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VOL. IX.
ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1884.
NO. 23.
THE - IITDEPEITDEITT
IS ISSUED
SATURDAY MORNINGS,
w ' .. BY THE
Douglas County Publishing Company.
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J. JASKULEIC,
PRACTICAL
Watchmater, Jeweler and Optician,
-ALL WORK WARRANTED.
Dealer In Watches. Clocks. Jewelry,
Spectacles and Eyeglasses.
AND A TV LINK Or
Cigais, Tobacco & Fancy Goods.
Thi only reliable ( hitomer in town for the proper adjust
ment of Spectacles ; always on hand.
Depot ef the Genuine Brazilian Pebble Spec
tacles and Eyeglasses.
Office First Door South of Postoffice,
flOSEBUIltt. OREGON.
y LANGENBERG'S
Boot and Shoe Store
nOSEBUBG, OBEGOX,
On Jackson Street, Opposite the Post Office,
Keeps on hand the largest and best assortment of
Eastern and Ban Francisco Boots and
Shoes, Walters, Slippers,
And everything in the Boot and Shoe line, and
SELLS CHEAP FOR CASH.
Boots and Shoes aiade to Order, and
Perfect Fit Guaranteed.
I use the Best of Leather and Warran all
my work.
Repairing Neatly Done, on Short Notice.
.1 keep always on hand
TOYS AND NOTIONS.
Musical Instruments and Violin Strings
a specialty.
LOUS LAXGEXBEHG.
DR. 'M. W. DAVIS,
fSa- DENTIST,
BO 8KB IT It G, OREfiON,
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Office On Jackson Street, Up Stairs,
Over S. Marks & Co.'s New Store.
MAHONEY'S SALOON,
Nearest the Bail road Depot, Oakland.
JAS. MAIIOXEY, - - - Proprietor
The Finest Wines, Liquors and Cigars in
.Douglas County, ana
THE BEST BILLIARD TABLE IN TEE STATE,
KEPT IX PROPER REPAIR.
Parties traveling on the railroad will find this place
very bandy to visit during tbe stopping 01 toe train
the Oakland Depot. Give me a calL
JAS. MAHONEY.
JOHN FRASER,
Home Made Furniture
WlLBlR,'onEGOX.
UPHOLSTERY, SPRIM MATTRESSES, ETC,
Constantly on band.
FURNITURE.
I have the Best
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 elsewhere.
ALL WORK WARRANTED.
DEPOT HOTEL,
Oakland, Oregon.
RICHARD THOMAS, Proprietor.
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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 THE
Table supplied with the Beit 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 AflD GLASSWARE,
(, ALSO
CROCKERY AND CORDAGE,
, . . A full stock of
SCHOOL BOOKS,
' ' 8uch as required by the Public County Schools.
All kinds of Stationery, Toys and
Fancy Articles,
TO- SUIT BOTH TOCNO A"D OLD.
.
Buys and Sells Legal Tenders, furnishes
Checks on Portland, and procures
Drafts on San Francisco.
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SEEDS!
ALL KINDS OF THE BEST QUALITY.
ALL ORDERS
Promptly attended to and goods shipped
witn care.
Address,
IIACIIEX Y A BEXO,
Portland, Oregon.
AIwhtm Alllus.
Buffalo Et! '.
' When Mrs. "V. K. Vanderbilt's child
ren are ill, she has the medicine pre
" w.ribed for them nut ud in candy. In
consequence the Yanderbilt children are
never quite well.
The Widow's Flock.
"Chipeta," Chief Ouray's widow, has
fi.000 sheen located on Douglas creeK,
near the line of Utah, that have net been
6horn for three years, and is willing to
orlvn half to some one who will shear
INTROSPECTION.
H eorge ! Arn M.
Efave you sent her lwck her letters? have you
given her bacK nor ring f
Have you tried to forget 1 he hrrinfins iJ-gs
that you loved to hear her singr
Have vou cursed the dav vou met her first f
thanked God th&t vou wer; free.
And suid in your umnxit heart, an you thought,
vhe never was dear to u! ' y
You have east her off, vtrnr pride is touched,
vou fancy that all w done,
That -for you the world is bright again, and
bravely dunes the sun.
You have washed your bauds of passion; you
have whistled ner down the wind,
O Tom, old friend.' this goes before, the
sha rpes t co! uej 1 h ind !
Yes, the sharpest is yet to come, for love is a
plant that never died ;
Its roots are deep as the earth its If; its
1 tranches wide as the skies.
And wherever once it has taken hold, it flour
ishes evermore,!
Beariiiica fruit that is fair outside, but bit
ter a-shes at coif?.
I see that you marvel greatly, Tom, to hear
such words Irom me,
But, if you knew my inmost heart, f would be
no mystery, i
Experience is bitter, but its teachings wo re
tain ; - -
It has taught me UiW AvM once has loved,
love.? never on earth aain!
