rnXTTTi TTTTi"PnmTTYT?T7rH
XXLJLi JUL? SJJM.lki JLAXLi JL
.. HAS THE ;
FI N EST JOB OFFICE
IX DOUGLAS COUNTY.
CiRDS: I1LL HE1DS. LEGAL ILiKIS.
And ether litnting, including
Mgt .& HeaTj Posters ft Siowj Hani-Bills,
Xeatly and expeditktusly executed
AT PORTLAND PRICES.
One Year - ----- $2 50
Six Months - 1 50
Three Months ----- 1 00
IPV, tk t.n In BAmnc The
Ikdkpsndest offer flue inducement to atlYertiaera.
Terms reasonable.
VOL. IX.
ROSEBURG, OREGON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1884.
NO. 36.
THE INDEPENDENT,
IS ISSUED
SATURDAY MORNINGS,
BY THE
Douglas County Publishing Company.
Yin?
HOlITfi-T . AS i TIMPFIMI"
J. JASKULEK,
- PRACTICAL
Watctoaier, Jeweler ani Optician,
ALL WOBK WABBANTED.
stealer In Watches, Clocks, Jewelry,
Spectacles and Eyeglasses.
AND A TVLL US OW
Cigass, Tobacco & Fancy Goods.
Thi only reliable Optomer in town for the proper adjust
ment of Spectacles ; always on hand.
Depot of the Genuine Bratilian Pebble Spec
tacles and Eyeglasses.
Office First Door South of Postoffice,
ROSEBURG. OREGON.
LANGEinBEBG'S
Boot and Shoe Store
BOSESUBti, OHEtlOX,
On Jackson Street, Opposite the Post Office,
Keeps on band the largest and best assortment of
Eastern and Ban Francisco Boots and
Shoes, Gaiters, Slippers,
And everything In the Boot and Shoe line, and
OT?T T Q r tdTTP A "Q . !7,TD r A CJTT
Doots and Shoes Hade to Order, and
Perfect Fit Guaranteed.
I use the Best of Leather and Warran all
my work.
Repairing Neatly Done, on Short Notice.
t keep always on hand
TOYS AND NOTIONS.
, Musical Instruments and Violin Strings
a specialty.
I.OIJI8 LAXGEXBERG.
DR. m. W. DAVIS,
S3 DENTIST,
UOHEBCBG, OBEGOX,
Offick On Jackson Street, Up Stairs,
Over S. Marks & Co.'s New Store.
TiIAHONEY'S SALOON,
Nearest the Railroad Depot, Oakland.
JAS. MA1IOXEY, - - . Proprietor
The Finest Wines, Liquors and Cigars in
Douglas County, and
THE BEST BILLIARD TABLE IN THE STATE,
KEPT IN PROPER REPAIR.
Forties traveling on the railroad will find this place
ery handy to riait during the stopping of tbs train at j
the Oaiuana Depot, uive me a can.
JAS. MAHONEY.
JOHN FRASER,
Home Made Furniture,
WILBUR, OREGON.
UPHOLSTERY, SPRING MATTRESSES, ETC,
Constantly on hand.
FURNITURE.
I have the Best
STOCK OF FURNITURE
South ef Portland.
And aU of my own manufacture.
Xo Two Prices to Customers.
Residents ot Douglas County are requested to glre me a
call before purchasing elsewhere.
ALL WORK WARRANTED.
DEPOT HOTEL,
Oakland, Oregon.
RICHARD THOHAS, 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
ANDTHK
Ta We 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 ef Stationery, Teys and
Fancy Articles,
T SUIT BOTH T0UNO ASD LT).
Buys and Sells Legal Tenders, furnishes
Cheeks on Portland, and procures
Drafts on San Francisco.
I
SEEDS !
ALL KINDS OF THE BEST QUALITY.
ALL ORDERS
Promptly attended to and goods shipped
with care.
Address,
BACBIXY fr BBX0,
Portland. Oregon.
Within the past six months about
$3,000,000 have been invested in pur
chasing stock ranches in Montana by
Eastern capitalists. This money mainly
came from New York City. During a
visit, and talk among the capitalists, it
was found there was great disposition
to invest money in Western lands, and
especially in the cattle business. Chi
cago Tribune.
Eli Perkins says that in France the
farmers plant ojlyone stalk of corn in a
hill. They hoe the weeds out of their
wheat, rye, oats and barley. .
THE OLD WIFE.
Uy tho bed the o'd man, waiting-, sat In rlffil
sa and tender, a
Where; his aed wife lay dying; and the twi
light shadows brown
Slowly from lhe wall and window chased the
suuset's polden pplendor
Going down.
"Is It n!ht?" she whispered, waking (for her
spirit seemed to hover
Lost between the next world's sunrise and the
bod-time cares or thls.
