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VOL. IX.
ROSEBUEGr, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1884.
NO. 25.
o 'ii 'n
. JASKULEK,
PRACTICAL
Watchmaker, Jeweler and Optician,
ALL WORK "WARRANTED.
Dealer la Watches, Clocks, Jewelry,
Mpectaelett and Eyeglasses.
and a tvu. van or '
Cigaie, Tobacco & Fancy Goods.
Th only reliable Optomer m town for the proper adjust
ment of Spectacles ; always on hand.
Depot f the Genuine Brazilian Pebble Spec
tacles and Eyeglasses.
Office First Door South of Postofflce,
ROSEBVllG. OREGON.
LANGENBEEG'S
Boot and Shoe Store
K08EIIin(j, OKEUOX, '
ft
On Jackson Street, Opposite the Post Office,
Keeps on hand the largest and best assortment of
Rastern and Wan Francisco Boots and
Shoes, ttaiters, Slippers,
And everything In the Boot and Shoe line, and
SELLS CHEAP FOR CASH.
Hoots and Hhoes Made to Order, and
Porfect 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 IiAXCiEXBERU.
DR. Ell. W. DAVIS,
S DENTIST,
ROMKBURU, OREOO,
Office On Jackson Street, Up Stairs,
Over S. Marks & Co.'s New Store.
MAHONEY'S SALOON,
Nearest the Railroad Depot, Oakland.
J AH. MA HONE Y, ... Proprietor
The Finest Wines, Liquors and Cigars in
Douglas County, and
THE BEST BILLIARD TABLE IN THE STATE,
iCEPT IN PROPER REPAIR.
Parties traveling on the railroad will find this place
very handy to visit daring the stopping of the train at
the Oakland Depot. Give me a call.
JAS. MAIIONEY.
JOHN ERASER,
Home Made Furniture,
IV I LB UK, OIIEGOX.
UPHOLSTERY, SPRIM MATTRESSES, ETC,
Constantly on hand.
FURNITURE.
I have the Best
STOCK OK FURNITURE
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 THE
Table supplied with the Best the Market affords
Hotel at the Depot of the Railroad.
H. C. STANTON,
DEALER IN
Staple Dry Goods,
- Keep constantly on hand a general assortment of
Extra Fine Groceries,
WOOD, WILLOW AND GLASSWARE,
CROCKERY AND CORDAGE,
A full stock of
SCHOOL BOOKS.
Such as required by the Public County Schools.
All kinds of Stationery, TojV and
Fancy Articles,
1 T9 SUIT HOTU YOVNO AND LD. .
Buys and Sells Legal Tenders, furnishes
Cheeks on Portland, and procures
Drafts on San Francisco.
SEEDS! SEEDS !
ALL KINDS OF THE BEST QUALITY.
ALL; ORDERS
Promptly attended to and goods shipped
with care.
Address,
1IAC HEX Y A KEXO.
Portland, Oregon.
Feeding the Motor.
Burlington Hawkeye.
Considerable excitement was caused in
Philadelphia, one day last week, by a rumor
that the Keel y motor was able to stand
alone. Investigation, however, revealed the
reassuring fact that it was leaning up
against the wall in the corner, while the
great inventor was feeding it stock out of a
large, 6trong basket.
Pythagoras; Choose always the way
that seems best, however rough it may
be.
BRILLIANTS.
The liberal are secure alone; v
For what we frankly give forever is our own.
! Granville.
Cursed be the ROfil wants that sin against
tbe strengths -th!
Cursed lie the social i. 'hat warp us from
the living truth', Tennyson.
Why did I never sing a soug to you?
Dearest! To yu, again, behold the ques
tion start. I
To mine own pulsas have I ever sung? Or do
1 read a rhyme unto my beating heart?
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps.
Oh, friendl to the best pursuits of man,
I" riendly to thought, to virtue and to peace,
Domestic life in rural leisure passed!
Few know thy value, and few taste thy
sweets, i
Though many boast thy favors, and affect
To understand and choose thee for their own.
j -JCowper.
HOW GLOBES ARE BUILT.
The Process 6t Making Library and
School Globes. j
Scientific American.
Our library and school educational
globes have perhaps been a puzzle to
many an inquisitive mmd they being so
light, so easily turned on their axis, and
so smooth as to appear more like natural
exact productions than mechanical con
structions, i
The material of a globe is a thick.
pulpy paper like soft straw board, and
this is formed into two hemispheres
from disks. A flat disk is cut in gores.