And I, too, have rav closet, with a guastly
form inside (
The Kkcleton of a perished love, killed by a
cruel pride.
I sit bv the fire at evening, as you will souio-
tiaie sit, !
And watch in the; roseate half light, the
the trhosts of hanraness flit:
I, too, awaken at midnight, and stretch my
al ius to euliud,
A vague ami shadow hnage, with tresses of
brown and gold:
Exjriencn is bitter, indeed I have learned
at a heavy cost
The secret of love's persistency ; I, too, Lavo
loved ani lost !
NERVE AND BARBARITY.
Horrors of tlie Public Execution
of
a Japancwe Criminal.
Cor. Pittsburg Trader.)
While I was in Yokohama I witnessed
the public execution of a criminal. He
was a fine-looking; Japanese, in the prime
of youth and strength, and was standing
under a post in t he-middle of a posse of
guard. The pohfc had a cross-piece.
Nearly nude, he was standing erect, but
as motionless as a statue, and gazed
Straight before him. Presently his jail
ers moved aside and a gaunt, repulsive
looking native, the executioner, made
his appearance, clad from head to foot
in a dress of dingy yellow. Two assist
ants accompanied him, carrying h:df a
dozen round bamboo rods. The assist
ants dropped the rods and stretched the
criminal's hands over the crons piece of
the post. The executioner now dallied
with the bamboos, and the poor creature
still looked into the shadowy distance as
though he was dumb. I watched him
closely and thought I detected a pallor
spread over his countenance.
The executioner now spat on the
pointed end of one of the bamboos, and
with a twining, pushing motion thrust
itaily into the flesh about half-way
lietween the hip and the arm pit. The
poor wretch turned and looked at his
tormentor and his lips slightly opened,
but he did not struggle, lu a couple of
minutes, though; it seemed longer, tlie
bloody point of the instrument emerged
from the sufferer's shoulder, and a
slight exclama' ion of satisfaction escaped
the crowd. Then the executioner went
to the other side with another bamboo
and did the same thing. During all
this there was not a single groan or cry
for mercy from the man.
At this juncture, to my surprise, the
executioner and his assistants picked up
the remaining! bamboos and walked
away. I inquired what they meant and
was told the execution was over. It was
customary to leave the man that way,
and he would die in a couple 6f hours or
so. The bamboos would remain in him
until he had expired. A Japanese ex
ecutioner is taught to carefully avoid
the vital organs So as not to bring death
too quickly, and the executioner s repu
tatioa is gauged by the length of time his
victim lives.
Bill-
Posting on a Largo Scale.
Chicago Tims
In the winter of 1849-50, a young sign
painter, of Brooklyn, finding his business
very dull, amused himself by going along
the Ilarleni road and painting his name,
occupation and business on all the rocks
and fences. Several business men were
struck with the idea and employed the
young man to blazen advertisements for
them in various localities. Soon after,
securing a large number of contracts for
the work, ho traveled with his brush and
paint up the Missouri river, exercising
his peculiar talents on the bare crags of
the l cocky mountains, lie journeyed
into Oregon and daubed her pyramids.
Down tlie golden valley of the Sac, over
the granite cliffs of the Humboldt range
he went, leaving behind him staring
legends of 'liver pills," "ague pads,"
etc., to terrify the wondering savage and
buffalo. We are happy to say he was
shot at several times and had to run to
6ave his wretched hide.
lie was pursued soon after by a rival
as fearless and unscrupulous as himself.
Finally, the two went into partnership,
and between them transformed the coun
try into a vast bill-imard. They estab
lished their headquarters in 'ew York,
and undertook, at specified rates, to ad
vertise merchants, etc, in as . few or
many states as desired. In 1880 the
manager of this business, the quondam
Brooklyn sign-painter, now a million
aire, declared that he and his partner
bad traveled 1,500,000 miles, and painted
1)0,000 signs, and used 300 barrels of lin
seed oil and 150 tons of white lead. This
was before the two retired from active
participation in the manual part of the
business. They now have this work
done by their 1,800 agents, through whom
they can worjc the whole United States
on the bill-board plan. They charge
for billing a patent m;Klicino in seven
teen states $30,000.
Just Our Lucli.
Norristown If, aid.
Dr. Farr, an English scientist, says
that if one were to watch the inardi of
1,000,000 people through life, he would
observe that nearly 150,000 would die the
first year, 53,000 the second, 28 000 the
third, less than 4,000 in the thirteenth,
and at the end of 103 years there would
be but one survivor. Then we shall not
undertake to Svatch the march of 1,000,
000 people through life. Th occupation
would be too gloomy something like
reading a London comic weekly; and it
would be just our luck not to be the one
surviYor at the end of 103 yeart.
