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Newspaper Page TextTHE I1JDEPE1IDEIIT is ISSUED SATURDAY MORNINGS, BY THE Douglas County Publishing' Company. One Year - - $2 SO Six Months . - - - - - 1 50 Three Months - - - - - 1 00 THE niDEPHIDEHT HAS THE II" 1 'M :4 r3 -St If FIN EST JOB OFFICE . v IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. CARDS, BILL HEADS, LEGAL BLANKS, B$SStttfl9 6stffcWl3l fisHSttsV And other Printing, Including Large ana Heayy Pesters ail SI017 HaM-BUls, Thene are the terms of thorn paying In advance. The Independent offer fins inducement to advertisers. Tenna reasonable. Neatly and expeditiously executed AT PORTLAND PBIOES. yol. ix. EOSEBURG, OREGON; SATJJRDAY, JUNE 21, 1884. NO. 11. J. JASKULEK, PRACTICAL Watclimaler. Jeweler ani Optician ALL WOEK WARRANTED. Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles and Eyeglasses. . AND A FULL LINE OF Cigass, Tobacco & Fancy Goods. Tht only reliable Optomer tn town for the proper adjust ment of Spectacles; always on hand. , Depot of the Genuine Brasilia! Pebble Spec tacles and Eyeglasses, v ffice First Door South of Postoffice, ItOSEBURO. OREUOX. ; LANGENBERG'S Boot and Shoe Store ROSEBURtt, OKEtiOX, a Jackin Street, Opposite the Post Office, Keeps n hand ths largest and best assortment of eastern and Man Francises Boots and Shoes, Gaiters. Slippers, And everything in the Boot and Shoe line, and SELLS CHEAP FOR CASH. fleets and Shoes Made to Order, and Porfect Fit Guaranteed. I use the Best of Leather and Warran all my work. Repairing Neatly Done, on Short Notict . I keep always on hand TOYS AND NOTIONS. Musical Instruments and Violin Strings a specialty. LOUIS LAXdiEXBERU. DR. M. W. DAVIS, m DENTIST, ROBEBUKCi, OBECOX, Office On Jackson Street, Up Stairs, Over S. Marks & Co.'s New Store. MAHONEYS SALOON, Nearest the Kail road Depot, Oakland. JAS. MAIIONEY, - - - Proprietor The Finest Wines, Liquors and Cigars in Douglas County, and THE BEST BILLIARD T1BLE IN THE STATE, KEPT IN PROPER REPAIR. Parties traveling on the railroad will find this place ery handy to visit during the stopping of the train at the OakJauu JJepot. ulve me a call. JAS. MAHONEY. JOHN FRASER, Home Made Furniture, . WILlllIR, OREGOX. UPHOLSTERY, SPRING MATTRESSES, ETC., Constantly on hand. FURNITURE. I have the nest STOCK OF FURNITURE South ef Portland. And all of my own manufacture. Xo Two Prices to Customers. . Residents of Douglas County are requested to give me a call before purchasing elaewnere. ALL WORK WARRANTED. DEPOT HOTEL, . Oakland, Oregon. RICHARD THOMAS, Proprietor. This Hotel has been established for a num ber or years, and has become very pop ular with the traveling public. FIRST-CLASS SLEEPING ACCOMMODATIONS AND THB- Table supplied with the Best the Market affords Hotel at the Depot of the Railroad. Hi C. STANTON, DEALER IN Staple Dry Goods, Keeps constantly on hand a general assortment of mm u a FjTTTfl. rlnB iTl OCerieS. wnnn. willow and glassware. CROCKERY AND CORDAGE, " " w '1 A full stock of SCHOOL BOOKS. Such as required by the Public County Schools. 'All kinds of Stationery. Toys and Fancy Articles, TO aUlT BOTH YOl'NO AMD OLD. Buys and Sells Legal Tenders, furnishes Cheoks on Portland, and procures Draft on San Francisco. ! SEEDS! SEEDS! ill KINDS THE BEST QUALITY, ALL ORDERS Promptly attended to and goods shipped with care. Address, II AC HEX Y Sl BENO, Portland, Oregon. f Camels on the March. Chicago Herald. Samuel W. Baker, the African ex plorer, is quoted as saving that camels will cross a desert with a load of 400 pounds at the rate of thirty miles a dav, in the burning heat of summer, and require water only every third or fourth day. In the cooler months the animal will work seven or eight days without water, and if grazinj on green foliage, without labor, will only drmK once a fortnight. HE KNEW ABOUT IT. rhe -1 tasker" Business and Why (Seward Bought the Place. Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle. "TiTha's all's talk 'bout that Texas fellah ami this Lasker business" asked one of our best young men as he stood with his friends inhaling the maddening fames of the destroy ing cigarette, j A - long silence followed, which was at! length broken by the best young man who makes a living by sucking the head of aj cane. After pondering the question fully for a long time, he said: "What Lasker y' talkin' 'bout?" The flrss best young man was evidently an noyed by the question. He looked sadly at his toothpick shoes, hoping for some inspira tion from them, but none came. He sighed heavily, cast an appealing glance toward the well-informed best young man, who re mained silent, however, and the fu st speaker replied: I "Same Lasker fellah that got into trouble with Texas fellah Doubiltree was Texas fel lah's name, b'lieve. Some kind of er ah ..trouble, b'lieve. " w...