or radical pieces, from center to circum
ference, half of tue gores being removed
and the others brought together, form
ing a hemispherical cup. These disks
are gored under a cutting press, the dies
of which are so exact that the gores come
together at their edges to make a perfect
hemisphere. The formation is also done
by a press with hemispherical mould and
die, the edges of the gore3 being covered
with glue. Two of these hemispheres
are then united by glue and mounted on
a wire, the ends of which are the two
axes of the finished globe. All this work
is done while the paper is in a moist
state. After drying the rough paper
globe is rasped down to a surface by
coarse sand paper, followed by finer
paper, and then receives a coating of
paint or enamel that will take a clean
smooth finish, j
The instructive portion is a map of the
world printed in twelve sections, each of
lozenge shape, the points extending from
pole to pole, exactly as though the peel
of an orange was cut through from stem
to bud in twelve equal divisions. These
maps are obtained in Scotland generally,
although there 'are two or three estab
lishments otherwheres which produce
them. The paper of these maps is very
thin but tenacious, and is held to the
globe by glue. The operator generally
a woman begins at one pole, pasting
with the left hand and laying the sheet
with the right, working along one edge
to the north or other pole, coaxing the
edge of the paper over the curvature of
the glolxj witli an ivory spatula, ail'd
working down the entire paper to an ab
solutely smooth' surface.
As there are no laps to these- lozenge
sections the edges must absolutely meet,
else there would be a mixed up mess,
especially among the islands of some of
the great archipelagoes and in the arbi
trary political borders of the nations.
This is probably the most exact work in
globe making, f and yet it appears to be
easy because the operator is so expert in
coaxing down fullnesses and in expand
ing scanty portions, all the time keeping
absolute relation and perfect joining
with the other sections and to their
edges. The metallic work the equa
tors, meridians,! and stands are finished
by machinery.! A coat of transparent
varnish over the paper surface completes
the work, and thus a globe is built.
The Petroleum Finds in India.
Calcutta Cor. Ixmdon Standard.
The government of India has received
the reports of the preliminary examina
tion of the oil-bearing strata which exist
in the neighborhood of Sibi. The pro
fessional reports are of a character so
decidedly encouraging that the govern
ment has determined to procure from
England the necessary machinery for
boring operations. These will begin next
winter, and will be conducted on an ex
tensive scale. If the results justify the
sanguhio hopes entertained the discovery
will te one of no trilling importance,
whether in relation to Indian industrial
development or the solution of the
Central Asian question. It will 1x3 re
membered that tho extraordinary rich
ness of the oil wells round Baku has
immediately stimulated trade enterprise
on tho Caspian, and has justified on
purely commercial grounds the con
struction of the line, tho strategic im
portance of which can not be doubted.
It would bo a remarkable coincidence
if, just at the time when Russia makes
her presence felt on the confines of Af
ghanistan, a similar store of mineral
wealth were found along the line which
the Indian government have decided to
construct toward Candahar. The de
mand in India for illuminating oils is
already considerable, and no doubt on
the Quetta railway, as on the Caspian
lines, the petroleum might be used as
fuel. In any case, there will be an influx
of labor from India to southern Afghan
istan, and an impetus will be given to
communication between the two coun
tries, the political bearing of which it is
superfluous to indicate.
Names of Itacc-llorses.
The nomenclature of race-horses is
quite a study, and very curious names
are found. In glancing over the entries
of one day's racing at Wasliington park,
Chicago, one i may find "Chance,"
"Trouble," "jocose," "Disturbance,"
" Pepper-em," " Modesty " (a good win
ner, by the wav, singular to state,)
" Fac Simile,") Wedding Day," " Beau
ty," etc. There are any number moTe
peculiar than i the.s3. "Ghost," and
" Ghost II," are quite prominent, and
will not, " down" at " Banquo's " bid
ding, having beaten him several times.
The general public are more familiar
with the names of noted trotters and
pacers, and Wisconsin here steps in with
Jay-Eye-See, Johnston and others nearly
as fast. ;
Professor Hughes explains the phenom
ena X)f magnetism by a simple rotation
of tho particles of iron.
One of the things which it is never safe
to do is to purchase a property with a
lawsuit "ttached.
AT SAN PEDRO.
Floi-a Haines Apponyi in The Argonaut.
-. ' l
He saw her the first time -in a Mission
street car, and his impressions were not pre
posessing. There was something too im
perious in the quick wave of her hand as she
signaled the car, and her very step was posi
tive and aggressive. The perfect health
which blossomed in her cheek, sparkled in her
eye, and revealed itself in the easy carriage
of a firmly molded figure, in his sight pos
sessed an element of unlady-like audacity.
David Woodbury had been in San
Francisco only a fortnight, but he had
already made up his mind, with the swift
decision which sometimes . characterizes
Massachusetts men, that he did not admire
the women of Calif omia. They were an
innovation upon the type of womankind to
which he had been accustomed. The woman
of his family and of his acquaintance had all
partaken," more or less, of a certain delicate,
spiritual cast, not uncommon among old
England families. He reflected now, with
an invalid's fretful persistency, that he could
not recall one who had even remotely ap
proached the buoyant health and generous
physique of this girl.