MISS MAHIAX.
S'an Franciscan.
T.:xked at the course of two or tbre
passing acquaintances, who, when for
tune left them, preferred an indolent life
to an industrious one, I plainly ex
pressed my views in a daily journal in
which I Cited a few instances of woman's
capacity and success when she was will
ing to work. A seamstress in my em
ploy at the time had given me a history
of her life, which, with a few variations,
I wove into my article after the follow
ing fashion:
"I saw the folly of waiting at home
for something which mjght never be, so
I got the agency of a dressmaker's chart
for the Pacific coast. My family was
horrified. Couldn't my brothers take
care of me in caso my parents died?
Couldn't I always have a home with
them? But I silenced them with my
answer that I was over age and de
termined to fulfill what I had set out to
do; that I might always have a home
with my relatives, but it woultr-be a de
pendent one. I preferred ' to be inde
pendent. "The first year I had laid up $700 in
the bank besides paying my own and
family expenses; for in the meantime my
father beeame involved in business, and
my brothers had nothing so far to assist
with. lean tell you they were mighty
glad of my help then. I might have
gone to teaching or doing 'something re
spectable,' but it would only have paid
mv own way, and what would the family
have done? I tell you they never said
asram '.Manan has lowered tne lamiiy
with tnat nonsensical chart.
"The seco'-ul year I was as successful
as the first, and the third I sold my right
for $1,000. I put my money m a lodg
ing house and rented the entire concern
out at a good profit, and in one way and
another have managed to .o use my
monev that in stocks, money loaned out
riTtA it.Alwilf ,1 l.nnL' T 1Q'1 V.TkTlt 3M
000. When old atM comes on I shall
feel comfortable."
I could not resist adding to this
sketch:
11 1 hough rather advanced in years,
Marian is yet a pretty and agreeable
woman. If an v one wants a wife of
this description, let him apply at the
office of The Post, and he may be able to
receive an introduction and full particu-
lars.
To the horror of The Post manage
ment, this terminating jest was received
in sober earnest by a multitude of ex
cited individuals. They besieged the
business department, they overran the
editorial rooms. For a few days the
chief editor's hair stood erect.
It was surprising to note that however
diverse the personal appearance of this
excited multitude long noses, short
noses, snub noses, crooked noses,
blue eyes, black eyes, pig eyes, dusky
skins, 'freckled faces, tali and short all
were unanimous upon one point, in seek
ing an introduction to .Miss Marian.
They sought only a wife, they scorned
her money. They were simply delighted
to find that after all these years tho right
woman and a vision of happiness had
dawned upon them at last. As fifteen
or twenty despondently left the office
one day. the news spread abroad that
The Post had been mobbed on account
of an incrndiary editorial.
Besides those brave ones who person
ally sought an interview with Miss
Ma'rion, numerous admirers sought her
hand through the bashful lover's con
venient go-between, the postoffice.
Within a week fifty or one hundred let
ters were received by the ghostly Marian,
all more or less alike. A dirty, fly
speckled envelope was addressed upside
down, and covered all over with this in
scription: for Miss Marian who had
the agency of tho ladies
Charte off the paeifio
Coast
dressmakers Charte.
The letter ran:
"San Francisco, April 10, 1873.
"Miss Marian: I flater myself e that
the inttegrity of my intenshun will ex
kuse the fredem of theese few lines
whireby I am to aquante you of the re-
garde and esteam I have for you, hoping
you win answer tnis in my iaviour. i
am a young man myself and is of a
steady habit, hoping to meat with some
one the same disposition
"No more at prosente, but Romanes
vours trulv. John Jones,
"city hotel, first street, sanfrancisco."
nother good penmanship:
10, 1875.
"Mr. George Dear Sir
I was this
evening deeply interested in reading
4Les Miserable' in your evening paper,
particularly the last part, which reads:
'Though rather advanced in years
Marian is yet a pretty and agreeable
woman, etc. Allow me to say that I am
just spoiling for an agreeable wife with
good'eommon sense, but I have not cheek
enough to call at the office of, The Post
for an introduction. But if Marian will
correspond with me I shall feel greatly
favored and pledge, my honor as an
Englishmen as to the sincerity of ray
motives for asking the favor.
"Respectfully yours, ' F. L. T.
"Address F. L. T.t P. O."
Others were as follows:
"San Francisco, Cal., April 12, 1375
"Miss Marian: 1 hope you will
pardon me for my boldness or audacity
for thus addressing you unsolicited, and
I knew you'll do it when I inform you
the reason whv. I noticed the descrip
tion of you in The Evening Post of the
10th inst., which was my beau ideal of a
wife. It struck mo forcibly, indeed, so
I thought I would send you a note, hav
inzcometo the conclusion that "a fain
heart never won a fair lady." I am a
bachelor over 33 years of age, and it
behooves me to make hay ere the sun
fades awav.
