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And other Printing, including
Large ail Eeaiy Posters and Slowi Haul-Bills,
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VOL. IX.
ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1884.
NO. 12.
inDKrENDSNT oners nn inducement to fcaverusers.
Term reuonable.
THE INDEPENDENT
IS ISSUED
Saturday" mornings,
,4 BY THE '
Douglas County Publishing Company.
rfrnrp
JK MUiUiUUL JLIIJA JlJiyjiij ii Q
J. JASKULEK,
PRACTICAL
Watchmater, Jeweler ant Ojtician,
ALL WORK WAERANTED.
ealer la Watches, Clocks, Jewelry,
Spectacles and Eyeglasses.
AN A FULL LIS B F
Cigass, Tobacco & Fancy Goods.
Thi only reliabl Optomer in town for th prop
ment of Spectacles ; always on band
adjuat-
Depot of the Genuine Brazilian Pebble Spec
tacles and Eyeglasses.
Office First Door South of PostofHce,
KOSEBl'BG. OREGON.
LANGENBERG'S
Boot and Shoe Store
KOSEBUKCJ, OREGON,
On Jackson Street, Opposite the Post Office,
Keeps on hanu the largest and best assortment of
Eastern and Kan Francisco Boots and
. Shoes, Gaiters, Slippers,
And everything in the Boot and Shoe line, and
SELLS CHEAP FOR CASH.
Boots and Shoes Mad to Order, and
Perfect Fit Guaranteed.
I use the Best of Leather and Warran all
my work.
Repairing Neatly Done, on Short Notice.
I keep always on hand
TOYS AND NOTIONS.
Musical Instruments and Violin Strings
a specialty.
LOUIS IiAXGEXBERG.
DR. M. W. DAVIS,
DENTIST,
ROSEBITRG, OREGON,
Office On Jackson Street, Up Stairs,
Over S. Marks & Uo. s New htore.
MAHONEY'S SALOON,
Nearest the Bailroad Depot, Oakland.
JA8. MAIIOXEY, ... Proprietor
The Finest Wines, Liquors and Cigars in
Uouglas County, and
THE BEST BILLIARD TABLE IN THE STATE,
KEPT IN PROPER REPAIR.
Parties traveling on the railroad will find this place
rery handy to risit during the stopping of the train at
the uawand uepot. (Jive me a call.
JAS. MAIIONEY.
JOHN ERASER,
Home Made Fumitura
WILBUR, OREGON.
UPHOLSTERY, SPRING MATTRESSES, ETC., !
Constantly on hand.
FURNITURE.
I have the Best
STOCK OF FURNITtTRE
South ef Portland.
And all of my own manufacture.
No Two Prices to Customers.
Residents of Douglas County are requested to give me a
call before purchasing elsewhere.
ALL WORK WARRANTED.
DEPOT HOTEL,
Oakland, Oregon.
RICHARD THOMAS, Proprietor.
This Hotel has been established for a num
ber of years, and has become very pop
ular with the traveling public.
FIRST-CLASS SLEEPING ACCOMMODATIONS
-and ins-
Table supplied with the Best the Market affords
Hotel at the Depot of the Railroad.
H. C. STANTON,
DEALER IN
Staple Dry Goods,
Keeps constantly on hand a general assortment of
Extra Fine Groceries,
WOOD," WILLOW AND GLASSWARE,
ALSO
CROCKERY AND CORDAGE,
A full stock of
. SCHOOL BOOKS,
Such as required by the Public County Schools.
All kinds of Stationery, Toys and
Fancy Articles,
10 SUIT BOTH TOCNO AND OLD.
Buys and Sells Legal Tenders, furnishes
Cheeks on Portland, and procures
Drafts on San Francisco.
SEEDS!
ALL KINDS OF THE BEST QUALITY.
ALL ORDERS
Promptly attended to and goods ehipped
with care.
Address.
HACIIEXX Jt BBXO,
Portland. Oregon.
THE CO IX OF voxtributhisz
Uorristown Herald.
A ecin used among the Malays repre
sents a value ejnal to about one-
mimontn of an American dollar. If
such a coin were introduced into this
country, many more people who attend
church would contribute to the mission
ary cause.
J. J. Rousseau: A woman who pretends to
laugh at love is like the child who sings at
oight when he Is afraid.
LOVE'S KISS.
Once I refused love's proffered kiss,
Now, ala3, I've wiser grown 1
The bitterest thought of all is this
Once I refused love's proffered kiss.
To-day it would not come amiss,
My life is desolate and lone,
Once I refused love's proffered kiss,
Now, alas, I've wiser grown!