- ... The eyes of all the best young men are now turned toward the well-informed best young man. He was always looked up to in politi cal discussions because he once drew a salary in the custom house for doing something or other he had forgotten what it was he did in the custom house, but he did it several years. In answer to the glances bent upon him in mute but intelligent inquiry, the well informed best young man said: "Aw yaas;Iknow. I said at the time tber'd be trouble. Said when Secretary Seward -" ; "Who's he secretary of J" asked the best young man whose mother takes in washing. "Dash if I know," said the w dl-inf ormed best young man, after a painful silence; some club or othah I've just forgotten what. Well, I said when Secretary Seward bought Alasker of the Proosians said then Bismarck make trouble 'bout it some day : 'n so he has." "Wh'd he buy it for?" asked the best young man who generously allows bis sister, who teaches school, nearly one-half of her salary. . "Don' know," said the well-informed best young man. "Spect wanted to build on it" And the best young men Wandered on to a place that sold scented cigarettes. Iteely's Motor Eclipsed. Inter Ocean.! The Philadelphia Times claims to make known the eclipser of Keely in a young man of that city who has perfected a mysterious motor and subjected it to definite tests. The inventor is Jame3 Rodney Barlow, who, after much study and the gaining secretly of some knowledge of the Keely motor, set about making a machine that should conform to the principle of Keely's motor, with such modifications as should make it practical in stead of theoretic. According to the paper - mentioned, whose reporter is alleged to have been one of the experimenting party, a trial was made on the night of March 15 that was satisfactory beyond all expectation. A hand-car was run over the "West Jersey railroad between Camden and Gloucester, at first moderately, and then at the rate of speed equal to seventy- five miles an hour. There were four people on the car-he inventor, a friend who sup plied him the money for his work, the re porter, and an employe of the roaJ. The success was such that Mr. Barlow was wild with enthusiasm, and will at once proceed to make a machine capable of real work. The internal structure of his apparatus is st present his secret. The appearance of the invention is thus described: Two cylindrical steel vessels, five inches in diameter by eigh teen m length, placed longitudinally one inch apart; above these, placed at right angles, another similar vessel, three inches in diameter by nine in length; from the head of each of the lower cylinders projected a steel tube half an inch in diameter, converg ing four inches above, where there was a small hand lever; by the side was a vertical cylinder, with a rod and plunger, connected with the upper cylinder of the motor by a steel tube. That is all there was to it, and all that will be known until Mr. Barlow gets his right legally secured. Mr. Keely seems to have tinkered, promised, and postponed long enough to retire with the consciousness that he has played Franklin for a contem porary Morse. Artlflcial Flowers to Let. Boston Globe. "Bless you, florists are bad enough, but they have not stooped so low as to hire out flowers for funerals. I never heard of such a thing." The reporter hied him to the largest artifi cial flower and foliage concern in tht city. A great many poor people, said a mem ber of the firm, "order potted flowers and tropical plants of us for funerals. We charge 10 per cent, for their use, and in plenty of instances the flowers might better have been bought out and out. Take our foliage bouquets, composed of dracasnas, begonias, coleus, geranium and ivy they come cheap and it is poor economy to hire i mem. ouii yovj.uo ui Biuan uicxiifs UKO tut) . i T.. . 1 r 1 l , i :i . i. immediate saving, and the 'long run' is not ' . i - . . Tl i t ... a. . i uuen into accounu ror xunerais iliac uKe piac in church we n larse quantities of hyacinths, etc. jMacurai nowers are 6ome- ?mea lh sama.alr. and imnv(ihla Trt Toll TOhmVi la tuhinh Thd mi. im jwoQiuiw nj hvu uiv ta m r u i ja. uu liui tation of common flowers has been reduced to a fine art. One can hardly believe how rapidly artificial plants have sprang into favor, even among the rich. They are used in ball-rooms, theatres, restauraut windows, stores, and most everywhere. We have some well-known varieties so adroitly made that they would deceive tho most learned botanist at a little distance." An Inaccessible Editor. Edinburgh Letter to Philadelphia Press. The newspapers of Scotland are far behind us m enterprise ana news; tneir lorte is heavy leaders and long speeches. The offices are conducted in a manner which is novel to an American. Having occasion to visit the office of The Scotsman, I was met by a female dragon, who guarded the approach to the sanctum. Her brilliancy startled me from my usual composure. I have not been accustome 1 to see in newspaper offices women at all, but