"I would respectfully exchange photo
graphs with you if it is congenial with
your ideas of propriety.- And l assure
you that this has sprung from motives o
the purest and kindest intentions mat
rimonial.
"If this meets your approbation please
address immediately,
"S. A. Janes, Kuss House, S. F."
"AX JtRANCISCO, April 11, , '0.
Mi?s Marian: I am a clergyman a
widower -with five children needing a
mother's care. To what better use can
you appropriate your talents and time
than in bestowing them upon me and
? I need not inform ysu-that I
am
much sought after by single ladies, rut
only of my own nock, but. of other de
nominations, having had m the past
three months over seventy proposals.
"I Hatter mvself that wherever my
hand is offered it will not be ref used, not
only on aeeount of the social distinction
with whieh mv calling" is orowned, but
on account of my personal attractions as
well. ,
"I impatiently await your. answer, ap
pointing an interview, where all arrange
ments can be made. Yours for eter
nity, "Key. James A. Morkow."
After reading a bagful of suih mis
sives, I determined to end the jest which
these good folks were so earnest about;
so in the next issue there appeared this
notice:
"Marian would state to her numerous
admirers that she has deeded away her
entire property, to take effect on her
wedding day."
In a-twinkling the kaleidoscope of
"seekers for a true woman" was broken
into dissolving views pt disappointed
masculines. Alas, poor Marian had
there been a Marian AH" day long
poured in a flood f letters from former
correspondents, retracting their matri
monial offers. The minister said:
"While my offer was made solely on
account of 'your merits, I could not
marry one who reposed so little faith in
her husband. I regret that this defect
iu your character compels me to with
draw from further communication with
you. Rev. J. A. MroW
S. A. Jones, Russ house, Rays:
"You need not send your photograph.
I bet you're a wrinkled-up, homelv, bad-
tempered bid maid, anyway. I wasn't
in -earnest from the first, but thought I'd
have a little fun with you. Onlv let me
give vou a little advice-. Wait until
after you're married before you let your
husband know vou ve got nothing.'
But the mail also brought something
else addressed to Miss Marian, which", in
amoment of frivoiitv, 1 carried to rav
seamstress.
"You may do as you like about
answering it," I said, laughingly, as sue
put on ner strongest glasses ana roan:
"San Francisco. April 15, 175.
"In a late issue of .The Post I saw an
account of vou. At that time I dare
not address you, owing to the Money
vou were reported to possess, in last
Evening's Issue I find that there Lsonely
the Woman, and as that is what I am in
want of I address you Xow about My
self. "I am 40 years Old, five fet five High,
weigh 150 pounds, a little Gray, Dark
aubern hair, blue eyes, of jierfeet Form;
am considered by my acquaintance Ood
Company. No Stain of anv kind on my
Character; am in good Social and Moral
Standing, perfect health, Able and Will
ing to Make a home for a pure Wife, in
fact I want no Doll but an Jwiuel I ask
or nothing more than I ean give I should
be pleased to form vour Acquaintance.
I have lived in One family for the last 7
years, can give the best of References in
this citv. I am about to leave in a few
days for a tour through Nevada, Idaho,
ashmgton Territory and Oregon for
the firm I am connected with. Will you
please answer this on receipt, as 1 mean
business, yours uapt. 1. u. pratt.
'Harrison st., one house Mow 2nd st,"
Miss Marian pushed back her glasses
reflectively.
If vou will leave this with me for. a
few days I think I will answer it."
I was not surprise d. I left it.
A few weeks after Miss Marian called
on me. iter race was radiant as sue m
vited me to her wedding with the
captain.
"He doesn t spell any better than the
law allows, and he lias a horrid way of
commencing every other word with a
capital; but that doesn't worry me a bit,
because I always expect to go w ith him
everywhere, and there 11 be no occasion
for writing letters. Besides, at my time
of life a persou can t expect everything in
a husband, and he is just as good as gold
Everybody speaks well of him. I m sure
can never be thankful enough to vou
for my happiness."
That was in 1875. Circumstance pre
vented my - going to the wedding.
Marian gave up sewing after her mar-
riage, and so it happened that 1 never
- r . - ... v
saw tho captain and rarely met the
captain's wife. But last week she came
to me not at all in a spirit or thankful
ness dressed in deep mourning.
"Your husband is dead?"
"Worse than that my mother,
wouldn't put 011 mourning for him!"
"No?" I incredulously interrogated.
I
"Not bv a great deal. He may be
dead now, for all I know or care."
"You shock me. I supposed you were
the happiest of the happy."