LOVE'S STRANGE DILEMMA.
A Fear That Two Lovers May
Be
Brother and Sister.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Eighteen years ago a female baby a
few months old was found one morning
on the steps of a New York residence
on East Twenty-third street. It was
prettily clothed, and the marking on the
garments ! was "Dubois." She was
adopted, by a singular coincidence, by
a woman of the same name,
living in Sullivan county. She was
educated and given all the ad
vantages of the average child.
She was, however, on becoming
of a reasoning aare told of the circum
stances of her early life. She and her
foster mother removed to Chicago, and
he young lady became anxious to know
something of her ancestry. She learned
that people of her name lived m Brook
lyn, and a few months ago Col. McLeer
received a letter from her signed "Jen
nie Dubois," giving the above circum
stances, requesting him to find out
what he could, if anything, to her ad
vantage, at the same time sending a
notice with the request that he should
post it.
The postmaster wrote letters to all of
the individuals of the name given which
he could find in the directory. Several
responses came in, among them one
from a young man of the same name
who stated that his early history was
not dissimilar to the early history of
the inquiring young lady. His first
recollections were of being in a found
ing asylum in Boston where he was
taken care of until able to do for him
self. The postmaster turned over to
him the letter from Jennie Dubois, and
correspondence was opened between
the two. I
Finally he visited her and it was a
clear case of love at first sight, each
being equally impressed with the other.
The first impressions grew stronger
with longer acquaintance, but while
progressing in their sincere attachment
each detected in the other that which
was almost convincing that they were
of the same flesh and blood. They loved
and would marry, but there was the
harrowing fear that they might be
brother and sister. Thus the case
stands, and they are making endeavors,
futile thus f:ir, to prove their parentage,
hoping, while each desires to find rela
tives, that they are m no way related.
Aba Was All Surrounded.
Ben: Perley Foore j
T'l.laint.;
used to tell
Vvi ajl f UOsU, VV VVll IM WVA O V UA J Kff U V
"Old Abe's" military exploits. He en
listed in a cavalry company, which
started off in fine spirits to eugage in
the deadly fray. Arriving at a point on
the prairies about 200 miles from the
Indian lines, the party bivouacked for
the night, picketed their horse3 and
slept on their arms. The method of
picketing their horses was that in com
mon use fastening a huge rope, some
eighty feet in length, to a stake firmly
planted, and then using smaller lines of
considerable length, one end attached
to the animal's neck and the other to
the main rope.
During the night the sentinel im
agined he saw the Indians and immedi
ately d'schareed his old fusee. The
camp was aroused in an instant and
each sprang to his saddle. "Old Abe"
shot out in the darkness on his charger
like lightning, until the ropes "hove
taut," when over he went, horse and
himself, heallong. Thinking himself
caught in an Indian ambush, he gath
ered up, mounted, and putting spurs to
his horse took the opposite shute, but
soon brought up as before, horse and
rider tumbling headlong. . Old Abe
got up, thinking he was surrounded,
and shouted, Gentlemen Indians, I
surrender without a word. I have not
a word to offer. All I want is quar
ter."
An "Old Clo" Jewess.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
One of the finest looking and most
fashionably dressed Jewesses in Chicago
13 a dealer in second-hand clothing.
She confines herself exclusively to fe
male apparel and onlv deals with
wealthy and highly respectable people.
In answer to a card she drives to the
residence indicated in a handsome
coupe with a liveried driver in the box.
Dressed in the height of fashion, with
diamonds flashing, her mission would
never be suspected. At one time she
had her own team, but it became so
well known that people didn't care to
have it stop in front of their houses
She will buy anythmg in the clothing
line, no matter how valuable or how
worthless, from a burst slipper or worn
out stocking to a sealskin sack or wed
ding trousseau, lhe prices pa d are
insignificant when compared with first
cost, yet better than nothing. She in
turn fixes up the suits and sells them at
a large profit. Among her patrons are
people who would not be suspected of
w earing second-hand clothes,
Politenets and Candor.
Texas Sittings.
"How do you like our mutual friend.
Snook?"
"I like him very much. He has two
qualities that we seldom find united in
one and the same man. He is very
polite and courteous, and at the same
' a.: l. ., - . a:j
"I have only a brief acquaintance
with him, and I must confess that
did not observe that he was particu
larly candid."
"1 am not surprised at that, if you
have only known him a short time
You see he is not polite and candid at
one and the same time. He is polite to
vou when von are present, and only
nandid about vou when you are ab
sent."