And the o'.d man, weak and tearful, trembling'
as he bent-above her, 1
Answered "Yes."
"Are the children in?" she asked him. Gould
he tell her? Ai! the treasures
Of their household lay in silence many years
beneath the snow:
But the heart was with them living-, back
among hr toils and pleasures
Long ago;
And again she called at dew-fall, in the sweet
old summer weather,
"Where is little Charley, father? Frank: mnd
Robert have thev come?"
"They are safe,? the old man faltered ''all
the children are together.
Safe at home.
Then he murmured gentle soothings, but his
grief grew strong and stronger.
Till it choked and stilled him as he held and
kissed her wrinkled bund.
For her soul, far out of hearing, could his
fondest word? no longer
Understand.
Still the pale ling stammered questions, lull
abies and broken versos,
Nursery prat tle ail tho language of a moth
er's lovinjr deeds.
While the midn ght round the mourner, left
to sorrow's bitter mercies.
Wrapped its weeds.
Thero was stillness on the pillow and the old
man listened lonely
Till they led him from the chamber, with the
burden on his breast.
For the wife of seventy years, his manhood's
early love and only,
, Lav at rest.
"Fare 3'ou well, he sobbed, "my Sarah you
win meet tne oaocs uerore me:
TIs a little while, for neither can the parting-
ions- amae.
And you'll some and call me soon, 1 know
and Heaven will restore mo
To your side."
It was oven so: The spring time, in tho step
ot winter treaitna-.
Scarcely shed its orchard-blossoms ere the old
man closed his eves.
And they buMod him by Sarah and they had
tneir "diamond wed ling.
In the skies.
Thci vti Drown, in Youth's Companion.
CHESTER HILTON'S WIFE.
It was the cloe of day in midsum
mer. Chester Hilton was putting on
his hat, preparatory to leaving the
oflice, when his employer asked him
to step to the desk for a few moments.
"I am very sorry, Chester," said the
senior partner of "the firm of Gardner,
hitbeck &vCo "to be obliged to tell
to keep you
after this mo&fchT As vou are aware.
ss has fallen off to such a de-
lat we are scarcely making our
running oxpenses.
Chester Hilton received this an
nouncement in a cool, collected man
ner He had been expecting a crash
for two months past. Nevertheless, at
heart he felt depressed and anxiou3.
It was just the season of year when
business was at its lowest ebb. Where
and when would he get another situa
tion? He had nothing put by to live
on during the time he might be out of
employment. His salary had been only
sufficient to pay his family expenses.
The outlook was certainly a dark one.
He usually rode hoine in the horse cars,
as he lived at the outskirts of the city.
where rents were moderate, but that
night a nickel looked as large to him as
a silver dollar, It was later than usual
when he got home, and, a3 he drew
near the gate, a black-eyed baby, with
a face illuminated bv a sight of "papa,
toddled out to meet him. In her haste
she would have fallen upon the broken
plank over which she picked her way
had not her father reached out hi3 arms
just in time to save her. He held her
tightly to his breast, and bending down,
kissed the baby face and whispered
"Papa's little darling." A girlish fig
ure stood at the open gate, and as he
passed through lifted up her fresh.
young happy lace to t
"What made von
bo kissed, too
so late to-night.
Goldie?" she asked. aisy and I have
been watching for you for ever and ever
so long.
i ne cars were crowded and it is so
hot that I walked home."
"It has been terriblv hot all day,"
sue repucd. "liaoy has sutiered so
much with the heat. Do you know,
'Goldie' (the pet name she afwavs called
him), if it were not for leaving vou, I
would think scriouslv of going to Fern
side Springs. Mrs. Hunter says this is
such a sickly season for babies, and
Goldie, I saw the little white hearse
pass the house twice to-day
"You wouldn't leave me alone, dar
ling," he said. "You know I am such
a poor stick if loft to myself. But per
haps it will be best for you to go. '
I would cniv uave to buy two new
dresses and some extra things forbabv.
Board is not very high there, Mrs. Hun
ter tells me. If it were not for baby
and the sioklv season, I. would not think
of going. You know, dear Goldie, we
couldn't live without baby." As the
mother spoke, she hugged the little,
white-robed child tightly up to her
bosom. "I am so afraid of losing her,"
she said.
After the baby had gone to sleep, the
father and mother went out on the
porch and sat down in the cool evening
air. It was duk, and the husband put
bis arm around his wife and drew
her so close to his side that she rested
her head upon his shoulders. He wa3
thinking whether it was best to tell her
cf Ins dismissal. A uauber of times the
words came to his lips, but he as often
eoceued them. Ao, he could not tell
her.