"So 1 was for a few weeks. Then his
hands itched to hold the purse-strings,
and I had no peace until I gave them to
him. One morning 1 got up and he wa
gone taking not only my purse but
washed-out blonde Market street milli
ner. I was divorced three months ago,
and now I've gone back to the beginning
When shall I commence sewing for you
again to-morrow?"
"lie wasn't as good as gold after all?'
I could not resist saying.
She turned on me with considerable as
perity.
"Take for granted that a man isn't
worth selling to a junk store who pro
poses to a woman in that fashion; and
the woman who accepts mm ought to oe
put into a straight-jacket. Every one
has to plav the fool at some perird of
life. My time was late, but I acted mv
part well and long. Let us never ieak
of it again. I told you I intended to
commence at the beginning."
My sewing-room has regained a long-
lost picture. Marian sits there plying
her needle and adjusting her glasses
they arc ten years stronger than when
sue sat tuere Dciore as quietly as 1 aougn
she not only had never indulged in a
lover, but as if a dream of romance had
never entered her humdrum thoughts.
Delighted Sitting Bull.
Sitting Bull visited Fort Sne!ling the
other day. Writing to The IWton
Journal, a correspondent thus describes
an amusing episode: "He was regaled
at the commander's table with canned
neaehes. He sat up to the table like a
gentleman, and helped himself with hi?
silver torK, out no one couia maice nun
smile. Finally Mrs. Col. Andrews came
into the room, and the moment he saw
her he jumped to his feet, chisped her
hands, and beamed all over with delight.
Is this not the way to treat Indiana?"
A MICHIGAN LOGGING CAMP.
Ninety Tons of Lumber Palled Orcr
an Ic Road by Two Horses.
Cbvelaud Leader.
The several logging camps of one
lumber firm iu this city are all in north
ern Michigan, anl have turned out in
the season just closed an aggregate of
40,000,000 feet of lumber. The camps
are scattered along the Au Sable and
Pine rivers. Some of the logs are
floated IZ0 miles before the mill at Os
coda is reached. The logs are hauled
from where they are cut to the river on
low bob sleds over a carefully prepared
roadway. These roads, after a snow
foundation is formed at the begin
ning of the season, are carefully
scraped with a patent scraper.
Then a sprinkl'ng-cart, with an
abundant flow of water, is run over the
road at night. The water freezes and
makes the roadbed a mass of solid ice.
Each snowfaU is ca -efuUy scraped off
and the flooding process con mues until
the ice driveway is eighteen or twenty
inches above the surface of . tlie ad
jacent land. Thus built, he roadbeds
are firm and not as susceptible to a
thaw as the ordinary snow-packed
roads. Jn laying out these roads a dis
tance of two miles is often traversed
to make a point not more than one
quarter of a mile distant. This is
requisite in making it perfectly level
or with a slight incline toward the ob
jective point of the loaded sleds. .
Cn such magnificent real j immense
hauls can be made, and the expense in
curred n building and caring for them
is amptly justified. In the company's
office in this city i a large photograph
of the largest load of logs ever drawn
by a single team of horses. Ihe
picture was taken about three weaks
ago at Otsega lake, on the head waters
of fie Au Sable river. There are
twenty-one pine logs, Bixty-four feet
long, and the load measured 30,0.58
feet of good lumber, board measure.
The hollow butts, bark, and waste are
all seated out of these figures. A close
estimate of the weight of the load puts
it at ninety tons. 1
The team weighed auout 3,200
pounds, and easily hauled this immense
weight a distance of a mile and a quar
ter. The horses pull wide apart, the
neck yoke and whimetrees being twelve
feet in length. The bolsters of the
bob sleds on which tlie load rests are
of the sanje length, and the logs
rise up to a height of about sixteen
feet. The runners of the bob sleds are
about four inches wide and six inches
thick. The bobs set very low and
spread fully twelve feet. They are con
nected by cross chains which run from
the heel of the tront sled to the toe of
the rear one, crossrng in the centre
The logs are loaded by moans of skids
which reach f om the ground to the
load. With a ro; e and tackle the horses
roll the logs up the inclined plane into
place With the greatest ease. There is
a deal of rivalry m the lumber camps
over the question of big loads. A few
years ago three or four of these logs,
scaling l,o00 or 2,000 feet of lumber,
were considered a pretty good load for
a team. The improved roadways have
largely contributed to the increased
hauls.
Jay o 11 Id's Son.
;K. Y. Stars ' Man Atout T wn."
I met Georce Gould a day or two
since, anil m 11 s usually pleasant way
the subject drifted into newspapers.
1 suppose you receive quite a num
ber of newspapers everyday; do you
not?"
"Yes; between two and three hun
dred, all of them containing some refer
enee or another to my father.
"Are the, mostly complimentary?"