Detroit Free Press: The Phoenicians
are supposed to have befen the first peo
ple to use saws. The Persians were
the inventors of proverbs, aud the
Americans well, they are the last
I people to act on abstract maxims.
A CURIOUS CLOCK.
The Wonderful Timepiece Which
Was Twelve Years In Building.
The Cincinnati Times-Star thus de
scribes a remarkable clock which is now
on exhibition in that city : The mechan
ism is inclosed in a walnut case twelve
feet high and five feet wide, and weighs
2,300 pounds. The general design of
its numerous figures is to exemplify
some of the leading events and charac
ters of American history. It was made
by Prof. Wegman at his home, in Frost
burg, Md., in his leisure moments, ho
having been engaged on it for over
twelve years.
The base of the clock is about four feet
high. At the top is an astronomical
dial two feet in diameter, with figures
of the planets, etc., showing the move
ments of the sun and earth, the former
circling the dial once each year, and
the latter revolving on its axis once
every twenty-four hours. The moon's
phases, the season, and other familiar
astronomical subjects are represented.
A large flag is carved in the case on
each side of the dial, and above theni
are, at the right a cannon and at the
left a drum, also carved in bas relief.
Below the dials is a scroll bearing the
inscription, "E Pluribus Unum," be
neath which are two crossed swords
and a soldier's cap.
Immediately above the base of the
clock is a stage or platform extending
the full width of the case. On the ex
treme ends of the platform are small
brts, one surmounted by the figure of
a sailor and the other by the figure of
a soldier. Between these forts at tho
back of the platform and resting
against a central upright case are ten
figures of men, representing ten differ
ent nationalities, five being upon ono
side and five upon the other side of an
alcove, in which the pendulum swings.
Every five minutes one of these figures
plavs a tune on a music-box.
The central upright case is two
and one-half feet high and four feet
wide. At the top of it is a repre
sentation of the Bunker hill monu
ment with an eagle perched upon it
with outstretched wings. The eaglo
grasps in its right claw an olive
branch and a bundle of spears. In its
eft it holds a globe, from which is sus
pended the pendulum, forty-nine inches
ong. At the bottom of the pendulum
is a dial with the minutes and hours
marked off, and in the centre old Father
Time and his scythe remind the be
holder of the fleet passage of time into
the illimitable eternity. Every hour
the eagle call3 out in hoarse tones tho
time.
At the left of the Bunker hill monu
ment is a skeleton a foot high grasping
a hammer, with which it tolls on a bell
the quarter hours. At the first quarter
a door in the upper case., last described
flies open, and the famous scene of the
throwing overboard of a cargo of tea in
Boston harbor is re-enacted. At the
second quarter hour another door is
opened, and "the cause of the war of
1812" is displayed by the representa
tion of Englishmen in the conventional
scarlet attire inviting an Indian chief
to take up arms against the Americans,
the palaver being delineated by clear
pantomime. In the background are
seen British soldiers taking American
sailors from their ships.
The ringing of the third quarter hour
causes another door to spring open, dis
closing wens, dcold ana iayior en
camped in Texas. Each of the dis
tinguished soldiers politely steps for
ward and take3 off his chapeau to the
spectators, and then retires to keep a
vigilant eye on the Greasers.
At the fourth quarter hour the open
ing oi a door brings to view a scene
emblematic of the late civil war. A
negro is seen at the back of the alcove
bound with chains. A procession of
eleven men representing the eleven
seceding states dressed in the gray uni
form of the Confederate army, passes in
front of the unfortunate slave, each
turning his back on the coiored man as
he passes. After thev have all gone by,
the emancipator of the down-trodden
race, President Lincoln, comes along,
and seeing tho unhappy son of Ham,
advances to him, loosens hi shackles,
and leads him away.
in auaition 10 tne airs that are
played every five minutes the period is
also marked by the passage across the
stage of figures which pass from the
fort at the right and disappear through
the portals of the one on the left. First
comes Brigham Young and one of his
wives, who are supposed to be on their
wedding tour. Next comes Gen. Grant
on horseback ; then a hand bearing the
penknife with which Prof. Wegman
carved out all the figures of the clock;
then the figure of a man representing a
manager who rendered matters un
2leasant for the professor at one time ;
then the figures of Garfield and
Guiteau as they appeared at the mo
ment of the assassination ; then Gui
teau's deity, who carries a sign reading,
"Cranks wanted;" then the Indian
chieftain, Capt. Jack, and finally the
historical vessel, the Mavflower. Only
one of these figures passes around at
each interval of five minutes.