For he was an invalid. His stalwart form
and iron muscles had proved of no avail to
resist tbe pitiless onslaught of hereditary
disease, and the deceptive flush upon his
check was but tbe presage of decay. Yet he
had, so far, attained only the in teresting stage
of a sii k man's existence, when the tender
sympathy and concern of friends create a
subtile separation lietween him and the out
side world, and the nerves are easily jarred
by contact with the unaccustomed or unex
pected. Ixjst in reflection, he failed to observe that
a gray-haired woman, meanly clad and car
rying a heavy bundle," hail entered tbe car,
and stood leaning wearily against the door.
The car was closely packed from
front to rear. There seemed a singular
lack of the customary gallantry which
appears to be a second nature to most Cali
fornians. Several newspapers were lifted
higher, to shut out the appealing glance from
their readers' lines of vision; a few men gazed
stolidly through the windows. Several well
dressed women, occupying seats, smiled in a
superior way.
There was a swift movement opposite.
David Woodbury raised his eyes to se the
old woman gently urged into the seat the
young lady had vacated, and to be himself
included in a scornful glance which swept the
car from end to end.
Other men obstinately retained their seats
in a very laudable effort to maintain consis
tency, but this Massachusetts man, feeling an
obligation to vindicate his own gentility, in
defiance of his bodily infirmities arose and
tendered his seat to the combative young
woman. The courtesy was firmly repulsed.
"You must take my seat. I can not allow
you to stand," he had said, clumsily enough.
"I would not deprive myself of the pleasure
for the world," returned the girl. The voice
was a surprise musical and vibrating, with
intonations that he had been accustomed to
associate with ideas of refinement and cul
ture. But he at onc( .alized that he had
blundered. This dauntless creature, with the
self-consciousness characteristic of western
girls, brd promptly attributed his courtesy
to the influence of her charms. He writhed
beneath the consciousness all the more be
cause ohis utter inability to defend himself.
The very triviality of the episode rendered
him jxjwerless.
The recollection of this vexatious incident
still pursued him six months later, when he
returned from the Sandwich islands, his fair
skin tanned and bunied by a tropical sun,
but with health restored, and ready for a
season of relaxation before returning to New
England. He was at an evening party one
night in March, conversing idly with a lady
acquaintance, when his attention was at
tracted by a couple who had entered the
room and stood chatting with the hostess.
He raw a dignified elderly gentleman in the
undress of a military officer, and on his arm
a queenly girl who might have stepped from
some old-time picture. A shimmering robe
of rich texture was draped with classic ele
gance about the graceful form; not a scrap
of lace or patch of velvet marred the beauty
of the costume; but hi the folds of filmy tulle
which crossed the bosom a cluster of eglan
tine roses was hidden. - A single diamond, in
a setting of antique silver, gleamed like a
star amid the waves of her abundant brown
hair, and in her hand she carried a curious
inlaid fan.
David Woodbury's sensation was one of
positive delight. With returning strength
had come a new appreciation of the royalty
of health, and he reveled in this picture of
perfect womanhood. He thought of his sis
ter, who had a mild enthusiasm for ait, and
for its sake loved the leautiful in nature, and
wished she stood by his side that moment,
and could feast her eyes on the scene before
hiiu; the lofty room, with its r4ch appoint
ments, not more costly than tasteful, the
wealth of tropiral plants and blossoms
making the ah heavy with perfume,
and in the foreground a glittering con
stellation, .with this superb figure for its
central sun.
"That is Gen. Langdon and his daughter
Stella," whispered his friend. "His wife
died three years ago, leaving two daughters,
one a mere baby. They say Stella's devotion
to Ivr little sister is something beautiful to
behold. But come let me introduce you."
The girl looked at him in calm scrutiny as
he bowed before her. "I have met Mr.
Woodbury before in a street-car," she said,
gravely.
An under-current of satire cut like a two
edged sword. To have attempted excuse or
explanation would have appeared like the
consciousness of guilt. His thoughts turned
turned back to their old channel. The ele
gant simplicity of her dress he regarded as a
bid for notoriety. Her unconventional man
ner received his mental condemnation. Ob
serving how neatly she parried all attempts
at familiarity on the jart of her admirers, he
reflected that the women in whose society he
had been bred had no need of parrying any
such approaches. The air of icy reserve in
which they en eloped themselves was im
pregnable. During ensuing weeks he met her fre
quently, but his original conception of her
character remained essentially unchanged.
He told himself that she was a gay, brilliant
girl, always cheerful and animated; but
dwelling altogether in the shallows of life,
like others of her class.