"lou don't feel ai well a3 usual,
Goldie, she sa d. "lou are unusually
qxiiet. Does yo:vr head ache?" As she
$poke she placed her soft hand upon
uis forehead and passed it lightlv back
and forth. "I'll see if I have magnetic
power enough to drive it away, she
said laughingiv.
"You aru a good little wife, darling,"
gaid her hnsband, taking her girlish
face in his hands and lifting it up where
he could kiss it. "A good little wife.
"It-will bo nuite expensive to have us
go to l'ernsMe, will it not?" she asked.
Rather e-cpensie.1' he replied, "but
I'd inquire about it to movrow."
J he month soon passed, and Chester
Hilton was out of business. Ao situa
tion had boon found, and the outlook
seemed darker titan ever. &o many
business houses had reduced their forces.
But every day he went oT at the same
hour in the morniug and returned the
same time in the evening. Hi3 wife
supposed he was still at his old plaoe.
for ho bad not yet made up his mind to
xll her. Surely he would find another
place, and then it was time enough to
.et her know he had left Gardner, wna-
oeck & Co.
One morning, a fortnight after his
iismissal, Mrs. Hilton had occasion to
ro down town, and she stepped into
;he office to see her husband. " As she
;anie into the door, Mr. Gardner looked
ap from his ledger and bade her "good
morning."
"My hnsband is out, I suppose," she
laid, looking toward the empty desk in
ihe corner.
"Tour husband?" replied Mr. Gard
ner. "He Has not been in this morn-
'Notbeen in? she exclaimed."
'You know, of course, that Chester
:s not in my employ now, said the
jentlernan. "He has notjbeen with us
this month." ; 1 , .
A vague anticipation of something
wrong idled the wife s heart, out she
was reassured by hearing the senior
partner say:
"We esteem your husband very high
ly, and were 6orry to dispense with his
services, but we were obliged to do so
on account of the dullness of the sea
son
"My husband has not told me," she
replied. "I respect his motive he was
afraid it would trouble me. If he
comes in, please do not say a wod
about my having having been here."
"Certainly not," replied Mr. Gard
ner, as the young wife went out of the
office.
Turning to his partner, he said:
"What a prettv wife Chester Hilton
has! She is very young, though, not
more than twenty-one, I should judge
Whitbeck," he continued, "how
strange it is that young men now-a-
days take so many leaps in the dark as
regards matrimony. Why didn't Ches
ter Hilton wait awhile before he got
married? It was a foolish venture."
I don't agree with you," replied
the junior partner. "I married on six
hundred dollars a year, and saved
money too.
J, that was a long time ago, and
you got the right kind of a wife to help
lIJO.il atuii
"That's true." he replied, "but I be
lieve there are a great many right kind
of wives now. You can t tell what
stuff women are made of until they are
tried. Chester Hilton's wife looks as if
she had a good deal of character."
While these gentlemen were talking.
the subject of their conversation was
walking homeward on the shady side
of the street. A nickel had become as
large as a dollar in her eyes, as well
as in her husband's. In spite of the
large sun umbrella and the thin lawn
dress, she was very warm, and the per
spiration stood in large drops on her
face.
"Poor Goldie," she said to herself.
as the tears came into' her eyes. "He
is so proud he couldn't bear to tell me
that he was out of employment. Of
course, I shan't speak of going to Fern-
side again. I'll stay at home and take
the best care of baby that I can. I'll
watch her every minute. I'm paying
hllen large wages. I must let her go
and do the work myself. I wonder if
I could? We can buy our bread, but
Goldie hates baker's bread. I must
have Ellen show me how she makes
hers." And full of the pro;ect of
doing her own work, she walked to
ward home, forgetful of the heat and
dust
She did not have to give Ellen warn-
mg;
the event, as events in our lives
often are, was ordered before she got
home. Ellen's sister had been thero
and told her her mother was ill and
she must go home the following day.
J he next morning r.llen showed her
mistress how to make the excellent
bread and rolls, and the heroic little
wife surprised her husband with some,
which he said were even better than
Ellen's.
A month passed by, and whenever her
husband said, as he often did, "I'm
afraid you are working too hard, my
dear," she always answered with a
merry laugh, "I'm just as happy as I
can be doing my own work, and baby
really helps me every day, she is so
good." Not a word had been said by
either husband or wife about leaving
Gardner & Whitbeck's office.
One morning, after "Goldie" had
looked over the advertisements in the
column of "Wanted" in the morning
paper, and had put it down with a sort
of hopeless look upon his face, bis wife
looK it up anu ner eye leu upon mis
i 1 . i i r -1 1 .i.:.
advertisement:
'Wanted First-class home-made
cakes and pies, also bread and rolls, at
No. 07 Kalston Avenue. 1
"It's the Woman's Exchange," she
said to herself. "They've just opened
it. 1 rad about it yesterday in the pa
per. I'm oroing to try it, I know
I can do it," and the lit
tle wife, in her culinary enthusiasm,
hugged the baby so hard that the little
one protested loudly against such close
quartered demonstration.