The clock is operated by two springs
twenty feet long and three inches wide,
having a lifting power of 800 pounds,
Southern and Northern Ciirls.
Boston Transcript.
"Perhaps," remarked a southern girl
the other dav, it is because northern
men have not the deferential manners
towards women that southern men have,
and perhaps it is because we still let
them think it's their privilege and honor
to seek us: but anvthing like the bold
monopoly of men by northern girls I
never saw. Some of them act as if they
did not care whether a man existed or
not, and others of them elbow one an
other to make him exist for herself
alone." We fear the languid-eyed, coo-
mg-mannered damsel had but small
chance amongst some of her brilliant
rivals, but as an adverse opinion is some
times wholesome, it is given for what it
is worth.
An Arduous Bnsiness.
Hatters' Record.
The hatter gets a dollar by making a
hat-brim straight. The following sea
son he gets another dollar for turning
the brim up. The next season he gets
another dollar for turning the brim
down. Hat-making i3 an arduous busi
ness.
Character In Hand-Shaking;
London World.
The different modes of shaking hands
will delineate human character better
than any other single act can do, and
many peculiarities of different persons
may be noted in the performance of
this social custom. Who would expect
to get a handsome donation or any do
nation at all from a man who will
give two fingers to be shaken, and
keeps th others bent as upon an "itch
ing palm ?" The hand coldly held out to
be shaken and drawn away again as soon
as decently may be, indicates a cold, self
ish character, while the hand which
seeks yours cordially, and nnwillingly
relinquishes its warm clasp, gives
token of a warm disposition, and of a
heart full of sympathy for humanity.
How much that is in the heart can be
made to express itself through the
agency of the fingers 1 . Who, having
once experienced it, has ever forgotten
the feeling conveyed 1 y: th$ eloquent
pressure of the hand from a dying
friend when the tongue has ceased to
speak? A right hearty grasp of the
hand indicates warmth and ardor, while
a soft, lax touch, withon t a grasp, indi
cates the opposite characteristics. In
the grasp of persons with large-hearted,
generous minds, there is a "whole-soul"
expression most refreshing and accept
able to kindred spirits ; but when a man
presents you with a few cold, clammy,
lifeless fingers, feeling very much like
a dead fish, and expects you to do all
the shaking, it will naturally make you
think of the ho3pital and other cheerful
things.
Contrary to this style, there is a
habit among a rude class of giving your
hand a crushing grasp, which is often
most painful. In these cases there may
be great kindness and a "strong" affec
tion, but it is as crude as it is hearty. If
a grasp is warm, ardent and vigorous,
so is the disposition. it it is cool,
formal and without emotion, so is the
character. If it is magnetio and ani
mating, the disposition is the same. As
we shake hands so we feel, so we are.
Sew Orleans to Be a Great City.
D. R. Locke in Ttledo Blade.
It is safe to say that within twenty
years New Orleans will have a popula
tion of 500,000, despite its drawbacks.
Northern industry, northern capital
and northern enterprise will center
there. The men will wear themselves
out in the enervating climate, but there
will be a constant infusion of new blood
to supply the waste.
But it will never be a manufacturing
city. Nature has barred that effectu
ally. There can be no successful manu
facturing in a climate in which oranges
ripen in the winter, and where human
beings can exist out of doors eleven
months in the twelve. Men work only
when they are compelled to. !
The nrst essential to successful manu
facturing is the certainty of labor. No
capitalist will invest in buildings, ma
chinery and materials unless; he can be
sure of the regular, steady, continuous
labor that will enable him t turn it
into a profit.
Because of the ease of living in a cli
mate like that of New Orleans, labor
cannot be depended upon any more
than it can in Naples. The class from
which labor must be drawn in the gulf
states needs only one pair of very cheap
trowsers and a woolen shirt a year, and
fuel is almost unnecessary. iThev need
but little to eat, for the climate does not
call for heavy, heat-furnishing food,
and the food necessary to the climate,
the fruits, and the waters swarming with
fish furnish for almost nothing. There
is no incentive to labor, for but very lit
tie is needed. To sustain life is the
only aim of a large percentage of the
population. j
The Last Dollar in au Francisco.
3an Francisco Post.
The other morning a sad-looking citi
zen walked into the onice oi wens,
Fargo's express and began solemnly
doing up in a package a battered-look
mg silver dollar. Having accomplished
this he passed the mclosure over to the
clerk and said :
"I found this dollar on Market street
last night, and I wish you'd address it
to Adeline Patti, New York."
"Think she lost it, eh?"