" Well," said George, laughing,
there may ue a dinerence ot opinion
as to the meaning of the word. I don't
suppose, however, that ninety-nine in a
hundred newspaper statements are
based upon fact. Thev are all more or
less exaggerated. But the best way is
to take no notice of them.
"I presume you have lots of cranks
visiting the Broadway office?"
Scarcely a day passes but some one
has got a pet s. herae to develop. Not
long since a man sent an improvement
for a car coupler or something of that
sort. Not re eiving any answer by
mail he came here for the drawings.
They couldn't be found. Then he wanted
$500 because we failed to return them.
But that's only one out of a dozen such
instances.
Wages of ClrcuM Peoplo.
New York Star.
Salaries of agents and head- of de
partments range from $20 to $200 a
week, according to ability; leapers and
tumblers, from $15 to 50 a week ; bare
back and somersault riders, from $75
to $250 a week ; pad riders CO per cent.
less; trapere performers, gymnasts,
wire walkers, clowns and animal
trainers, from $15 to $75 per week;
whilo canvasnen, grooms, property
men and drivers receive from $20 to $50
a month. Board, lodging and trans
portation are included in the above
scale.
Kitsllftli an She Is Pronounced.
PuriingtOu HawkeyM
A Fanses correspondent wants to
know how Mr. Gladstone's name is pro
nounced. Heaven, that knoweth all
things, only knows, am ions one. It is
an i.ngli8h name ana tne spelling
thereof is not ever so remotely con
nected witn tne pronunciation, it is
probably pronounced Gleston in Liver
pool, Galston in Manchester, Gliston
down in the country, and Chumley in
London.
A Kuropean Scandal.
CtiicAgo Journal.
One of the greatest scandals of the
dav is, that of the 4,000,000 francs sub
scribed by the public charity of Europe
a . v r 1
tor the benent 01 tne survivors in tne
Casamiccio'.a earthquake, last July, not
a cent has been distributed. Ihe con
tributions are at Naples, in the hands of
a central committee which renders no
account of them?
The Strawberry Box.
lCinci"nti Oi-vmercial Gnztre.
Horticulturists inform us that the
largeness of the improved strawberry
and the diminutiveness of the highly-
bred box will not for this season pre
vent the latter from accommodating at
least one specimen of the fruit.
FOREIGN TELEGPAPHIC VEWt.
Soup houses have been opened at Spezia,
Italy.
Hundreds of peopl are fleeing from Na
ples for Rome.
A sanitary cordon has been established
around Madrid.
The Emperor of Germany reviewed the
troops last week.
Count Limburg Stirlum, the Dutch min
ister of state, is dead.
Vessels from the Mediterranean are sub
jected to quarantine by Turtua! port.
A Prussian was arrested at Nice last
week while sketching the forts and werks
there.
President Grevy has slightly acknowl
edged the receipt of a letter from a dele
gation of the extreme left.
The Belgian Chamber of Deputies re
cently passed a bill imposing a sur-tax on
sugar until January 1, 1885.
The rebel 8 have removed another mine
placed by troops near Suakim. It was af
ward seen to explode in the enemy's camp.
The two towlncr companies at Victoria!
B. C, hitherto amalgamated, have dis
solved and are now running in opposition.
Admiral Courbet'a movement In th
Chinese waters are keDt secret. He is
taking a circuitous route to deceive the
Chinese.
It is reported that the rebels at Berber
are selling the population of the city into
slavery. Women are subjected to horrible
atrocities.
A Russian corvette recently seized the
American schooner Sophia Johnson, at
Behring's Island, Behrings sea, for illicitly
selling rum to natives.
The British foreicm office denies all
knowledge ot any intention on the part of
Germany to propose a new conference on
the Egyptian question.
The German corvette Elizabeth has been
ordered to proceed from Australia, where
sne nas been stationed, to Hong Kong, to
reinforce the German fleet.
The United States government has in
structed its minister at Lima. Peru, to
rotect the property of the Central and
south American Cable Company.
It is reported in London that General
Wolseley has offered Henrv M. Stanley a
position on his staff. Stanley has asked
permission of the Kins of Belcrium to acL
cepu
Mme. Patti writes that her aonearance
in Paris in opera, October s!5th. is contin-
cent upon tne favorable settlement of her
livorce proceedings aeainst Marouia de
Caux. 1
As the German steamer Hohenstaufer
was saihne from Berlin for Baltimore, she
comaea witn tne uerman Ironclad Sophie,
Both vessels were damacrod. No one in
jured.
The London Truth asserts that Baron
Carhngford, lord of the privy seal, will
shortly reBicrn his cabinet nosition. It is
probable his successor will be Lord Rose-
berry.
Major Kitchener teleeranhs that the
route from Dongola to Berber is perfectly
open as far as the wells of Preseni. and
aostile tribes are dispersing and fleeing
ine country.