Early in the afternoonwith a basket
on one arm and the baby on the other,
she took the horse-cars for 57 Ralston
Avenue.
"Very nice cake," said the lady who
waited on her. "We will take the
three loaves." As she spoke she opened
tho cashier's drawer and handed Mrs.
Hilton the price paid for such cake.
Can you make good cookies and gin-
ft r rt a i 1 1
ger-snapsr mere is sucn a aemanuior
them that we can t hall supply our cus
tomers." "I'll briug some to morrow," replied
Mrs. Hilton.
They were pronounced excellent, and,
as the days passed by, there was such .a
demand for Mrs. Hilton's cookery that
she was obliged to get Ellen back again.
"I really can not' get along alone,"
she said, "and Ellen is so good."
"Of course you need her," replied
her husband.
When the second month was passed,
Chester Hilton had only a little money
in his pocket The month's bills were
coming in. It was the first timo that
he had ever had to humiliate himself by
asking the "butcher and the baker and
candlestick maker" to wait for their
pay. IIi wirc had kept the grocery
book hidden, because it was her stock
in tg(de, and there had been a larger
bill than ever entered against her hus
band that month. But when Chester
Hilton asked for the pass book the last
day of the month, she laid them with a
cunning smile on his desk. As he
glanced through the long list of gro
ceries, a frown gathered upon his fac
or an instant was his wife so very ex
ravagant, when doing hcrownwork?"
3ut when he got to the bottom of the
jage and saw the word "Paid," writ
ten across it, he said in a tone of sur
prise: '
"Who is paying my bills?"
"Nobody but your own little wife,
Groldie, : dear," she said, putting her
irms around his neck. "You know
you kept a secret from me, and so I
kept one from you."
Then followed such a burst of elo
quence as only a husband in the same
situation can appreciate.
"I know, Goldie, you have a theory
against money-earning wives, but just
this once you know you must change
your opinion. It was so much better
than having bills carried over."
"You precious darling," he said,
"But you won't have any more of your
husband's bills to pay, because I have
just been engaged by 'Hunt & Slocum,
to begin work there to-morrow at a
higher salary than I ever had before."
Mrs. Susan F. Perry, in Chicago In
terior. Hoth Went Back.
Several years ago, there lived in Dar
dauelle, Arkansaw, an eccentric hotel
keeper known as well, say Umle. John.
He wa3 violently opposed to the title of
governor, declaring that he once knew
of a gang of thieves whose pass-word
was governor; and on many occasion
gue3ts who thoughtlessly gave him the
title, were driven from the house. Com
mercial travelers "put up" at bis hotel.
Those who were acquainted with his
peculiarities took great delight in as
suring drummers who had never be
fore visit' i the town, that by calling
tho old man governor, special" attention
would be paid. One day Harry Collins,
a young drummer for a New York
house, decided to visit Dardanelle.
"By all means stop with Uncle John
Pash," said a companion. "He is the
best feeder in the country; and say,
call him governor and he will nearly
kill himself waiting on you.
"When Collins arrived he was re
ceived with a weleorae that was delight
ful to contempla'e, and during the
course of affable conversation, Collins
remarked:
"By the way, governor, bow are "
The old fellow became furious. He
had been teased several times that dy.
lind he knew that the title was intended
to be an insult. The drummer became
angry and swore that he would not
stand such abuse.
"Come out here," said the old man.
Collins followed and was conducted to
the bank of the river, not far away.
"Now," exclaimed the old man,
drawing a revolver, "we'll settle this
thing. "Two of us came down here.
Only one of us will go back."
1 he drummer took out a pistol, half
as long as his arm, and remarked:
"I ra going back,"
"Well," said the old man, returning
his own pistol, and eying the one- held
by Collins, "I reckon that under the
circumstances we'd both better go
back." Arkansaw Traveler.
A California View of Alaska.
Alaska is an anomalous Territory.
It has a full set of United States offi-.
cers, including a Governor, a District
Jndsre, a District Attorney, a Marshal,
a Clerk of the Court and four Commis
sioners stationed at different points.