more especially one wearing dia monds in Ler ears and pearls around her neck, with an eye glass tipped gracefully n her nose, ou' of which the eye-glasses, not the nose she viewed me suspiciously. In a voice not sweet but strong she demanded my busi ness. ' "I want to see the editor," I answered. "The editor is never seen," was the re ly. "Never seen!" I exclaimed. "Never seen except by those who know him," was the answer. "What's his name?" I asked. "His name is never given to people who don't know it," sho said. "How can I communicate with him?" "By letter," replied the fair Cerberus. Such was my experience in the office of The Edin burgh Scotsman. A Health Hint. Don't call a very large, strong, sinewy man a prevaricator If you are sure he is a pre varicator, hire another mau to carry the news to him. Begging for Benevolent Societies. St Paul Pioneer Press.) "I will explain to you how I am a necessary adjunct to such a society. Nothing can be done for the heathen without moneys something which the society is in need bt. Almost every one hates .to go begging for money, no mat ter what the object. Here is where I come in. 1-present myself to the society and agree for a certain commis sion now, if I tell you how much, you won't give it away ? well, it's 25 per cent to raise all the money they de sire, and no trouble to its members whatever. The society agrees, and I go to work. I first consult my list of philanthropists,' as I call them, which I keep in this little memorahdum book. Here, just look at these names on the first page" I looked and read : Mr. . A good-natured duffer, pious, has great love for missionary work. Various sums. Mr. - . Only good for orphan homes. Gives $100 usually. Mrs. . Cries over the sufferings of "forlorn and poverty-stricken widows." Fifty dollars or more. Lots of "taffy" necessarv. Miss -. Good for $25 or so on any particularly sad case." Mr. . Opens his heart for the leathen. and purse as well. Mrs.- . "Fair, fat and 40." Her liobby is the alleviation of the sufferings of the poor. Fifty dollars or so. Miss . Donates $10 for anything that gets her name in the papers. This list, as you see, the gentleman continued, as 1 returned it to him. is quite long, and was compiled by me after hard, work and long experience. By it I know just the person to strike for any given scheme. The 1 lazue of White Ants. A letter from St. Helena Btates that nearly all the storehouses and impor tant public buildings in Jamestown (the principal village) are built of iron and slate, as within the last thirty years the island has been subjected to the plague of white ants. These insatia ble little monsters, who are three or bur times as large as the ordinary black ant, are able to destroy speedily any kind of woodwork. They can honeycomb a big log till it may be crushed by the pressure of a hand. And yet they do their work from the inside, leaving a thin veneer on the surtace, so that their presence is often entirely unsuspected. Large buildings have been brought to rum by these minute pests ; and it is no uncom mon thing to see a chair or sofa sud denly collapse, and to find that the ants have eaten everything but the varnish. They demolish any kind of wood but teak; and through this they bore, with the precision and smoothness of an auger, paths to less hard material. The ravages of these pests in St. Helena supposed to have been originally brought there from one of the East Indian islands have Cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, and, though large rewards have been offered for the dis covery of means to exterminate them, no remedy has yet been found. Ustoa: the "Ankas" on an Elephant. Barras' Hunting in India. The native Hindoo, from want of thought, keeps up a constant drumming on the beast's head with the goad, or "ankus ;" I therefore hoped not to use it at all. Such an improvement all at once, however, proved more than the elephantine mind could grasp. He be aran really to enioy himself, going his own way more than mine, till at la!st he marched straight into an immense forest tree of the banyan species, and com menced to browse. He seized the violently at them, brought them down on my devoted skull. This was too much. I raised the ankus and brought it down on hi head with a blow that brought blood through tho skin. This had the desired effect, and he at once bundled off by the road he knew I wanted to go. He merely took with him a branch about the size of a small apple tree to discuss as he went along. From this moment we were friends, and I do not think I ever had to use the hook again so as to bring blood. The Lota of the Orient. Pioneer Pre3s. The famed lotus of the Orient is al ways described as being blue in color. From the wife of an ex-cbnsul, who spent fifty years of her life in India, and employed much time in botanizing and painting specimens. I learned that the lotus is not only blue, but yellow, orange, purple, and, indeed, decidedly