A Montreal disnatch of last wcpV stAtpu
Lieutenant Greely's paper was read before
the treoeraphical section of the British as
sociation, which was a review of the work
or the .fcranklin Bay expedition.
The English committee of Mexican
bondholders has approved of the general
proposals for the settlement of the Mexi
can debt, submitted by Noetzlin, agent in
n.nj?iana ior tne Mexican treasury.
Word has been received in Halifax. N. S.:
that the expedition steamer Nentune was
at Ford's Harbor, thirty-four miles from
isain, .Labrador, July aotn. She reports
all nands well. Seven stations have been
established.
The British Science Association, lately
in session at Montreal. Can., have ad-
j'ourned to meet in Aberdeen, Scotland, in
i90o. .aicuiii university conferred tne de
gree of LL. D. upon many members of the
association.
The inhabitants of the Cameroons coun
try, western Africa, are about to present
a protest to tne Eneiisn foreltrn office
against the annexation of that district to
the German possessions, as they prefer
uriusn protection.
The Berlin ATorM German Gazette at
tributes to Bismarck the desien to create
a political blockade against England, by
the formation of a coalition of the powers,
unless her egotistical "policy of colonial
extension is abandoned.
A London dispatch of last week savs at
the Lloyd Insurance Agency trading ves
sels for China were insured for 5 per cent.
The steamer Imbros, with a cargo of guns
and munitions of war for China, was re
quired to pay 20 per cent.
Upon the occasion recently of the anni
versary of the battle of Sedan, the Em
peror of Germany sent to Bismarck the
order of "Pour Lemerite," surrounded by
oak leaves and an autograph letter, ex
pressing tne deepest appreciation el nls
services.
Growing activity is apparent in the Ger
man electoral campaign. The Socialists
of Berlin have brought forward six candi
dates: Volmar, Hazencleur. Lutzaner,
Neitz, Singer and Guellenberger. Among
tne I'rotrressist condidates are Vlrchow.
Loewe, Klotz, Trager and Eugene Richter.
Gyde intends to bring suit in London
against Fursch, made on the ground that
after agreeing on thirty performances In
European capitals and to make a tour of
England and Holland, singing in concerts.
she has suddenly cone to America to sing
at the autumn festival without informing
him 01 ner intentions.
The Chinese merchant fleet, sold to
RuBsell recently, consisted of twenty-six
steamers, aggregating 23,641 tonnage.
The company started twelve years ago,
and was under the patronage of HI Luag
Unang, who obtained loans from the gov
ernment, to whom the company was in
debted for 2,000,000 taels ?3,000,000).
A Dublin cablegram stays: The National
Leacue adopted a resolution, last week.
denouncing Irish executives for refusing
to bold a fresh inquiry in the Maamtrasna
1 .... T "1
uiuiuci taoo, iu uon ut uuuiuier cjf a
confession. The refusal is denounced as
a breach of public faith. The previous in
quiry, tne resolution asserts, was a mere
farce.
Gladstone, the other evening at Waverlv
market, Edinburgh, delivered his third
and last speech to his constituents. In
his address he made the admission that
franchise might be better coupled with
the redistribution nf nnrliimnUnr
but the passage of the franchise law ought
not to oe aeiayed. xne question now
rested witn tne people.
From St. Johms. N. B.. we learn a in.
spection of the abandoned brig Resolver
demonstrates that a collision with an Ice
berg occurred, followed by a sudden panic
among the crew and passengers, who im-
meaiaieiy launcnea boat and ift. the
brig, leaving everything behind; that the
I boats were dashed bv the holHncr ae
, against the iceberg and swamped, and al
I uauas pemnea.
DOMESTIC TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Missoula, M.
week.
T., had a $30,000 lire last
The summer season at Long Branch has
ended.
There Is no pleuro-pneumonia in Ken
tucky. Kansas City, Mo., had a 50,000 fire re
cently. The American Hotel at Fort Erie, N. Y.,
burned a few days ago.
An unknown man was drowned In San
Francisco bay last week.
Jay Eye See is still tryini? to reduce the
trotting record of 9. 1
San Francisco clerks are considering the
early closing movement.
The town of Marathan. N. Y was de.
stroyed by fire last week.
Five horse thieves were hanced at UrwW
Point, M. T., the other day.
The New York Continent has hpn nnr.
chased by Mrs. Frank Leslie,
An ; anti-Chinese demonstration toot
place at Philadelphia recently.
The Livingston. M. T.. Entervriae and
Tribune have been consolidated.
Hearing in the Hill-Siaron rase ha a
been continued until October 31st.
San Francisco merchants are schemincr
to recover the lost Northern trade.
Senator Henrv B. Anthonv. of Rhnrf
Island, died at Providence last week.
The Hutrh-Fitzcrerald nrize ficht on Tnir
Island last week was declared a draw.