They have not much to do; but to give
some of them a little additional employ
ment the Clerk of the Court is ex
officio Territorial Secretary and Treas
urer, and the Marshal ex-olhcio Pur
veyor General. There is no danger of
their exerting themselves in the dis
charge of their multifarious duties to
the injury of their health. Alaska pos
sesses a bracing atmosphere that is
conducive to longevity. The white
population does not exceed two thous
and in number, and the annual in
csease to it is merely nominal. Visiting
adventurers from San Francisco are of
course not included. Business is dull;
the officials smoke their pipes in undis
turbed tranquillity; and the Courts
that is, the Commissioners, otherwise
Justices of the Peace languish in
ennui for lack of occasionl excitement
in the shape of some petty cause of lit
igation. A Legislature is of no earthly.
requirement in Alaska, as averred by
the half dozen or so of Government
officials, the Alaska Fur Company being
fully competent to transact its business
without the impertinent interference of
such. The Postmaster at Sitka ap
pears to be the most important person
age in that pleasaut region. He does
not receive much pay for his labors,
such as they are, but he manages to
live as well as the best of them with
commissions of a-higher grade. Gov
ernor Kinkead was Postmaster at Sitka
in 1887 at a salary of twelve dollars a
year. Whether or not he saved the
whole, or even hfty per cent, of it, is a
matter which concerns only himself,
But he is now the Governor of the Ter
ritory. He has lumped with a single
lean from the Postmastership to the
Governorship. Can he or any other of
Alaska s National officials higher as
cend? They have the audacious ex
amples and the decisive success of Or
egon and Nevada before them, and two
United States Senatorships are worth
struggling for. ; Still a white popula
tion of onlv 2,000 is too slim a basis
upon which to found so great a struc
ture. San Francisco Bulletin.
The leper quarter of Jerusalem is
just outside of Zion Gate. We first saw
a woman without any uose, who was
hanging clothes upon a line in her back
vartl. Going a little farther we came
upon j sights that beggar description.
Stumps of arms were held up to us.
hands from which fingers were drop
ping away, faces wrapped about with
cloths to keep the parts together. Mute
,nnli tnf dinritv triircrl.-H thrniio-Vi
throats without palates. Cor. New Or
leans Times-Democrat.
The absurd office of King's cock
crower was continued so late as the
reicn of Georsre I. During: Lent an
officer denominated the "King's Cock
crower," crowed the hour every
night
within the precincts of the palace.
in
stead of proaoune ng it in the usua
manner. . .
The cable car system As to be used
on the streets of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh
Pott.
A Case of Like Cures Like. .
An old bachelor friend of mine who
lives up town has had a dreadful expe
rience lately.
"Remark these sunken eyes," said he
with a wan smile, "see this wasted vis
age, that flattened cheek, and this
pinched nose. It's all on account of a
neighbor who has got into the habit of
giving summer-night parties. But I've
cured her, I reckon," and he chuckled
savagely.
"Summer-night parties?" I echoed,
interrogatively.
"Yes; Mrs. Blank, who lives next
door to mine, is a votary of fashion in
a small way. But as her husband isn't
wealthy enough to send her to Saratoga,
she conceived the idea of making
things lively in town for a while by get
ting up ice-cream evening parties. Ice
cream, -as everybody knows, means
girls, and girls mean flirtation and mu
sic, and pandemonium generally. The
racket began some three weeks ago. I
smoke a pipe and read or chat till bed
time, and generally go to sleep by 10:i?0.
Well, sir, just as T would be off in the
first blissful doze, there would come a
tremendous racket All of a sudden,
bang! bang! would go the cheap hired
)iano, and some wretch who makes be
ieve to sing tenor, or possibly a fiend
:in a clawhammer coat who professes to
sing bass, but only succeeds in-emitting
a hideous series of grunts and
roars, would begin the circus. The
windows being open, every one on the
block was treated to the infliction of a
free concert In one short week I heard
the score of a dozen prime operas mur
dered, a raft of solos torn to shreds,
and Heaven knows how many arias
from the best composers rendered in a
way that would make angels weep. 1
lost my sleep on an average of three
nights a week."
"Not much. I went to Mr. Blank
and told him that unless he called his
wife off I was a dead man,. He laughed
at me: then he swore and then he
ordered me out I told him I would
get square and I did,"
"How?"
"I went down town the next morn
ing and bought of a dog fancier a
canine that was warranted to howl
enough to turn the edge of a razor. Oh,
he was a beauty! His teeth were set
back as far as hi3 ears, and when he lay
back, set up his snout and howled, you
could hear him to Harlem. I chained
him in the back yard, and that night
there was a concert He took his feed
quietlv, and I thought he was really
going to sleep, but he was only
himself for a good time later oh
10-1i Giiro ennnirh" hanir!
saving
About
bang!
pumpetty! whack! thump! squirr! rick
ety! rack! br r r rip! went the
pfano, and out on the night floated the
strains of a wheezy soprano in
Some day a some day a
Some day I a shall i meet you,
when my dog caught on. He thought
it was a duet, and he did his part of "the
business right up to the handle. - Every
time the singer caught breath that
dog gave a series of yelps and howls
that made the windows rattle and my
soles tingle. He really spoiled the
effect of the song, I think, for a moment
ater the music stopped and somebody
flung a boot, or something that scunded
ike it, into my nack-vard. But that
made him howl the louder. He got
well into the kennel and lay down with
lis head a little on one side, nice and
easv like, and there he nowieo so lusti-
that I felt I had got him cheap at the
money. -
"We'l, he kept it up for three nights.