variable in color. Our northern variety, which is clearly native, can claim to be a genuine lotus. The Arizona Hay Market Western Exchange. Every morning about 9 o'clock a hay train arrives at Ujurjotoa, Arizona, con sisting of from twenty to thirty Indian squaws with a regular mule load of straw on their heads. They go into the public square and sit by their bundles until some one comes to buy. They then lay in a stock of tobacco and whisky, with which the bucks will re gale themselves the next day while the wives are gathering another load of nickel hay. Senator's Autographs. Chicago Times. Few are, perhaps, aware, whose at tention has not been specially called to it. how large a business is done in auto graphs in Washington. The pages of the United btate3 senate consider the collection of those of senators one of their perquisites, and frequently receive, it is said, as much as $10 for carrying an autograph book through the chamber while the senate is in session. They Shall Lie Uotvn Together. There is a museum in the Winder building in Washington of war troph ies, in which is to be seen one of John Brown's pikes tenderly intertwined with the carbine found on Jeff Davis when he was captured. A patent medicine manufacturer ad- r ertises for bald men who are willing to have advertisements painted on the tops of their heads "for a high pecuni ary recompense. Servian: When you are guest to the wolf, see that you have a hound with jou. THE HASHEESH SMOKERS A Couple of Places In Xw York De -voted to the Eastern Urns. New York Sun.) i "There is not much , hasheesh, im ported regularly, not more than $f,000 worth a year, but ten times tne quan- tity is consumed," a custom nouse broker asserted. Where, does it go to? I can't say of my own knowledge, but there is always a large demand fori it. 1 have passed it through the cus- toms for doctors, actors, society j men, and even ladies. In point of nation ality I think the eastern races iise it more largely. That is, they formerly did. Nowadays it is pretty even all around." ? j I've been selling hasheesh for more than ten years now," a Bowery jdrug gist said. When I began I sold about two pots a month ; I now sell a J hun dred. I have all sorts ;of customers. Chinamen, Malays, French, Italians and Americans. German tkddom call for it. One of my best customers is a well-known actress : she usually buys two pots a month. What does it look like? Here's some common stuff," displaying a small china jar which con tained a heavy blackish brown paste. "This is worth $1 a pot. This is first- class," showing a pot of greenish-brown resin, with a slight half -pleasant! odor, and of about the consistency of opium. "This is worth $3 a pot, and it is five times as strong as the other." j How is hasheesh used i j "The same as opium. Some smoke it, others eat it in pills, while others dissolve it in strong wine and drink it like a punch. The use of it in! liquid form is, however, very rare. Orientals prefer smoking it, while the western users of the drug take it solid. Hasheesh is gathered from the Indian hemp, and it contains almost always a very small percentage of cannabin, the alkaloid of the plant. I don't believe that canna bin is the sole essential principal of hasheesh. It acts similarly, but it has unpleasant consequences, fwhichj hash eesh never has. it is used a good deal by some as a substitute. Here is a prescription which I have filled a dozen times in the past three months. The chief ingredient is cannabis, and the purchaser is in reality no patient, but a confirmed hasheesh eater; what's called in the east a haschaschin. She is a lady living in the neighborhood." Are there any hasheesh ! houses here?" Only two that 1 know of-rone m Lexington avenue, kept by an; Ameri can, and one in Pell street, kept by a Chinaman. Both do a good business, and they enjoy the advantage of being saie from the police, which the opium joints do not. , f The reporter experiencedno dithculty in entering both places referred to by the druggist. At the Lexington avenue house a colored waiter answered the bell and ushered the caller into a small but neat reception-room. The proprietor, a tall, slender and emaciated man, was the manager of an opium dn some years ago. He led the way to the second story, where the windows were thoroughly closed and the day light excluded. Six small colored lamps diffused a faint light through a thick smoke that filled the two rooms. The carpets, walls, and furniture were sub dued, but warm and pleasant m color. Engravings and simple but pretty chro mos, a few articles of bric-a-brac, and a bust or two gave the interior a cosy and attractive appearance. A dozen large easy chairs and fifteen low and roomy lounges were tho chief articles of furni ture, easily accommodating the twenty haschaschins present. Of these, six were women ; all were well dressed and seemingly of good social position. Half -were asleep, or dozing, a few were be ginning to come under the influence, while the rest were beginning the dissi pation. The proprietor asked in what style the reporter would take the drug, and, on being appealed to, recommended the nargile. This turned out to be a simple modi fication of the Turkish article. A hand some gla:-s vase filled with water, a long light tube with an amber mouth piece, and a brazier a metallic cup of the 6ize and shape of an egg were furnished. In the interior of the brazier were two brass grates, and from the bottom ran a tube down into the water of the ase. A piece of hasheesh as large as ai acorn was placed on the upper grate, and on it was laid a small mass of glowing charcoal. The brazier was then closed with a perforated cap, and the reporter invited to begin. The first inhalation filled the upper part ol the nargile with a thick blue vapor ; the second filled the mouth and lungs with a cool, uromatio smoke that in flavor seemed half way between opium and Latakia tobacco. The smoke lasted about six minutes. The only sensation it produced was about the same as that an eld smoker experiences with a Keina Victoria a feeling of mild satisfaction and content. There were none of the grotesque or beautiful visions that De Musset and Gautier have described. A second pipe pro duced a headache, and the scribe pro fes ed himself more than satisfied. The Pell street place is a vivid con trast to the luxurious establishment in -r . , mi I xt. . Lexington avenue. The room is in the third story of a tumble-down tenement Low ceiling, dirty floor and walls, win dows covered and plastered over with paper and rags, greasy bunks and grimy Chinese couches, a foul atmosphere, and all the other indications of Chinese vice and squalor were there. The room, not larger than 20x25, contained thirty one inmates. Seven were Mongols, eight women who had lost all womanhood years before, and the rest a variegated assortment of loafers, tramps and drunkards. As the reporter entered a haschaschin was receiving from the pro rjrietor his ration of the drug. It was the cheap kind shown by the druggist, and was as large as a hickory nut ISogns Butter Best. Chicago Herald. Oleomargarine is preferred to butter by yachtsman who cruise in southern waters, because it keeps sweet anil fresh, while butter gets rancid. Met. L. Saley : There are not the chances of money-making in staid old Boston that there are in rushing Chi- cago; one reason Deing tnac .Boston is like an old man's framesetfled. Thirteen Millions from Gnnnnvn., Philadelphia Record.! Mr. Lammot Dunont. who was Trills by the explosion at Thompson's Point, is saia lonave Deen worth $13,000,000. He had a controlling interest in the man- ufacture of nearly all the high explosives mat were maae in the United States ana anaaa east oi the Hocky moun tains.- len million pounds of these materials were consumed in the country to 1882, the Eepauno company's works as xnompson s romt producing one third of this amount. He is credited with having organized a combination of all the makers of hicrh exnlosives. When negotiating with the Panama Canal company for the powder to be used in that work he guaranteed to sup ply twelve tons of Atlas powder daily if that amount were needed. One of the most daring achievements recorded in the history of the present century is one of which he was the cen tral figure. During the Crimean war the liussian government ran out of powder, and the explosive was required to continue the defense of bebastopol. A cargo was purchased from the I)u- ponts in this country and was placed in m a steamship lymg off Jialtimore. The British had. frigates posted in wait ing outside the Chesapeake. After seven feints the watchers were eluded and a chase began across the Atlantic, thrpugh Gibraltar, and up the Medi terranean sea. With remarkably good fortune the vessel passed through the Bosporus and into the Black sea unchecked; but when near- ing the place of contention the English war-ships hailed the stranger. Young Dupont was at the helm himself, and insisted that the vessel proceed, not heeding the signals from the war-ships. Two broadsides were poured into the vessel, but she was able to steam ahead and steer through the rocks, and was beached inside the Russian lines. This daring adventurer saved the cargo for which the Russian government paid the sum of 3,000,000. Throughout the civil war the family rendered distinguished services to the government, and at the very beginning of the rebellion Mr. Lammot Dupont was placed in a position by which, through his energy and genius, the country was supplied with the means of defense for the ensuing conflict. Hoses in the Soudan. American Hebrew. The Soudan is none other than the Cush of the Bible, which the Septuagint and the V ulgate render Lthiopia. V hen Moses had arrived at man's estate Egypt was invaded bv an Ethiopian army, which successfully laid