"Think?" said the man, in a surprised
voice. Why, oi course, bo tar as
can learn it's the only dollar left in San
Francisco, and, of course, it must have
been dropped by her. Send it along,
please, and you'll have to collect the
charges at the other end. I haven't got
a cent.
And there wasn't a man in the house
but was dry a3 the citizen walked off to
keep an engagement with the bank
ruptcy commissioner.
The neen of Weapons.
Archibald Forbes in Pall Mall Gazette.
Both in Afghanistan and in Zululand
it befell me to see something of the use
of cold steel, and I can not agree with
your correspondent " C. B.," that
against foes armed with stabbing im
plements as their main weapon any
advantage would be gained by discard
ing the bayonet for the short swords,
the Ghoorka kukrie, the American
bowie-knife, or any other kindred in
strument. Napier was right ; the bay
onet is the "queen of weapons" tha
is, of all varieties of l'arme blanche; of
death-dealing instruments that one man
qan wield, the repeating rifle is unques
tionably the most lethal.
Will Probably Hit It.
Wall Street News.
He was a Chicago manufacturer o
butterine. He reached home from a
trip down south, and entered his office
with the remark to his partner :
"Smith, all is lest."
"No! What's the matter?" .
"Why, we have got to use at least 10
per cent, of pure butter in our article
or find ourselves driven from the south
era market.
"Is that all? Then cheer up. If we
must increase the ' per cent, of butter
from 5 to 10 let us find a substitute for
the tallow. Let us experiment with as
phalt or glue.
Journal of Education : The rank and
file of the teaching fraternity should be
developed from the native population
everywhere.
Herbert Spencer : There is no politi
cal alchemy by which you can ge
golden conduct out ol leaden instincts
LIBRARIES FOR SHOW.
The Purchase of Books by Ignorant
Parvenus.
A New York Sun reporter interviewed
a book-seller with regard to the pur
chase of books for the mere sake oi
their bindings by ignorant parvenus.
"I have been sent for several times this
year," said the salesman, "to measure
the shelves of libraries in new houses,
to find out the number of books re
quired to fit them up. Books are an
important item in house furnishing.
The comfortable old-time sitting-room
hai made way for the formal library.
As a library without books would
hardly do, house owners are bound
to have them whether they pos
seas literary tastes or not. Besides,
they add tone and color to a room. A
customer recently said to me, frankly
enongh : 'I don't pretend to read any
thing except the papers ; but there's a
home feeling in having books around;
they look well, too, and sort of encour
age the children.' He told me to be
sure and "chuck m a few big ones te
put on the tables.' Another harmless
fellow, who wanted the reputation of a
man of culture, always directed us to
put in some books that had been used a
little. He once told me that he wa9
bound to have a library as big as his
neighbor's, and whenever the lattor or
dered a new stand-up show case he was
going to do the same. Some of these
folks have queer ideas.
One of our customers insisted on
having all his books bound after the
same pattern and numbered. borne
time afterward a friend told him that
people were asking if he kept a circu
lating library ; so he had morocco la
bels stuck on over the figures. But
this only made the matter worse, for
his guests were particular to ask him
what the labels were for. At last, in
sheer desperation, he sent the volumes
to an auction-room, and we received his
offer the next day for so many feet of
books, each one differently bound. He
wouldn t have even a two-volume edi
tion of anything. A wealthy man once
sent in great haste for a dealer, saying
that he wanted hi3 librarv closed
out immediately and a new one
bought. He was a speculator in
produce, but some one had sold
him a law library. He liked the uni
form appearance of the volumes, and
had marie the purchase without read'ng
the titles. His new books were to be
illustrated, all of them. When I first
went into the business I was surprised
to see at a customer's house an extrava
gantly-bound copy of Shakespeare's
works in the German language. 1 knew
the man did not understand German,
and the circumstance puzzled me. I
found out afterward that a bookseller
had loaded him up with a very un
salable article by telling him that
every gentlemen ought to have a copy
of Shakespeare s works m the original.
"No ; house furnishers do not often
buy the books for a library, but they
frequently give directions as to binding,
They look for light, elegant, and well
contrasted colors, or for heavy antique
morocco or Russia bindings suited to
the character of the room. As a rule,
the owner of the house thinks himself
competent to buy his own books, though
he seeks aid from us in making his
choice. I once picked out a handsome
assortment for a customer about to re
furnish his house. He had no
acquaintance with books; but he
looked over the titles and made
some rather interesting expur
gations. He told me to put all of the
standard 'thorities in anyway, and he
would attend to the rest. He threw out
'In the Meshes' which he supposed to
be a book on hshmg because he was
no angler. 'Boswell's Life of Johnson'
was rejected because he didn't want po
litical campaign works : and wouldn't
have the biographies of the presidents,
thev all lied so. These men do not
bother us much, for they are easily -sat
isfied; but what do you think of a gen
tleman who refuses to pay his bill be
cause you have 'left out the dictionary
the most important work of all from
a complete edition of Daniel. Webster's
works.'"