Then old man Blank came round to my
house and said he guessed there
wouldn't be any more parties this sum
mer a3 his wife had concluded to go to
the country for a soell, and it 1 would
call off mv dog he would call off Mrs.
Blank. So we called it square and now
I o-et my night's rest. But another
week of it would have made a total
wreck of every soul in the block.", N.
r. Star.
Stealing Eaejles.
A farmer named Peter Gow, in Dun-
wich, is in possession of several joung
eagles, whose eyrie is in a tall tree on
his farm. Several boys in Dutton have
had a hankering for these eagles for some
time, but Mr. Gow said he would not
part with them at any price. The bovs
vvero determined that he siouid, and
one night trus wees iney appearea at
the foot of the tree with pikes attached
to their legs, after the mode of the tele-
nranli prptnrs. n.nd ft stout stran t.n
buckle around the tree to assist in
climbing. The boldest boy in the
crowd climbed the tree, and when about
sixty feet from the ground, just under
the eagle s nest, his strap dropped and
lodged where it could not be got. lie
was in a predicament. He could not
set down without assistance, which the
oys could not give. Various
plans
were suggested, but to no purpose,
towards morning, when the boy in
So
the
tree frot tired of hanging on and was
about to drop, they went to Mr. Cow's
house and besought him to come out
with a rope and help save the life of the
youngster in the tree. The old gentle
man fortrot the miauitv of their act and
ran to the barn, took the rope out of
his hay-fork and went to the tree at a
two-forty gait lhe question was:
ITaw rrrjf- fViA J wfYk im fr lift KrwO
After considerable cogitation the lad
up in the tree was seen tearing
his shirt, and the problem was solved.
The shirt not being sufficient his pants
were next made into strips and
ii moms uiui Buiua auu ncu iu-
gether. They reached the ground; the
rope was attached to it and drawn up
and down came the lad from his preca
rious position as naked as when he was
born. Mr. Gow provided the youngster
with a pair of pants and ahorse blanket
to keep the musouitoes from eating him
up on the way home through the
swamp. These boys think stealing
eagles a poor spec. Toronto News
She looked just a bit anxious as she
appeared on the wharf at the foot of
Woodward avenue yesterday and asked:
"Anybody lumped in hure to day.
"No, ma'am." "Will you please do
me a favor?" "Yes'm." "My husband
has threatened to drown himself, and I
iion l wane mm to. can e: stay nere
and watch because l m going on an ex
cursion. In case he comes won't vou
please discourage him. He's very easy
discouraged, and I can go on my trip
and feel HKe enjoying mysen. ine
man promised, and she went away in the
best of spirits. Detroit free -Press.
The Duties of Parents.
We should so live that when the sum
mons comes to.be a parent it will find
us prepared. Like a thief in the night,
at an hour when we thinkJnot,like a thun
derbolt from a clear sky, the call may
come to us. Let the n ght-lamp, there
fore, bo trimmed and burning, and the
alum whew ye can lay hold on it at
any time. But, above all, we should
make ourselves conversant with those
little parliamentary rules which must
govern the conduct of the parent in his
or her social contact with the child. A
lew s uggestions upon what constitutes
and shows good breeding in this branch
of society, readily marking and con
trasting the cultivated parent and dis
tingu shing him or her from the vulgar.
we say in France), the James Crow and
tho sans culottes parent might sot be
ill-timed or inopportune ,
In wiping a child's nose be extremely
careful to leave the nose. Some parents
use so much unnecessary strength in
doing this that they find when it is
too late that they have wiped the nose
of a pet eh ld into space. Nothing
gives more needless pain. Nothing can
be more pitiful than the child's first
look of sorrow and disappointment when
he starts to wipe his nose and discovers
that it is gone. Pause, fond parent
while th wipe is in its incipiency, and
resolve that you wdl spare his nose. Jt
can be of no use to you, and the loss of
it will be a constant source of annoyance
to the child.
Teach your ch Id the beauty of frank
ness and op'-n candor toward all. Im
press upon h m the beauty of be'ng
what you appear to le, and hate de
cept on everywhere. It you wdl fondle
him and dote on h m in society and
lerk h m i aldheaded in tho seclusion of
the home e'rele, he will readily under
stand what vou mean. Children soon
lea: n i hat if vou hug 1 heir 1 ttle giz
zards fat while visitors are alo.it, and
then, when the home life is again ro-
su.ned, you throw them down cellar
and wear out a table leg oh their chub
by limbs, that l'fe is real, life is earnest,
and the square-toed, open, frank pol cj
is not gene ally n use. .