One morning these opinions received a shock
and a sui-prise. Turning down Pacific street,
after an early stroll on Russian hill, he en
countered Stella Langdon going down town
on a forenoon shopping campaign such as
young and stylish women affect, he inwardly
decided. He joined her, and they were soon
launched upon an idle discussion of plans for
the coming season. As they progressed down
the hill, they came to a quarter whose dingy
and rickety abodes proclaim the poverty of
its denizens. Sauntering carelessly along,
MLss Langdon suddenly bent over two chil
dren, rather more ragged and dirty than the
average of the street. Her face grew tender
and pitiful as she questioned the little people,
and, after a brief parley, bearing the viler
of the two urchins aloft in her arms, she dis
appeared down a dark alley-way. Her com
panion halted a moment irr lute; then, re
alizing that he was for the tnue completely
forgotten, with a compassionate smile for the
-freaks of San Francisco worua, he continued
his progress down town,
II.
The little land and sea-locked 4rt of San
Pedro is oddly situated. - V.'uere the water
has in past ages hollowed a crescent from the
cliffs and then receded, years ago t little vil
lagewas founded. Two mi north, on the
crest of the cliffs, the last ba'tleetween the
Mexicans and United Sta as soldiers took
plaee, and in a ghoulish grave-yard, far from
any habitation, repose the bones of the slain
of one army, while out in the bay, on a rocky
eminence called Dead Man's island, the dead
of the defeated warriors found their sepul
chre. One by one these graves have been
rifled of their contents by the encroachment
of the resistless waves, until only a couple
now remain, with a snowy cross above to
mark their burial place. Half a mile to the
south is another long, low stretch of land,
with shores of Hittering whi? a ind, studded
with curious pebbles and strewn with shells,
to which a little steamer daily plies, as well
as to the distant mountainous islands, rising
like pale blue clouds far out upon the ocean,
where earth and sky appear to meet.
The little modem town of San Pedro nestles
in the crescent-shaped hollow facing the sea,
with precipitous cliffs rising like steep walls
in its rear, and embracing it north and south
almost to the water's edge. The entire vil
lage lies so low that a tidal-wave of modest
dimensions could with one mighty surge ob
literate it from the face of tho earth. But its
quiet inhabitants dwell on in peaceful secur
ity, and many restless city people find in the
quaint sK)t, so shut off from the everyday
world, the repose and isolation which they
annually seek as salvation from the wear and
tear of petty cares. And so it has come to
pass that every summer finds the homely lit
tle cottages overflowing with city guests, and
the low ground at the north angle of the cres
cent and fronting the sea is dotted with gay
tents all the season.
Here it chanced that one, day in August,
when the waves were lapping the shore with
a sleepy surge, Stella Langdon and David
Woodbury encountered each other. She was
sunning herself on the sand, while her little
sister built a mimic fortress by her side. A
book lay untouched in the girl's lap, for the
look of nature spread out before her was in
finitely more enchanting.
He reverted at once to the occasion when
last they met, for, struggling against the
growing admiration he felt for this girl, with
all the perversity of an obstinate man he had
converted even that incident into an argu
ment against her.
"Miss Langdon, pray eidighten me. Of
what philanthropic society are jrou a di
rector;" "Of none, sir." There was unmistakable
sui-prise and inquiry in her voice. But he
went on in a quizzical way:
"Then you are one of the hard-working
members who do not accept offices,
but preside over committees, and in
augurate faiis and carnivals all for
the purpose of enticing from the
pockets of an unwilling public money for the
supiort of establishments which are mere hot
beds for criminals and paupers."
"I do not understand you, sir." Her lips
tightened and her eyes sparkled with a dan
gerpusjight;..; , ... , ( . .
"Be honest. In the interest of what re
formatory institution did you pursue that
wretched little beggar we encountered on
Pacific street a month or two ago?"
"Mr. Woodbury, did you notice the condi
tion of that child? When I took hold of her
emaciated arm it seemed as if it would melt
away in my grasp. Did you see the cruel
blows the older child was raining upon her ?
And do you think a woman could - kiss by such
a sight? I wish you had seen that home as I
did. Two miserable rooms for a father and
mother and seven children. The woman was
at the wash tub, and when I told her why I
had picked up the little mite, she burst out
crying, telling her troubles in such a dis
couraged way that it made om's heart ache.
The oldest boy and girl were at sc hool, and
there are five little ones the youngest an in
fant at the breast, the next that sickly baby,
and the oldest the 7-year-old boy in whose
care she had placed it that moining."
"Where was the father?"
"He is only a poor laborer sober and
hard-working, she assured me; but his work
is not steady, and his small wages are in
sufficient for their support. So the txxr
little things had to be neglected and sent out
on the street to get the sunshine, while the
mother toiled away at home, or sometimes
went out with her baby to do a day's cleaning.
The tiny girl we saw had been suffering
with a severe cough for six months, and they
could do nothing for her but watch her fade
away before their eyes."
"What did you advise?"
"I persuaded them to take the little one to
the Children's hospital, where I have a friend
and a noble, good woman she is who is a
director. There the little thing was put
straight to bed, as she need to be, and nursed
day and night, as she could never have been
at home.
"With what result?"