waste the coun try as far as Memphis. In their de spair the Egyptians prayed to their oracles for aid, and the advibe they re ceived was that they should offer the leadership of their armies to "Moses, the Hebrew." This they did. The great dithculty of the campaign was to traverse the roads which led to the Ethiopian camp, in consequence of their being infested with dangerous ser pents. The wily Israelite provided his advance guard with a number oi ices m baskets and instructed the soldiers to let the birds loose on the serpents. By this ingenious expedient the roads were speedily cleared and Moses was enabled to surprise the Ethiopians ana aeteat them with great slaughter. Carrying the war into Meroe itseii, Moses then laid siege to the capital, Saba. The obstinate resistance offered by the defenders prolonged the siege for some time, but eventually the city was delivered up by Tharbis, the daughter of the Ethiopian king, who had watched Moses from a distance, and from admiring his valor had fallen in love with him. The story ends happily wit! the marriage of Moses and Tharbis. Signs ot the Vendetta. Paris Figaro. The vendetta still survives in Naples, but it is curious that warning of it is never given in words. The language of si ens. which every Neapolitan of the lower classes knows, is generally used, and the gesture most commonly em ployed is made by pressing the thumb and torennger togetner in sucn a way as to leave a small narrow space be tween them, which is supposed to typ- ifv the holehe challenger hopes to make in his adversary's body. In Na ples, too, men still bite their thumbs, as they did in the days of Sampson ana Gregory; and this in not an expression of contempt, but a declaration of war. Turned the Laugh. Nashville American. There was an amusing occurrence on the corner of Cherry and Church streets which was witnessed by passers by. A printer, nicnamed "Little Breeches, from his diminutive size, met a oolored man of Jack Falstaff order. The former began laughing at the latter, when the huge proportioned colored individual, said: "Look-a-heah, white man. don't you make fan ob de work ob de Almighty. He done hmshed me, but He stopped on you before He was half done. Washington Not an Angler. Philadelphia Call Jones "What an enthusiastic old angler George WTashington was! I .'tK W.n1vA I Wliw li n Smith Washington I Why was not a fisherman Jones Indeed he was a great lover of the sport. He wrote a book about it. Smith Are vou not thinking of Izaak Walton? Jones Izaak Walton ! Why that's a fact; so I was. It was not Washington, of course. He was not an angler. Smith No, indeed; Washington could not tell a lie. On a Oeath-Mpree. Cor. N. O. Times-Democrat -I saw a young man to-day who had $2,000 to spend, and only three months for the job. How was that? Why, he has consumption, and the doctors as sure him that he will die about the 1st of next July. He is a rounder, and has figured up his finances so as to exactly leave enough to bury him. The rest he will spend in riotous pleasures. I read of such a case, and didn t believe it ; but this one is a fact, and isn't it horri ble to think of a death-spree ? George William Curtis is reported to have said that there is no important literary project afoot either in Europe or America. A LUNCH WITH FREMCNT. Dflisiitfa! interview with the Family of tJ:o Tatliffloder" Mrs. Fremont' Appearance. ' CivJYtn's Nw York Letter. I had the pleasure the other day oi taking a mid-day ; lunch with Gen. John C. Fremont, and Mi s. Fremont, at their plea a ;t home at New Brighton, itaten Lsland. Twenty -eight years ago I made tlie acquaintance, during that lcemora ble campaign whea the yoang path finder" was surrounded by" the enthusi astic youth of America, and this I had renewed more recently since their settle ment in New York. The residence of the Fremonts is a moJest white house, perched high on the inside of the broad road that winds throujh trees along the New Brighton beach, and its front windows command a wide rt ach of the New York bay and the estuary of fio Kill von Kull. It must be an agreeable and comfortable lion o" t: lis-e in; it is certainly a de lightful house to visit in. The general and Mrs. Fremont are not seen in New York society as often as they were, even in those entertainments for charity's sake where they used to take so much pleasure; probably they find the society of tneir clu.ure i and romping grand' children pleasanter. There are two sons and a daughter in the house of 1 remont. The eldest son, John Charles, or "Jack," as he is famil iarly called at home, lives with his handsome wife and two sturdy boys up the Hudson. He is in the navy, and his duties are connected with the ar rival and departure of ships in this harbor. His y junger brother, Frank, is a lie.itenant in the army, stationed up in Montana territory, whither he has taken the young wife he recently captured in New York, a