Pa ents should impress upon the'r
children the beautv of self-sacrifice and
self-abnegation, if they kuow what that
is: 1 dont. If the e should be but one
piece of pie, give it to "poor sick
papa." It may kill him, and after the
tune al your v ung lie will fce one p-o-
longcd halh'lu ah and rose t'n ted
whoop'emup'li -a ane.
Parents should not be i ostantly sus-
pic ous o: thc.r children. l tin wm in
evitably breed by poo isy and unreliabil
ity It you fear that v ur son is play-
? pin-pool, do not break down your
ccust.tution and bring on delirium
tn mens haug ng around the pool-tables
watch ng all night uk him. lie wii
loo.; upon vou w th distrust, -and no
doubt at last tell vou to ro and soak
your head
Do not constantly tell your boy "how
fair he is that he "grows like a
weed" and finally make him think he
is a iriraffe. If you keep it up you will
finally make a round-shouldered, awk
ward, bashful bean-pole out of a mighty
good-looking boy. If every tail b y in
this country will agree to lick every
wooden headed man who tells hira
how he does arrow." I will agree to
ho'd the coat of said tall boy. I am
now dealink with a subject on which 1
happen to be informed. The same rule
applies to girls as well. If you want to
make your daughter fall over the piano
and yearn to climb a tree whenever she
3ees anyone come toward the house,
tell her "what a great swalloping torn
boy she is getting to be." In this way.
if parents act judiciously and iu con
cert, we can soon have a nation oi
young men and women whose manners
and carriage will be as beautiful and as
symmetrical as the plaster cast of a
sore toe. Bill Nye, in Denver Opinion
Uncer'ainty of the Law.
Here i3 another instance of the glori
ous uncertainty of the law. The case
of the father who caught diphtheria
from sucking a tube to draw out the
"diphtherian matter" in his child's
throat and brought an action again t
the doctors in consequence, has already
been twice tried the first trial ending
in a disagreement, the second in a ver
diet for the doctors. A divisional court
yesterday, ordered a thiid trial, which.
just 10 complete me iimessoi tne ining,
will no doubt end in a verdict for the
father. We will refrain, however, from
nre udicing the legal aspect of the case.
aud will content ourselves with po'nt
ing out that a very interesting question
of ethics was involved in the argument
yesterday. Lord Coleridge had assumed
that the paternal instinct would have
made the father suck the tub', in any
case, and did not in:nK, tuereiore, thai
his not having been warned of the daji
ger made any d ttcrence. tsut tne
ludges decided yesterday that the fath
er ought to have been told of the dan
ger anl thus to have "had the alterna
tive presented to him whether he would
nuek the tube or not And this is
clearly the view that most schools of
ethics would take of the matter, for
where was the virtue of the self-sacri
hte of it was not d ctated by tho rea
son? Pall Mall Gazette.
A .Japanese 3IniiMient.
The prowth of modern ideas in Japan
has teen sitrnificautlv indicated of lat
a
I.., , .
in lf erocuou y noHmu
impo3i
Richardson, an
En2l5shman, who died
in lobo aunnj me neree struggle
again' t the outside Nations. Mr. Rich
ardson was hacked to death by the
g-.iards of a Japanese nobleman, and
his pompan:ou3 were crueiiy maltreat
. . . . ...
ed. The affair was one of the causes
of the bombardment of Kagosheemaby a
British squadron, in which l,oOJ Japan
ese were Kiuea anu wounaea ana ?o,uuu.
00 ; worth of property was destroyed
Then indirectly also the murder led to
the suppression of feudalism in Japan
through the agitation which followed.
and th monument now set up is ap
parently a recognition of that reform
as much as of the man whom it honors.
It is' placed on a mound on the spo.
where he feu, ana is inscribed with
erses recording his virtues, and n: av
ing"that the thoughts of the bless'mgs
he bi ought us may gladden his heart in
the land of the shades. 'Chicago Irib-
Tte. ....
Easy Lc3sons in Science. "v
When you lie down to sleep you have
your choice of doing; either one of two
things vou can sleep like a Christian or
a fiend; but yon cau t do both. In the
case of a Christian the act of breathing
is simple; the air passes to and fro be
tween the lungs and the limitless ex
panse of the universe through the chan
nels of lhe nose. There is another
channel through the mouth, which com
municates with the lungs, and these two
channels unite in a little cavity just be-
, , , , , - i-.f .
low me v eium penuuium paiau, or, as
the doctors sometimes call it the soft
palate, which is attached by one end to
the bone covering the roof of the mouth.
This bone is bounded in front and at the
sides by the al velar, arches and tho
Lgums; behind it is continuous wrth tho
soft palate, or, as it is commonly called.