The Church Bell War.
New York Letter.
As the senate committee on educa
tion and labor seems to have a sort of
roving commission, I don't see why it
should not take up the church bell
question in which some New Yorkers
arei nst now deeply interested Jack
son Schultz, the leather man, more than
anv one else. You have heard of Jack
son Schultz. Every one has heard of
him. There are some, in fact, who
frankly say they heard quite enough of
Jackson "Schultz, and some still
more frank, who say they have
heard too much of him.. Mr.
Schultz is a great reformer. He
wants to retorm everything. He is
convinced that the world will never go
right till it is remodeled on a plan
drawn by Tackson Schultz. Mr. Schultz
lives near St. George's church, which
has a bell that is rung early every morn
ing. I he ringing ot the bli annoys
him. He could easily move away from
the neighborhood of the. bell, but he
does not propose to do that. What he
does propose to do is to suppress the bell
And not only that bell, but all other
church bells. This fight will go on, he
says, till every church bell in Nev. York
is stopped. Church bells must go
They are a nuisance, and quite unneces
sary, and their doom is sealed. Mr,
Schultz has been joined in his crusade
by another man, who makes complaint
against another bell connected with an
institution belonging to the .Little bis
ters for the Poor. That bell must be sup
pressed, too, the other man says.- It
rms him up when he don't want to get
up, and makes him uncomfortable in
various wars. Jackson Schultz, and
the other man, are determined to carry
on the fight at all hazards, and ' aroase
a public sentiment that will sweep
every church bell out of existence.
By Foolery Thrive,"
Inter Ocean. '
Peck, of Peck's Sun, and author oi
" The Bad Boy," to an interviewer ol
The Boston Traveler said that his
mother often asked him why he made
such a ool of himseii. mis reply was,
of course, " because it is the most prof
itable thing a wise man can do.
A Coffee Plantation.
Mexico Cor. Courier-Journal.
The coffee districts of Mexico which
supply the German market are Vera
Crnz (the true cross) and Tobasco,
upon the gulf coast, and the states of
Colima, Michoacan and Guerrero. Co-
lima has exported more coffee-beans
than any other state in Mexico, and the
commodity is purchased exclusively by
the correspondents of German houses
at 70 cents per pound. It is, you see,
a big price, but the coffee of Colima is
never in the world's market.
AtJalapathe coffee interest is ab
sorbed entirely by the English. The
city of Jaiapa is a ielightf ul spot, full"
of ti opical fruits growing in the pnblie
patios figs, oranges, dafes and other
fru'.ts are here found in perfection and
the c.ty is accessible by the Mexican
Central railroad. It is connected with
Vera Cruz by a street railroad ninety
miles long, which passes through one
of the most historical parts of Mexico,
notably the route of the I nited States
soldiers on the march from Vera Cruz
to the City of Mexico.
"What doe i a co-fee plantation look
like?" you ask. , It looks more like a
coffee plantation than anything else I
have seen don't look hurt ! It slopes
to the east; the young plants are taken
from the nursery at the age of twelve
months and planted in squares ten feet
apart ; at this period they are about
two feet high, with an olive-greei leaf,
a white blossom and green berry. The
berry is about the size of a cherry and
contains two beans. When ripe the
berry becomes a brilliant carmine color,
which, with the olive-green leaf and
white flower, present a beautiful com
bination.
To protect the plants from the sun
the husbandman places a banana or
castor-oil plant near each coffee plant,
and the shade of the larger fully , pro
tects the smaller fru t. At three years
of age the coffe e plant bears a small
crop, at six years a heavy one, and con
tinues to bear up to the age of fourteen
or sixteen years. The profit upon each
healthy plant is from 40 cents to $1.20,
according to age and strength.
The plants are kept trimmed down
to sit feet high, in order to facilitate
picking by men, women and children,
who earn about 2o cent? per day.
There's a nice litt'.e plum for some fel
low in baying up the crops of the
banana plants or the castor oil plants,
which are placed between 4the rows of
coffee plants to shield them from the
sun. I hey can be shipped by water to
New Orleans, and from there to any
part of the known globe. -
How it Happened.
Atlanti Gus it.itioa.