daughter of John D. ; Townsend, the law yer. Both of the boys closely resemble their father. "When Frank went west-," said Mrs. Fremont, "I suggested that he stop and call on Ciftt Sihlrtr .in Minnesota, wlin had never serin him. He dia it; called in citizens dress, and said: 'Gen. Sibley. who am IV Tou're a Fremont,' said the general ; 'there's no mistak:ng you, How is your father?" The sons are both tall, black-haired, black-eyed and "bearded like a pard," and they both. like their s's'er, show strains of Gallic blood tho influence of their grand father, the poor, scholarly French gentleman, who carae to Virginia at the beginning of the century and found their grandmother in her teens. Mrs. Fremont that "Jessie Benton," tho mention of whose name in the nota ble campaign of 1853, always evokes a cheer holds her own remarkably well. It doesn't seem possible that she could have made her famous runaway match near.y forty-three years ago. bhe wa a handsome blonde when she ran away from the headquarters of "Old Bullion" in Washington and joined the fortunes of the young explorer; now her hair is- as white as snow, but she shows few indications of aging and talks as brill iantly as ever, i And how much sue looks like her father, the eminent statesman of Missouri. Her face is very much like his and even her gestures and manner when animated bv conversation remind me much of him as I saw him in Wash ington after he h?.d left the senate She possesses the lineaments of her father, somewhat softened, as she in herits his studious and logical mind and his commanding spirit. Kr.l:n- Wax for Letters. Na-.v,KorkSun. "Sealing wax, a stationer said, "is quietly resuming its place for the seal ing of fetters. The use of gum in t'te place of sealing wax was a seductive appeal to the laziness of persons, who eagerly adopted that method because it was quick and handy. It is much easier to run vonr ton sue along the flap of an envelope and press the surface together than it is to heat the wax and close tho letter effectnallv. "But it has now come to be slowly appreciated that a letter easily sealed is nearly as easily opened. It only re quires a little dampness -to open any letter sea'ed with gum, and it may be done so skillfully that it baffles detec tion. It is about as much protection now to put a letter in a gum-sealed en velope as to put the contents on a postal card. Sealing wax is a protection against the prying curiosity of persons not dishonest enough to steal voar let ter out and out, yet willing to possess themselves of youo socrets by peering into your letters after steaming open a gum-sealed fla . "A pretty feature of the use of seal ing wax is the opportunity to use seals, Seal rings are plenty enough, and if you have not a seal ring, you may use a coin, or a bangle, or any rough sur face, the break of which might be an indication that1 the letter had been tampered with. The express companies will not receive a valuable package for transmission unless it is carefully sealed. Seal your letters by all means with sealing wax if you wish to keep their contents free from inspection. Crippled the Engine. The Brunswick (Ga.) Herald says that some malicious fellow whom the law ought to put where he can do no harm, put five bars of soap in the water ) tauk on the Brunswick & Vaycro3s road, near Waycross, on Christmas dav. The aught express tram, that came along next, filled up with the soapy water, and soapy water will not make steam. So the engine was laid np on the track without steam or the power to make it until another engine could be sent ont to pull the former trarn and engine onward. This is a Christmas prank that is neither funny nor smart, but as dangerous as it was malicious Let it not be repeated. - Wild HOSK. Hogs sent to the market from Cali fornia have to be trapped in the woods m about the same manner as bears. On most of the ranches, it in said, the swine are as wild as deer through the woods, and if cornered they will place them selves on . the defensive and fight like tigers. M. J. Savage : Howe7er much room there may always be "at the top." only a few can ever get there. Society is a tSdd pyram .a, oroauesc at the base. Busslan Jews In Dakota. Cor. St. Paul Pioneer Press. In company with one of the young Jewish farmers of the Cremieux col ony, your correspondent left Mitchell at daybreak for a visit, to the Hebrew farming colony, situated about twenty two mi'.es southwest of Mitchell. A commendable characteristic of these people is their patient persever- ance. Thev have come to a strange land, where they are unac quainted with the customs and language of the people. They work hard, are practical, and look at facts as they find them. They are saving, and not a dol lar is wasted, nor is a cent spent for drink, and very few incur debts, and then only in case of urgent necessity. borne of the colonists are getting a good start in stock, but a number by hard work