"I have a letter to-day from the matron,
who tells me my patient has grown plump as
a partridge, and will tie discharged in three
weeks more, completely cured. Tho father
has procured steady work in the country, and
takes his family there this week. it us
change the subject. Do you go in bathing?"
"No; I am afraid"
"Of stingareesf ' She laughed merrily, and
before he could finish his explanation some
body had come up and swept her off on a
search for sea ferns, whose delicate fronds
were borne in by the tide.
He stood for an instant, irresolute. Two
crushing revelations dawned upon him in
that moment. He had learned to appreciate
at last this noble, sympathetic woman; and
he knew, by a swift, unerring intuition, that
she despised him. He asked himself wliat
eLse he could have expected. A man irrever
ent of age, indifferent to the sufferings of
childhood, and, above all, a coward! He
suiimied up his credentials with a bitter
laugh, as he flung himself down on the beach.
After tnis passage-at-amis they mutually
avoided each other. Save when they met
face to face, they never exchanged a glance
of recognition. Yet both were resolved to
conclude the season at San Pedro. One day
Miss Langdon rode down to Wilmington to
take the train for Los Angeles. She left her
little sister in the care of friends at the beach,
with many charges and cautious, which the
child promised to heed.
Early that afternoon David Woodbury
wandered along at the foot of the cliffs, chip
ping away at the rocks with a small pick he
carried. He was something of an amateur
geologist, and there were some singular,
amber-like crystals imbedded in the rocks,
which he had determined to subject to micro
scopic analysis. Absorbed in his task, he
was aroused by the sound of a lady's voice
close by:
"What is it fluttering oil the top of that
rock, Henry? Is it a bird? Give me that
glass, and let me see."
"No, my dear; my eyes are better than
yours. I will look. By heavens! it is a child."
A little child out on a narrow point of
rocks, with a surging sea all around, and the
tide coming in! Every one understood how
It must have happened, recalling the chain of
moas-grown rocks that lifted their heads
above the sea at the ebbing of the tide, and
over which the more venturous had some-
tunes clambered, but every vestige of which
was now elfaced by tho sea. The few men
about stood dazed at the sight No boat
could make a passage of those sham and
treacherous rocks, and strong swinuners
clared not breast the pitiless swell of the side,
maauoued to fury by its rocky barriers.
One man set his teeth firmly together at
the sight Years ago, in his college days, he
had been a daring swimmer. Once before he
had breasted just such a sea to reach a boat
which had overturned with three men. As
David Woodbury threw off his coat, he re
membered the parting admonition of his
t tiawanan physician:
iou are all right now, my boy; but
guard vigilantly against any sudden shock or
vioient exercise of any kind.
Ho mustered all the nerve within him to
meet ani bear without recoil the plunge into
the boiling element Once breasting the
waves his strength came backhand he bat
tled with a vigor he had never known before,
Flung now against some rocks, which bruised
his limbs or tore his hands ; ' now sucked down
by some eddying current, which all hit
strength only sufficed to conquer; now faint
with the shock of some mighty incoming
breaker, he reached, at last, the rock where a
little girl clung in fright, and took her in hi
arms and soothed her fill her wild sobs ceased.
He bethought himself then of what he had
not recalled before that between this rock
and the breakwater, which afforded a safe
retreat to shore, lay a comparatively open
stretch of sea. And so, plunging again into
the water, carefully supporting the little one,
but swimming with long, masterly strokes,
he bore his precious burden safely, at last, to
shore.
As he stepped upon the beach, Stella Lang
don met him with outsretched arms. Silently
he placed the child within them, and she re
ceived it without a word; but Le was
strangely stirred by the one full look that
fell from her brown eyes like a benison upon
him. A hero in dripping garments, he stood
among the idlers upon the beach, all deeply
moved, as even shallow natures will be, by
the sight of a tmly gallant deed.
He tried to meet their effusive praise with
easy indifference, to make light of the perils
thnjngh which he had passed. But a choking
sent.uon in his throat overpowered him; a
weakness, which was more than the faintness
of exhaustion, seized upon him ; and it was
not sea-water that gushed in a crimson Hood
from mouth and nostrils.
Stella Langdon, sitting within her tent,
and softly crying over her little sister as she
removed her wet garments, lifted her face
with a sudden jwllor as she, heard the meas
ured tramp of men carrying a heavy burden,
and a voice saying, regretfully:
"Poor fellow ! He's done for this time."
III.
If he had been taken to an ordinary habita
tion, and there submitted to the confinsd at
mosphere, unnatural restraint, and artificial
remedies which invalids are usually obliged
to undergo, it is doubtful if he would have
survived the ordeal. . But after he had been
phi ceil ui on the comforfctble bed in his tent,
the physician who was summoned wisely con
cluded that it would be dangerous to
run the risk" of removal. And so he lay
in the OTn air, the cool sea-breezes
finding their way through many a rift
in the canvas. Close contact with Mother
Nature accomplished more than doctors or
physic, and, alter several weeks of rest and
quiet, the inward tissues that had been rup
tured did their work of healing, and he rose
from his couch, if not absolutely sound, with
chances for a long life about as good as the
average man's.
