.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
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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!