have not as yet been able to lay by enough to buy the much-needed ox-teams. Their numbers will be largely increased the " coming summer by relations and friends who will come from Russia. The colonists have a private school at the residence of Mr. Rosenthal, taught by Miss Burnes, a highly educated lady. bhe is paid by subscription, and the school is well attended by the Russian ' children, who are all learning to speak English fluently. They are, as a peo ple, fond of music, reading and society. Even the lowliest have a good educa tion, and the brawniest has a knowledge of music. In the long winter evenings, and on days when it is too cold to work, they collect together and pass away the time with music and dancing, and con sulting together on matters of practical business. Parties are frequently held, to which their American neighbors are always invited and welcomed. There are now a number of Hebrew Russian farming colonies in the United States, but they are all new as yet. The most numerous is that of New Odessa, Ore., founded under the advice of Michael Heilprin, Dr. Julius Goldman, Edward Lauterbach, and Judge Isaacs, all of New York city. They claim that the time will soon ba here when Hebrew farmers will be no novelty in the United States. The colony, young as it is, and notwith standing the fact that nearly all its members have co mmenced without a dollar, embarrassed by all the incon venience of pioneer life, is self-sustain ing. Very Herious Case. Philadelphia Call. A New York dude was suddenly taken violently ill and a physician was hastily summoned. After looking at his tongue and feel ing of his pulse, the usual formula, the doctor remarked : He has evidently been overloading his stomach. My dear sir," he con tinued, rousing the patient, "can you tell roe what you ate to-day for din ner?" 'Nothing, doctah, but a glass -of watah and part , of., a tocthpick re- plied the sick dude, wearily. I H m, mused the physician, ' that is strange. His faintness certainly comes from a disordered stomach." - Then he suddenly said: "Bring me his cane." The cane was brought him, and after a careful examination he laid it aside, with the remark: ' "It is as I thought. A 10-cent cane, and he has sucked the varnish off the head. Give him three drops of milk every four hours, and be careful not to exceed the dose. I'll call again to- morrow. Marriage as a Reward of Merit, j Paris Figaro. A party of fifty women left Bordeaux for New Caledonia sa short time ago under peculiar circumstances. They were women sentenced to long terms of imprisonment for grave offenses, who have elected to go to the rench penal colony, where they will find husbands in the convicts of the hrst class that J.18' those convicts who have by their good behavior entitled themselves to a government grant of land and obtained permission to marry. The women were selected from various prisons, and are described as young and good looking. On their arrival out they will be housed in a religious establishment managed by a community of Sisters, where bachelor convicts of the privileged class will be permitted to visit them, and, as often as a marriage is arranged, the Colonial government will provide the bride with a trousseau and set the couple up in housekeeping in a small way. - - Xeeded in Med leal Education. Chicago Current What 13 needed in the medical educa tion of this countay is rigid preliminary examination of applicants for admission to medical colleges in all important branches taught in literary and scien tific colleges ; greater thoroughness in the medical course, and a very decided extension of the course to three or four full years, and a searching examination before certification. This would cut down the number of students and break up some medical schools which are con ducted to make money, but it would be far better for the medical profession. Prayer Unanswered. . tSt Louis Republican. A colored man entered the African Bethel church, and, kneeling down with the converts, indulged in an out burst of profanity. He said he was anxious to see what effect the prayers of the revivalists would have upon him. Thereupon every member of the church begank to pray at the top of his lungs. The place was a pandemonium of en treaties and exhortations, but above everything else arose the stentorian blasphemy of the sinner. A&er two hours the revivalists gave it up, and the sinner walked away. Ob, Cruel Mrs. 1 II ae key I London Truth. Mrs. Mackev has rivpn train to all right thinking persons in Paris by ap pearing in a dre33 of white velvet trimmed all over with the wings of robin red breasts; and, to complete this barbaric toilet, her shoes oi rea velvet were entirely covered with the n,, lutirt rnln'ns. The dress 13 made in the princesse shape, with a watteau back ana a .cume L .M 4-x n 1ai nh fttid the corsage is flagrantly decollete, and is bordered,- with red teamers, wiw 'u4"'" train is edged.