"the Velum pendulum palati. This roof
of the mouth, which is covered by
dense structure formed by the perios
teum and mucus membrane of the
mouth, is sometimes called the hard
palate. Well, now, one end of the soft
palate if I may be allowed to use tho
professional name is fast to the hard
palate. The other end hangs out in
infinite space, like the leg of an old lady
backing out of a carriage, wildly feeling
for the ground with one foot This
loose end of the soft palate is lightly
and easily moved by the air asyonr
mortal breath breezes itself along the
avenue to and from the lungs. The
lungs, my dear child, are your breath
ing things your bellows, to speak pro
fessionally, like Prof. Sullivan, the
great slugger. ;"
Now, when a sleeping Christian
breathes, he breathes through his nose
alone. When the air passes through
the nose it gently presses the swaying;
end of the palate down upon the tongue.
The vibration is greatly impeded, if not
entirely checked, and no sound is pro
duced. But if you hold your mouth?
wide open while you sleep, so that the
two currents of air pass in and out
through the nose and the mouth, th
soft palate is right in the path of a
respiratory cj-clone,' it is thrown into a
state of violent vibratory commotion, it
flaps and flutters about like a robe de
nuit on the clothesline on a raw and
gusty day in March, and you snore like
a policeman. According'to the rapidity
or slowness of the vibrations, the snore is
shrill and sonorous or profoundly deep
and guttural. So, if you snore, or
think you do, vou know now how you
can easily prevent it Put a base ball
in your mouth when jou he down; or
you can sit up all night and keep awake;
or you can fasten your mouth shut with
screws and thongs of leather; or, you
may sleep out on the pathless prairie,
far from any human habitation, and no
one will care how much vou snore.
Burdelte, in Brooklyn Eaqle.
1 he Talking Dog.
It was a Market street restaurant. A
solemn man entered, followed bv his
dog, seated himself and asked for the
bill of faie. It was given him.
The dosr meanwhile had climbed upon
the chair on the other side of the table,
and was gravely regarding his master.
"Well," said the solemnman, reflect
ively, "gimme two fried - eggs, turned
over."
"Gimme the same," said the dog.
The waiter gazed at the dog with
amazement mingled with horror. The
solemn man continued:
"Then I guess you can give me a sir
loin steak, very rare, with fried pota
toes."
"Gimme the same," said the dog.
The waiter's face assumed the color
of cold boiled veal.
"Cup o' coffee, plenty o' milk," went
on the solemn man.
"Gimme the same," said the dog.
The waiter shuddered, and turning,
fled for the kitchen.
A man with a squint, at an adjoining
table, was much interested m the scene.
He had observed it closely, and finally
spoke to the solemn man:
"It must a been a tearful lot o wort
to learn that dog to talk, mister."
"It was," said the solemn man.
"I should smile,' said the dog.
"What ud you take lor him now,'
said the man with a squint
"YYouldn t sell him," said the solemn
man. "
v,You'd better nos" said the dog.
"The man with a squint was -much
impressed. He began making wild
offers, and when be reached a thousand
dollars, the solemn man relented.
"Well," said he, lean t refuse that
I hate .to part with him, but you can
have him."
"He'll be sorry for it," said the dog.
The man with a squint drew a check
for the amount, which he gave to tha
solemn man. The latter was about
leaving when the dog cried again:
"Never mind 1 11 get even. 1 11
never speak again " s
He never did. ;
The gentleman with a squint was the
proprietor of a dime and freak museum
on Market street.
The solemn man was a ventriloqulal
crook. San Francuco Argonaut;
Vigorous Seed Corn.
It has been noticed b' every farmer
that corn when planted exhibits all de
grees of vigor in growth, even upon
sou that cannot possimy oe umiKe in
fertility. It has ' been suggested that
such vigor is attributable to seed itself,
and that if certain precautions are tafc
en, seed of uniform vigor may be more
closely approximated to size, or weight
win not eteruiiue uns, uui it uiigiit ue
possible to eall in the aid of specific
f;ravity, and thus discriminate between
ight and dense Seed. If seed of any.
Kina is put in Dnue it win db iouna mat
a greater or less quantity will not sink,
but rema:J -floating upon the surface,
while the other will sink to the bottom ;
and it is from these last that the most
vigorous plants must come. It is a
most important thing in successful crop
growing to have seed of uniform grow
ing, and the great loss in grain produc
tion results from this very cause. With
improved machinery, rotation of crops,
better understood methods of fertiliza
tion and cultivation, if a way of obtain
ing more uniformly vigorous seed could
be chanced upon, it is not beyond the
bounds of reason to suppose that better
crops can be raised in the Unnited
States than in Egypt and India with the
rude, barbaric ways and implements of
I the centuries. Cleveland Herald.