The season at San Pedro was unusually
prolonged that year. More than one party
of campers lingered on, loth to leave while
the life of this brave young fellow hung in the
balance. The Langdons lingered among the
rest, and when, one day late in September,
David Woodbury finally emerged from his
tent, walking somewhat feebly at 'first, he
did not disdain to stay himself a little by the
noble strength of the young girl whose arm
ho had taken.
Slowly they strolled along the beach, and
various gap groups nodded smiling approval
as they passed. He drew her at length to a
little nook in the cliffs sheltered from the
wind. Below them great breakers beat them
selves upon the rocks with a sullen roar. The
shaip outlines of the mountainous islands in
the distance were veiled in a bluish mist
Fur on the horizon the white-winged sails of
an incoming ship could be descried. Some
rare bird, with golden plumage, wheeled
down over the cliff's, and darted, swift and
sure, to its nest in a liliputian bush, clinging
to a cleft in the rocks.
But the young man wore a troubled look,
and seemed oblivious of the charming scene
before him. He turned to his" companion at
length with a weakly, embarrassed smile.
"I do not like to think there was a time
when I seemed contemptible hi your eyas. 1
was not quite so hard-hearted as I appeared
about that little eh Id, you know "
"So I was fully pei-suaded when I learned
that an unknown friend in San Pedro had
forwarded a hundred dollars for my jxxa
people that very week."
"I didn't mean that j ou should know of
that," loo!;iiig momentarily chagrined ; "still,
I do not kne w that I care now," possessing
himseh' of her hand with an air of proprietor
ship, and drawing her nearer to him.
"But I wonder if you will believe me now,"
he persisted, followed up his chain of remini
scence. "About that miserable affair in the
street-car, the first time"! ever saw you. You
remember? You thought me zealous to offer
my seat to a young lady when I wouldn't
yield it to an old woman. 1 wouldn't make
such a distinction for the queen of Sheba.
The fact is, I was in a brown study when she
came in, and positively did not see her.until
you had risen."
The girl looked at him hi gentle amazement
"David Woodbury, I never dreamed of
misjudging you so. I understood it all per
fectly at the time," she said.
A Poatoflice on Mount SInal.
London Standard. .
The world moves so fast that one learns not
to be astonished at anything. Still, we con
fess that to hear of a postoffice being estab
lished on Mount Sinai compels us to revise
our ides regarding the fitness of things. The
pious monks of Jabel Katerin have hitherto
been regarded as holy anchorites, whose minds
had long ago Ijcvome weaned f rem the vani
ties of the worliL But it is evident, from
their desire to share in the somewhat quali
fied blessings of the postal union, that they
have found a continuous contemplation of the
Mountain of Moses less satisfying than they
had been led to expect.
Of Importance to Letter-Writer.
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Most persons have an idea that any one
who sends a letter can telegraph to the post
master at the office of delivery and have it
returned to him. Such, however, is not the
fact. The postmaster at the office of mailing
is the only K-rson who can recall a letter
This authorty was recently given, the priv
ilege heretofore being exercised only by the
postmaster general. Therefore, if a sender of
a letter desires to intercept the missive, or
have it returned to him, he must apply to the
.postmaster at the office where he mailed the
letter.
SHERMAN AT ATLANTA.
Scenes Along tlie Lines of Clrcum
vallution la 1864.
Philadelphia Times.
For many days the siege continued,
and it seemed as if there would be no
end. Men became very weary of it and
endured the cannonade as best they
couia. At daybreak, ordinarily, the
booming of cannon began and screech
ing shells sailed through the air
with hideous noise. ' Not many soldiers
were hit with these missies, but
they had the power of making men feel
more nervous than anything that could
be done to them. After the shells struck
the ground, unless ; they burst at once,
there was no groat danger, as the sol
diers got out of the way or threw them
selves on the gtound, and were measure
ably safe. The round shot did no par
ticular damage and the artillerists re
served their grape and canister for
closer quarters. Apparently the artil
lerymen enjoye1 this, as it was a tribute
to their skill, '"it nobody else was
specially elated and rather wished the
affair was ended. I could not see how
the Union troops Avere ever to get pos
session of this important place, so well
situated in the very heart of the Con
federate states, and there was a dull and
dangerous drag, day after day, with
very little to break the monotony or re
lieve it of -its tedium, so wearing upon
military men.