The total rainfall In New York for the.
past eight months has been 46.41 inches.
Mrs. Nellie Holbrook. of San Franciseo.
will stump Indiana for Blaine and Logan.
The National Encrineers Association held
its annual session at Baltimore last week.
The Pittsburg chief of police refuses to
apologize for his insult to the Austrian
flag.
General Harnev. a veteran of the Mexi.
can and Florida wars, is residing in Wash
ington. , .
Bishop Pierce, senior hinhnn nf th M
E. Church South, died at Ausrusta. Ga..
last week.
At Heron. M. T.. recently. Charles Roloif
was shot and fatally wounded by Frank
Weileman.
Charles J. FoJeer. secretary of the
treasury, died at his home in Geneva, N.
V 1-
x ., iaoL new.
The American Association for the Ad
vancement Of Science convened at Phila.
delphia last week.
H. A. Charles, secretary of the Julia
Mining Company, died in San Francisco,
last week, aged 65.
Charles Foils was blown to atoms bv 1 he
explosion of a giant powder cartridge near
ottu r ranciBco recently.
The next re-union of the Army of the
Potomac is to be held in Baltimore on the
6th and 7th of May, 1885.
Emanuel Neumann, secretary of the
Alaska Commercial Company, died at San
Francisco recently, aged 60.
Oklahoma Paine and his followers are
protesting at the manner in which they
are being brought to justice.
Teemer defeated Hosmer in the three
mile sculling race at Haggett's pond, near
Lawrence. Mass., a few days ago.
Receiver Osborn, of the suspended Wall
street. New York bank, has begun the
payment of a 60 per cent dividend.
Albert Sutliff left San Francisco for
China, last week, to act as war correspond
ent of the San Francisco Chronicle.
The Indians at Polar River Agency, In
northeastern Montana, threaten to go on
the war-path if they are not better fed.
The Associated California Pioneers of
New York celebrated Admission Day by a
clam bake and excursion to Glen Island.
The headless body of Dr. Bock, surgeon
of the sunken United States steamer Tal
lapoosa..was found in Boston harbor last
week.
Pietro Delmas, French champion wres
tler, has challenged Clarence Whistler to
another match to take place in San Fran
cisco. Attachments aggregating 825.000 were
taken out against the Bankers and Mer.
chants' Telegraph Company at Chicago re
cently. All doubt as to the pavment of the Jer
sey Central dividend has been settled by
the shipment of funds to New York to
meet it.
Martin Weinberg, a Jew. was hanged at
Pittsburg, Pa., last week. He is believed
to be the second of his race ever hanged
n tne united states.
At Buffalo. N. Y.. recently. Mrs. Fred
Merrill, crazed with grief over the death
of her child, shot her husband and took a
fatal dose of earbolic acid.
Says a Vincennes, Ind., dispatch:
E. Adams, a 12-year-old girl, comi
Mollie
committed
suicide last week while the family was ab
sent from home. She was discovered ly-
ing on ner race in bea, witn an empty bot
tle by her side.
A Pittsburg dispatch savs: The coke
and coal syndicate of the Gonncllsville re
gions have decided to run their ovens six
days hereafter Instead of five, on account
of the improved demand, This will in
crease the output between COO and 700 cars.
Paper manufacturers of New England
are indignant at the action of the United
States government prohibiting for three
months tne unloading 01 imported rags.
xtepreseniauves were appointed to go to
Washington to obtain a modification of
the order.
Professor Dodge, statistician of the de
partment of agriculture, says reports .
show that the crops have been somewhat
damaged by drouth In Ohio, Indiana, Illi
nois and Kentucky. The injury, however,
is not sufficient to cause anv feeling of
panic, as there is every indication that In
general the crops will be good.
H. W. Waterson. of Milton. Wis., filed
a summons and complaint last week in
$5,000 damages In a suit against the Chi
cago and Alton itailway Company- with
the sheriff of Milwaukee county, water
man was injured for life, he alleges," it
Chicago by the carelessness of the railway
company's employees. Service was made
on the company's agent in Milwaukee.
A Sandusky, O., dispatch says: The
Forty-second Ohio (Garfield's) Regiment
held a re-union at Lakeside last week,
and voted to meet there next year. Since
the death of Garfield no president has
been elected, the vice-president presiding
About 200 members- survive. Captain
"Hubbell of Cleveland is vice-president.
No special action was taken this year. -;
Joseph W. Henma was to have been
hanged at White Sulphur Springs, Mon
tana, last week. The gallows were built,
coffin prepared, and the grave about to be
dug, pending an appeal to the Territorial
Supreme Courtjbut Judgment o the lower
was revoked. When informed by his coun
sel of the result he cried out: "Thank God !
God is Indeed gracious," and he Indulged
in a paroxysm of joy.
them.