"I suppose you were in ecstasies
when you recovered your stolen cash,
were you not?" asked a gentleman of
an old negro who had received some
money that had been purloined from
him.
"No, Bar," answered the negro, "I
wuz in de street k'yah."
Did he take it out of maliciousness?"
again queried the man, not noticing the
negro s error. "
"So, boss, he tuk hit outen my ober-
coat pocket."
Did he have on the mask -of
villainy?''
Don t know 'bout dat, sar; I hamt
'quainted wid all de f ashins ; but he was
dressed tol'bly well."
D:d ycu press Lim with the idea
that he was doing wrong?"
No, sar, naer time; daz ez soon as
he 'gin to kick I pressed him wid a
brick; dat's what fotch de cash back."
"Did, he use any imp: ecations?"
"He ii'.eA to, sa-; tut de ole man
wuz too soople fer 'in, an' got outen de
way.
"loyou know you are a fool?
faintly howled the interlocutor, boil
ing over with impatience.
"ies, boss; I'se bin thmkin dat;
kase if I wuzn't I would a lef fum yer
'fore dis."
About two minutes later, a negro
might have been seen picking himself
up, wondering, "whar dat mule went,
what kicked lm.
7
The PlionosrapU ta ite 31ade Useful.
Philadelphia IJdger.J
The phonograph, although hereto
fore of little or no practical use, is per
haps the mst remarkable discovery of
the age. The exactness with which
speech is reproduced by the vibrations
caused by the roughening of the tin
foil is little short of marvelous. The
phonograph is now to be put to scien
tific use in the study of the dialects of
the savage people. A traveler about to
go to the Congo has provided himself
with a phonograph, into which the na
tives are to be invited to talk. The
tin-foil "negatives" are then to be sent
to Berlin, where, by the use of a dupli
cate pho ograph, scientific men may
studv at their leisure the spoken lan-
guages of untutored savages.
There is another possible use of the
phonograph that may some day be de
veloped, and that is for secret corres
pondence )l importance. By giving a
slight ec entricity to the spiral followed
by the pointer, the negative made on
one phonograph could be read only on
the original machine or its exact dupli
cate. A message sent in this form
would identify itself by reproducing the
voice of the sender, and if captured on
its way would be absolutely unintelligi
ble. -
The Sea Werpent Explained.
New Oilearu Times-Democrat.
Speaking of the alleged sea serpents,
Professor J. G. Wood, the naturalist",
says that, granting these creatures have
been seen, the question is: What are
they ? He does not believe they are
serpents, but thinks they may be a
cetaceous animal living in the sea and
shaped like fishes, but breathing air
and having warm blood; in other words,
it is a species of whale w hich is dying
out, and may be to the whale what the
eel is to the fish.
Boston Globe: Until the world gets
along very much nearer the millen
nium than it now is, society must be
one vast system of vicarious atonement,
and honesty and industry must bear
the burden of nee,
laziness and l 'nor
ance.
jr.js.jti.: ine world, has no pre
vision of its heroes. Nature gives no
warning when a great man is born.
THE WAR TURTLE.
A Terrible War Enjjlne Invented by
a Yankee Genius.'
Boston Cor. Chicago Tribune.
Up to this date nothing has been written or
printed about it, but the inventor, a well
known builder of locomotives and the
originator of many valuable and famous
machines; has so far developed his plans that
he is willing to speak of them in a general
way while he holds back for the present the
secret details of manufacture. To fully ap
preciate the invention one must imagine a
huge steel monster, turtle-shaped, impreg
nable to the most forcible missiles of the
artillery, creeping over the face of the earth
and raining from the machine guns within it
showers of ballets and dynamite bombs which
work terrible havoc among the enemy. The
shell of this "war turtle," as the inventor has
christened it, ia to be made of tool steel
thick, heavy and massive, which no missiles
can penetrate. It will move on broad wheels
shod with black rubber bands, which can
take a strong hold on the ground, establish
ing so great a traction that the turtle can
climb steep hills, driven by an enormous
engine concealed within its body.
Of course," says the inventor, "the weight
of the turtle, which must carry ammunition,
petroleum in tanks beneath the steel skin
and men to man the guns and steer the fight
ing land craft, will be enormous, but I have
carefully studied and calculated and find
that I can get enough power from the en
gine to move with sufficient rapidity and
clear away whatever obstacles the enemy
might erect to stop the turtle's progress."