In order to ruin as much ammunition
as possible for the Confederates, our
commander gave orders that at a certain
hour after dark the "charge" should be
sounded, but the soldiers were to keep
well back and under cover, not showing
themselves to the enemy. They would
think of course that our whole line was
advancing directly upon them with fixed
bayonets, and in consequence expend
their ammunition in the most reckless
manner upon us. Everything was duly
prepared and all the necessary precau
tions taken against the effect of their
shot and shell. The baggage wragons
were kept well to the rear, and all
horses, mules and draft animals so
placed that the shot would not reach
them. The cattle herd was driven to a
secure place, as fresh beef was a luxury
duly appreciated by us. The parapets
were strengthened where most needed,
and the rifle-pits for the men deepened
so as to afford good shelter.
On the night of Aug. 7, I think it
was, but am not positive, this scheme
was carried into effect and proved as
successful as could have been wished.
A short time after dark the drums
in every regiment were furiously beaten
and the bugles and trumpets sounded
the "charge." There was a deafening
din and a few moments afterward the
noise from the Confederate works ex
ceeded anything that can be imagined.
Great guns and little guns Hashed and
pealed from the Confederate earthworks,
and the United States army never rested
under a more tremendous hail of shot,
shells and bullets of every description.
It was, an old soldier near me expressed
it, "As if hell had broken loose and was
vomiting its contents upon us." The
noise was deafening, the roar tremendous
and the streams of fire through the air
sublime beyond description. There was
a rain of leaden balls that dropped! reely
in every direction, and woe unto any
luckless soldier who endeavored to stand
up against it.
Of course the Yankees laughed at this
effort on the part of the enemy, and felt
well satisfied at seeing them throw away
in this reckless manner the tons and tons
of missiles which had taken them so
long to manufacture: and at such great
cost. As much ammunition was used as
would have been used in an ordinary
battle, the firing having been kept up a
full hour. Many of the Confederates
themselves believed the Unionists had
advanced in force against them, and
were not undeceived until the following
morning. The greater portion of them,
however, soon became convinced as to
the way matters stood, and ceased firing
of their own accord. Their curses were
loud, deep, and long-continued against
the Unionists for this new-fashioned
scheme of deception that had been prac
ticed upon them, and they did not soon
forget it. i
Our men took good care to keep out of
the way for some time after the firing
ceased, though they laughed heartily at
the discomfiture of the enemv. The
Confederate batteries had been plied as
rapidly as possible, and the infantry
regiments seem to have vied with each
other in seeing which could expend the
greatest amount of powder and lead.
From Decatur clear round to Ezra church
our people kept watch and ward, and all
understood the wonderful demonstra
tions that took place on this historical
arena on the night described. But few
of
our soldiers
suffered from the
of course, there
whose curiosity got
their judgment.
firing,
though,
were some few
the better of
and were stricken by the leaden down
fall. There was not a true Union man
who did not rejoice at this fearful can
nonade, the armies of the Cumberland',
Tennessee and Ohio,forming the mili
tary division of tue Mississippi, exulting
at it and wishing the Confederates had
thrown away even more shot than they
did. From the stripling to the gray-!
beard they all realized that the Confed
erates were getting rid of bullets, which,
if kept on hand, might find a lodgment
in their own bodies or those of their
friends. The Confederates felt rather
cheap over the affair, though we had no
chance to question them closely, as we
were not at that time very intimate with
them.
j
The Girl and the Bovln .
. Hartford Po.it J
A young lady from New York, who is
visiting friends in Wethersfield, saw a
yoke of oxen going by the house, and
said: "Oh, how I would like a good fresh
drink of milk from those cows!" She is
mortally afraid of cows, and cominsr on !
one suddenly one day she was too
frightened to run; so poking her parasol
at the beast, she stuttered out, "Lie1
down, sir; lie down!"
Contemplate a Man.
Burlington Hawkeye.
Tclcmachus, don't let me hear you
laughing at a woman again because she
can't sharpen a pencil. When you want
something in that line to laugh at, do
you just contemplate a man cutting out
a paer pattern with a pair of scissors,
by the united efforts of his right hand,
lower jaw and two-thirds of his tongue
Tlio Indian Fourtii of July.
W. P. Hooper in St Nicholas.
The Fourth of July morning I shall
never forget. We were awakened by
the most blood-curdling yells that ever
pierced the ears of three white boys. It
was the Indian war-whoop. I found
myself instinctively feeling for
my ' back hair, and regretting
the distance to the railroad. We
lingered indoors in a rather terrified con
dition until we found out that this w'as
simply the beginning of the day's cele
bration. It was the "sham fight," but it looked
real enough, when the Indians came
tearing by, their ponies seeming to enter
into the excitement as thoroughly a3
their riders. There were some five
hundred in full frills and war paint, and
all giving those terrible yells. Their
costumes were simple, but gay in color
paint, feathers, and more paint, with an
occasional shirt. :..
pnelliitteljoy, - whose name was Sha-ke-to-pa
(Four Nails), had five feathers
big ones, too in his hair. His face
was painted; he wore round ear-rings,
and rows of beads and claws around his
neck; bands of beads on his little bare
brown arms; embroidered leggins and
beautiful moccasins, and a long piece of
red cloth ahanging from his waist. In
fact, he was as gayly dressed as a grown
up Indian man, and he had a cunning
little war-elub, all ornamented and
painted. For weapons, they carried
guns, rifles, and long spears. Bows and
arrows seemed to be out of style. A
few had round shields on their left arms.
