stable, I saw Sam's feet sticking out at the window in the bay loft, and I climbed up the ladder, with mv henrt comer niDitv-nop. so 1 could hardly breathe. And there, oh noy! tnere was wora, su tins on the hay. as good as a kitten. Sam savs I ought to have Known ne would take care of the baby. Youths Companion. ' The Crow Indians. The settlements along the Yellowstone are vounsr. and tne progress oi agricui tare very much obstructed uy tne iact that the Crow Indians own all the lands urjon the south side of the river for nearly three hundred miles along the course of the Northern Pacific road and have yielded to that company for a sum of money paid tbe mere ngnt to .puna their road and establish railroad stations through their land open the south side of the river. This tribe of Indians, com prising about three thousand souls, have a reservation of some oi tne uest ianas of the northwest, constituting a territory as large as anv of the New England states except Maine. They neither plow, nor sow, nor gather into barns; they build no houses, have no cattle and oniv large flocks of horses and ponies; 1 thev don't raise a particle of material for i bread or food of any kind. They are meat eaters, except for the vegetables procured by the appropriation of the United States. The United States can well afford to pay round sums for a large portion of these excellent lands, and it is understood that negotiations are now go ing- forward by whioh thh govern ment shall furnish to the tribe carpenters to bnild houses and build the houses for them. furnish them with clows and men to teach them their use. with. oxen, cows, swine, and all the implements of hus bandry, and teach them to live as white men live, and to become grain eaters as well as meat eaters. The game that once furnished them their food has disap peared from the mountains, and these simple creatures, to day would be com pelled to live upon the meat of their horses were it not for the appropriations which are made in pursuance of treaties with them made in times past. The best of feeling exists toward those Indians, as they have always been the friends of the whites in their struggles with the Sioax tribes, ; the fiercest, the falsest, the brightest and the meanest of the whole Indian race in the northwest. The Sioux tribes have been reduced to subjection, and are now under the control of the United States army, quiet and unwill ingly submissive. It is to be hoped that mutual kindness and good will will giye to the Crows at no distant date the ad vantages of civilization, at the same time that some portion of these lands, which the Crows never could cultivate, shall be paid for to them by the government .the United States, andlha lands thus opened to supply the wants of civilized life. Corr. N. Y. Times. A Milk Saloon and a Profitable Cow. We returned to the Trianan jnst as the son, looking like an immense ball of fire, was sinking into the sea. Madame Bon nacazes hoped I had enjoyed myself. "There was one thing," said she, "that I had not seen, and travel where I might, I would never have an opportunity to see it again." "What is it, madame?" "A milk saloon." - Well, it was worth seeing. Every table, every counter, every piece of stat uary was of white marble. The floors, walls, ceiling, curtains, everything was white. The Creole girls who waited on the customers had the whitest complex ions I ever saw. They were dressed in spotless white, and on their left shoulder was a bunch f white jacqueminot roses. Standing upon the counter was a life sized statue of a Jersey cow; by the side of the cow stood a middle-aged darkev with white hair, a woman with a sweet face. I did not understand the rnachan ism of the business, but this woman drew the milk into the white cups from the marblcjyiw. She acted jast as if she was milking. Ara told me that the white lady owned a dairy outside of the city, and that she had originated tbe idea of the marble cow. Afterward Mons. Bon nacazas told me that the woman had milked a million from the marble cow. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. A Precocious Boy, "fla& A few days since while returning from a trip to the Yellowstone Park a Bismarck family, consisting of-father, mother and a bright six year old son, stopped at Little Missouri to view the Bad Lands. They secured a team at the station and rode out six miles south to see that won derful curiosity, the Burning mountain. While, flitting upon tho grass near by watching the heated vapors arise from the burning pit the little one asked: "Mamma, who kindles that fire? "God does, darling." The youngster sat for a moment in deep thought, and, looking up into the maternal eyes with a knowing glance, asked: "Mamma, does God jump out of bed and kick over tbe chairs and slam tbe doors and say He'll be dad-slammed if He'll stand this thing much longer when He wants Mrs. God to get up and build the fires and she won't do it? ' There was a painful scene of several moments, and then the man gazed dreamily and abstractedly away off the south and softly remarked that the Bad Lands never looked so beautiful as they do in September. Bismarck Tribune. A Vienna Tragedy. Details of a shocking domestic tragedy have been received "from Vienna. The victims were Frau Obrist, the wife of a gi der, another two sons and two daugh- m . a ... a ters, wnose ages range irom ten to eighteen. On the room they occupied being entered all five were discovered to be dead from the effects of poison. The cause of this painful event is that the furniture of the family was to have been distrained upon. The husband, who was formerly a wealthy man, but who has gradully fallen into poverty, arrived home, but failed to make any one hear his knocking. Thinking his family asleep and fearing to disturb them, he left and passed the night at. a hotel. In the morn ing he returned, and again failing to ob tain admittance, he caused tbe door to be burst open, when the corpses of his wife and four children met his gaze The shock upon the unfortunate man was great, as the most tender relations had existed between the family. He had, it appears, no suspicion of the sad event, into wnicn nis wne was anven uy me fear of approaching staavation. The . . , , , - i it.. mother, it is thought, first took poison, the children following her example. The Leading Power of Europe. Thirteen years ago the French empire perished on the held of bedan. 