The sharp, knife-like edges of the monster
will be able to cut down small trees and
shrubbery, and the terrible force of the en
gine will be sufficient to plunge it through
substantial barricades. Two pilots, pro
tected from sharpshooters and stray balls by
heavy plates, will have positions in the steel .
head of the creeping battery and guide it by
a peculiar mechanical apparatus; and the
guns, pointing in all directions, will be able
to discharge 6,000 balls a minute. In the
tail of the turtle, so to speak, is to be placed
a machine capable of hurling twenty dyna
mite bombs a minute, throwing them so far
that Jhe turtle will be out of range when
they explode.
The inventor, who is no Darius Green with
his flying machine, but is known as a clear,
level-headed man, says, that of course the
turtle with its guns and dynamite will
seem impractical to the average engineer
and mechanic, but he insists that he can
build it and" work it successfully whenever
the government shall have need of such a
terrible weapon and death-dealer. Until
that time, probably, the essential details of
manufacture will be kept secret from all
save a few intimate scientific friends who are
interested in the development of the scheme.
The inventor, whose name cannot be given
at present, was lead to conceive of his fight
ing turtle after noticing that, while the most
important changes in. naval warfare had
been made during recent years, the notable
improvements in land fighting were few and
far between.
"Objector" Ilolman In the Barber
Shop.
Washington Cor. Philadelphia Record.
The other day some Michigan members
who wanted to get a bill through the house
appropriating $300,000 more for one of thosj
never-built public buildings planned a scheme
by which they thought to circumvent the
vigilant objector. They gave the barber ia
the little barber shop under the gallery next
to the Democratic cloak-room $1 upon his
promise that he wonld detain Holman as long
as possible the next time the old gentleman
came in to be shaved. Then they watchsd
Holman closely. Finally he arose at a mo
ment when nothing startling was in sight,
and walked back to the barber shop. Once
within, the barber plied his blandish
ments. He shaved first as slowly as
possible. That through he suggested that
the judge's hair was entirely too long. The
judge thought not; and, besides, he was in a
hurry. But before he" could get out of the
chair the barber had snipped off a generous
lock of hair, so he had to submit to a pro
longed hair-cutting. Then the barber sug
gested a shampoo. The judge didn't have
tune. "But the judge needed it jo much.
"There!" and the cool liquid spurted over his
head. So his head was shampooed. Alto
gether that ingenious barber used up forty
five minutes in earning that dollar. Mean
while the Michigan man had heen hard at
work "catching the speaker's eye." He had
to bo first told what his eye was wanted for,
and then followed the long race for it. At
last it was caught. "Mr. Speaker," said the
eager Michigan man excitedly, with one eye
on the door of the barber-shop, "I move "
But he never got any further, for at that in
stant Holman emerged from the barber-shop,
and there was nothing for the Michigan man
to do but to retreat as gracefully as possible.
The Habit of Sunday StuHlng.
N. Sizer in Phrenological Journal
This habit has grown to be common in our
large cities, where men five at a distance
from their business places, and therefore take
a fight lunch every day during the weekj
When Sunday comes, they have leisure for
breakfast, and little exercise during the fore
noon; then have a royal dinner, at 2 o'clock,
and perhaps lazy lounging and "lying off,"
as it is called, during the afternoon, they
thus eat twice as much on Sunday as they
do other days. The appetite is just as good
as it .would be if they were engaged in
their ordinary occupations, but the needs of
the system are not half so great when a per
son is idle as when he is actively or labor
iously engaged in business, and the result ia
that Monday is a blue day to very many.
It is a day of headaches and ill-feeling, and
by Wednesday perhaps they get back into
their normal track again, and by Saturday
are ready for another stuffing on Sunday.
We believe that dyspepsia in city men
originates, in nine cases out of ten, in the
practice of over-eating, and taking little ex
ercise on bunday.
Foreign Note.
Texas Sif tings.
An American, traveling in Germany, was
shown through one - of the ducal palaces.
After he bad sufficiently admired all the art,
treasures, etc., he asked the janitor who was
showing him through the edifice:
"Is there anything else worth looking at ia
this old shebang?"
v The janitor drew the visitor to the window
and in a mysterious whisper, said:
"If you will give me a thaler, Til let you
listen at this window, and perhaps this after
noon you can hear his royal highness roll
nine-pins in the court-yard." - .
Model Physician.
New York Sun.
"Doctor," said the grateful patient, seizing
the physician's hand, "I shall never forcet
that to you I owe my life." "You exagger
ate," said the doctor mildly: "you really owe
me for fifteen visits; that is the point which
I hope you will not fail to remember."
A Patent Bosom.
The New York Morning , J ournal
notices a new paper shirt-bosom, which
consists of six layers, the top one to be
torn off when soiled. With good care
one of the:e ps will lst six weeks.