Most of the tepees had been collected
toother and pitched so as to form a
large circle, and their wagons were
placed outside this circle so as to make
a sort of protection for the defending
party. The attacking party, brandish
ing their weapons in the air with in
creased yells, rushed their excited and
panting ponies up the slope towards the
tepees, w here they were met by ' a rapid
discharge of blank cartridges and pow
der. Some of the ponies became' un
manageable, several riders were ' un
horsed, and general confusion prevailed.
The entrenched party, in the meantime,
rushed out from behind their defenses,
climbing on top of their wagons, yelling
and dancing around like demons.
Added to this, the sight of several rider
less ponies flying wildly from the tumult
made this sham fight have a terribly re
alistic look.
A Crazy Time for Everybody.
"Betsey Hamilton" in Atlanta Constitution.
"Thar is a time in everybody's life
when they are crazy; least ways they
gitsbeyant theyselves," saj-s Uncle He
zakiab, "and with some folks its in
ginnerly when they marries."
He was tumble put out about Malindy
Jane Trotman a-marryin' of Jake Loft is.
As he sot and whittled his stick he lowed :
"Yes, thar comes a time in everybody's
life when they are crazy, and Malindy
Jane's time had come, I reckiu."
Well, it 'pears like it's so, and crazi
nrss is ketchin' jist like the measles and
yaller janders and sich as that, for let a
new thing come along, ard everybody
goes crazy over it; a new fangled patent;
this, that and tother a chu; ; or sump'n
er that sort, and everybody thinks
they've got to buy it. One buys it kase
tother'n does, and here the churn goes
tel every house has got it, whether
they've got a cow or not. Sometimes
the women folks all gits started on one
thing; for n'instance a certain patron for
a quilt. They have even went so fur as
to name a quilt "the crazy quilt." It's
nothin' on the yeth but the old "hit or
miss" patron with a new name, but if
ever a quilt has the right name, hit's got
it, Kase tne pieces is not only sot ni
crazy tashion, but folks is all
a gwine crazy over it: You can't
go nowhars now without seein' somebody
a piecin' of a crazy quilt, and if they
start on knit lace, or darn net work, or
tattm' its the same way. They all goes
crazy tel they gits at it, and stays crazy
tel the spell wears off'n 'em, and they
take up sump'n else. If they aint crazy
about one thing hits tother, and the
women haint by theirselves nuther, ami
the men folks haint got no room to
laugh, for they are jist as bad. They
are all crazy now about walkin' matches.
Some of 'em are rdum ravin' distracted
over it, has done quit ther work and
tuck to walkin' for wages and tothers to
watch 'em. Pop used to tell me when I
was gwine hard as I coujd stave: "Betsy,
you walks pine blank, like you was" a
w alkin' for wages;" and I never knowed
what it meant tel I hearn about all these
here walkin' matches that's gwine on.
The Nations' Narcotics.
Globe-Democrat
Every nation or race has its narcotic.
The natives of Siberia have a fungus an
swering their wants; Turkey, India and
China cultivate and use opium; nearly
all Mohammedan peoples, including the
Indians, Tuiks, Persians, Arabians ami
Africans, have hashish or some substi
tute for it; the natives of Ilindoostan
and many other parts of Asia have the
betel nut or betel pepper; the Poly
nesians have ava; the Peruvians coca;
the New Granadians the thorn-apple;
the Spaniards their lettuce; the whole
world its tobacco. .
Besides these already mentioned,
there are quite a number of other nar
cotics ued in various parts of the world,
the Indians or t londa having an emetic
holly, and Scotland having the night
shade. This plant is historic, for ac
cording to Morehouse, a Danish, army in
the time of Swej-nwas made unani
mously drunk by the Scots furnishing
them liquor that contained an infusion
of this herb, and they thus fell an easy
prey to the Highlanders. In short, so
extensive is the variety and so wide the
geographic distribution of narcotics in
one form or another that it would seem
as if they were intended for some c-ood
use, though tho tendency tin s far, it
must bo admitted, has been to their
abuse rather than to render them of any
V H -i. - 3'
otmtmt as a iueuicinc.
Precaution Against Fire.
Chicago Herald.
In the opera house in Munich and
Vienna water curtains have le.pn eon.
structed. This curtain consists of a
wide, thin stream continuously poured
upon the ton of the sta hct ween t.hrt
acts, completely inclosing tho stage in a
transparent curtain, and it was o -ing
i. j i .... .
io tins precaution that a recent nre
whieh brnko out rlnrintr Mm nprformflllCfl
of "Tannhauser" was choked imme
diately.