'lmr- teen years ago the French republic was proclaimed in the streets of Fans. Mo- men ton s as was mac great revolution in the destinies of .t rench, it was less mo mentous than the revolution simultane ously accomplished in the destinies of Europe, t rance lost an emperor and gained a republic, but the headship of Europe passed at the same. moment to the German empire. In the republic of the continent each sovereign state brooks no suzerain, .nominally an are equal. Servia is as sovereign as Spain, Belgium or xiussia. Uut m reality ail tne pow ers are well aware that the first place at the European council board belongs de- facto to the strongest of their number. Since Sedan that position has belonged to Germany. Her right toit was proved then; it has never been challenged since. For thirteen years Germany has held uncontested the1 headship of Europe, and tbe latest anniversary of her crown ing victory finds her authority more firmly established, more universally recognized, than at any period since the great war. Pall Mall Budget. A lady, seeing among the religious notices that the pastor of a neighboring church would preach "D. V." on the following Sabbath, said she would go and hear him, presuming, as she did. that the subject of his discourse was "Dolly Vardens." NEWS ITESSS. Boston has a charity that furnishes free rides for the poor. rf A lad in Texas lately died from the ex cessive use of toothache drops. Fear God and tike your own part" i to be the motto of the new state of Dakota. The big stockmen of Texas have hired armed fence-riders to watch their iron i encea. Highway robbers take their walk abroad about 2 o'clock in the morning, in New York. The Marquis of Lome has had twenty- five live mnskrats shipped from Montreal to Scotland. - General Thomas L. Clingman of North Carolina has obtained .a patent for, an . electric light. . . v . . Rnotnn mi'llr insrtAp.fnni find in soma cases forty per cent, water, and arrests are to be made. 4- The names of 750 or 800 postmasters will be sent in to the senate by the pres ident during the next session of con gress. It is estimated by the Record that here are 10,000 liquor shops in Phila delphia, of which one third, are un- lcenaed. Three women of Cobb county, Ga., are in jail for murder one for killing her husband and the otner two lor in- anticide. The yearly meeting of Friends at Rich- mond, Ind., has drawn together a multit ude far in excess of anything ever be- ore known. The reason advanced by Henry L. Taylor, of Belair, Md., for asking for a divorce is, that his wife will not let him read the bible. There are many cases of tvphoid fever in .Boston, attnoutea Dy some oi me journals to the bad state of the water furnished the city. Judge Noonan, of Baxter county, lexas. denies tne term - vagrant as in cluding not alone loafers and bummers, but gamblers as well. There were fifty-eight babies on ex hibition at Tompkins county fair, N. Y., and the prize was taken by a two year- old girl named Simpkins. A company of Milwaukee men have purchased sixty acres of land near Han nibal, Mo., in which they are to open extensive quarries of stone for use in lithographing. The streets of Natchez, Miss., are so dirty that the newspapers of that plaoe are sarcastically chronicling ox nnding small boys who had mysteriously disap peared in the dust. Robert Ingersoll. a waiter in an Og- den. Utah, hotel, was fined $7 recently. for taking the part of tne landlady wno was about to be attacked by a hoodlum who refused to pay for his meal. A two-year old child in Barren county, Kentucky, weighs 187 pounds, and is the last of seven children who are re- -markable for their enormous adipose de velopment. The parents are both small. The Hartford Times has made Charles R. King, of that city, more or less his- tone, by describing him as a man who is master of twenty-two distinct Jrades, and is "a good musician and one of the best rifle shots in toe state, into the bargain. I A new chime of bells, which is said to be the largest in the country, has been presented to Holy Trinity church. Phila delphia, by Joseph E. Temple. It was made in Belgium, and consists of twenty-eight bells, the heaviest of which weighs 2800. Fence-cutting in Texas seems to have become a sort of epidemic, and nobody knows where it will stop. The stockmen offended by fencing in land they did not own ; this led to depredations by others who wanted free ranges, and now in some . sections nobody's wire is safe. Notes About Animals. An eight legged calf is the product of Bourbon county, Ky. From 250 to 300 cats are destroyed weekly in Philadelphia by the agent of the Women's Branch of the City Refuge for Lost and Suffering Animals. Of the four homing pigeons which made the distance from Washington to Bridgeport, Conn., the other day, the average speed of the two that arrived first was 1,071 yards a minute. That rats are very fond of sunflower seeds is demonstrated daily in Congress Spring Park, Saratoga, where they have recently been seen climbing the stalks to get at the now ripe and oily seed. A mocking bird belonging to Robt. Potee, the gambler who .committed suicide in Kansas City, showed great grief upon seeing the body. It refused to eat, and when Potee's body was taken away the bird died. Henry H. Gavitt, of Bridgeport.Conn.. has a decided curiosity in the shape of a dog without forelegs. There are no shoulders or joints where the legs should be; little projecting tufts of hair are all" that is noticeable. Indians in Brazil nse ants to dress wounds, causing them to bite the edges together and then cutting off the head; the jaws will cot relax but hold the wound together until healed. They were formerly used as a cruel instrument of torture by South African tribes, who tied their victim to a tree, smeared his body with grease and placed an ants nest at his feet. On the farm of George Logan, near Lebanon, in" the countv of Warren, Ohio, a hen had evinced all summer such an ardent desire to become a mother by persistent attempts to hatch door knobs and everything else that bore the remotest resemblance to an egg, that her ow ner finally took pity on her and placed in her barrel fourteen curious eggs which he had discovered, in turning a furrow. Then he went- off to camp- meeting and thought no more about the matter until his return, when he was amazed to find that the hen hatched into this wicked world fourteen little snakes, for which she was caring with the ut most affection and solicitude, and from which she received constant demituatra tions of filial devotion. Next!