THE
TIMES-MOUNTA NEER
SDPPLEMEWT.
THE DALLES, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. 1889.
PATEBNAL COl'SSELS.
What Alexander Philologus's Hire
(Said to Him When he Left Home,
"Alexander Philologa?, said the par
ent, in a voice of sad vet stern, "you are
about to go forth into tbe wide world to
CHrve out your fortune. JSo doubt you
have beautiful dreams of what you will
achieve, la your mina's eye you see
yourself coming home borne a year from
now clad in velvet ana nue unen.
trust that you may come home that way,
but I fear that vour garments may be
composed of burlap. You confidently
expect to drive homeward down the sun
lit road in a gorgeous equipage wim
servants and retainers; L trust that you
will not be obliged to walk homeward
on the ties and get turnips from hired
men to keen soul ana Doay logeuier
You scoff at the idea, and you may scoff
until the clangor of brazen bells an
nouoce that the cows are coming home.
I have beard young men scuff before at
words that were suiced with wisdom,
and I have been them in after years driv
ing street cars and sawing wood.
"The fact of the matter is, Alexander,
that you have a lashly exaggreated idea
of your own importance in this dreary
woi-'d. You foolishly entertain the idea
that if vou were to die to night the
earth would ehudden and wheel back
ward. But it wouldn't. The sun would
rise just the same, the stars would gleam
as brighly as ever, the creek would gur
gle merrily on its way, there would still
be marriage and giving in marriage.
You would be laid carefully away in a
nicelyantting grave, my boy, and the
grass would grow over you, and the bru
nette cow would eat the grass, and there
wouldn't be a single jolt in the whole
world because of your death. It is unfor
tunate that you have made up your mind
that you know it all."
"When you bae been jostled about
a little while you will want to go in a
scheduled graveyard and weep. You
will be convinced that instead of know
ing it all that you don't suspect anything.
Man is like a ground-hog in the uath of
a landslide, Alexander. If the ground
hog has sense enough to get out of the
way it is all right; but if it cocks itself
up on its hind legs ana iooks wise n win
be everlastingly tquelched. Tbe Ixiwlder
may be a great deal bigger ttian the
pebbles about it, but when an idle
6traoger fires in into the water it doesn't
take any longer to cover it up forever
than it would one ot the pebbles. I
ktew a man once who could converse
fluently in more lauguages than you
could shake a cord of wood at; what be
didn't know abont astronomy wasn't
worth knowing; there wasn't a science or
an art on which he was not an authority;
his knowledge was simply sublime. He
forgot more every day than you can ever
hope to know. Yet this remarkable man
perished miserable in a creek ten feet
wide because he had never learned to
swim. Go forth into the world, Alexan
der, but not with the Idea that you know
it all.
"Try to convince yourself that other
people may have heard a thing or two
themselves and don't expect that they
will herald you as the coming man.
The prodigal son was rather fly when he
left home, and you have beard how he
returned. He went back on his uppers,
without enough wealth to buy a bowl ol
soup at a fourth-rate chop houses, and
hundreds havn bad a similar experience.
Go lorth unostentatious and without any
drum-major business. If you are not im
mediately offered a situation as president
of a bank go to work hoeing corn, dig
ging wells or leeding threshing machines.
The world is full of golden opportunities,
bat the young man who is so mashed on
his dignity that be will not grasp them
is liable to be left in a most deplorable
and emphatic manner."
Sirs. Florence Maybrick,
Great Britian is now convulsed over
the Maybrick trial in which a wife,
young and handsome, ban been condemn
ed to death for baying poisoned her
husband. Tbe trial has also worked
great interest on this side of the Atlantic,
where Mrs. Maybrick is known to a
large circle ol friends, having been born
in this country, where she resided up to
time of her manage.
Mrs. Elizabeth Maybrick is the daugh
ter of Wbilliam G Chandler, a banker of
Molule, Ala,, who died suddenly in 1860.
A year aftewards his widow, Mrs. Came
E. Chandler married Colonel Frank Du
Barry, a Confederate officer, with whom
her name had been nnpleasently coupled
before her husband's death. In 1863
Col. Du Barry was ordered to Europe for
the purpose of making contracts for ord
nance stores. He took bis wife and
step-daughter with him and embarked
on a blockade runner. The steamer had
been at sea only a few days when the
Colonel suddenly expired and at the
command of the wife he was buried at
sea. Subsequently Mrs. Du Barry married
Baron von Rogue a German ollicer, then
a member of Crown Prince Fredrick's
staff. James Maybrick was then a cot
ton broker doing an extensive business
in Liverpool. He seems to have been a
very impressionable man, for on nearly
every visit to the United States he
managed to fall in love with some fair
passenger, and there were two or three
engagements. Meeting Florence Chand
ler on board ot a steamer in 1861 he
proposed to her and was accepted.. The
marriage took place in tbe fashionable
St. James Church, Picadilly, London.
At that time the residence of the bride
was given as NorforK, Va. Mr. and Mrs.
Maybrick appear to have lived amic
ably together for some years, although
the husband was twice as old as the wife;
her fonduess for display and somewhat
reckless gaiety led to disputes and finally
culminated in a quarrel. Mrs. Maybrick
has confessed that she wronged her
husband with a gentleman by the name
of Brierly, but insists that her husband
forgave her. The ill matched couple re
sided at Grassendale House in the best
part of Liverpool and they had two
children. Last April Mr. Maybrick took
very ill. On May 8th Alice Yapp, the
children's nurse, took a letter which she
received from her mistress to the post.
Alice says the baby dropped the letter iu
the mud, which soiled it. Fearing tbe
mother's anger, the girl decided to place
it in another envelope, but being curious
read the contents. This letter was ad
dressed to A. Brierly, Huskisson Street,
Liverpool, be being also a cotton
broker and Maybrick's (riend. This
letter said "He was sick unto death'
and "Doctors have held consultation, al
depends upon how long his strength will
hold out. Another sentencence was M
has been delirious since Sundav, and I
know he is ignorant of everything, eveu
the name of the street.". The signature.
Florie," showed the intimate relations,
between the writer and Brierly. Instead
of mailing letter, Alice Yapp gave it to
Ed sue Maybrick on the dav of his broth
er's death. Edwin showed no suspicion.
but allowed the funeral to take place.
tboug lie kept a strict watch on the wid
ow. A day oi two afterwards she was
arrested, the body was exhumed, an in
quest held and great quantities of arsenic
were louna in the stomach. Uunng the
trial it came out that Mrs. Maybrick had
bought arsenic some of which was hiddeu
way in her bedroom, she persisted in
saying she had bought this for the pur
pose of preparing a lotion for her face.
It was found that Mr. Maybrick oftm
had ordered arsenic powders from the
drug store. The defense was that Mr.
Maybrick was a habitual arsenic eater.
Doctors who gave evidence disagreed in
a most remarkable way, and it was gen
erally thought she would not be found
guilty, as the evidence was all circum
stantial. The judge. Sir JarresfStephens,
one of the greatest Euglish judges, how
ever, summed up strongly agaiust her,
and he jury, after a short deliberation,
unanimously found her guilty, her letter
to Brierly doing more than anything else
to impress the jury with, a sense of her
guilt. There is no appeal Irom her death
sentence, and the English law requires
that only three Sundays shall inter
vene between execution and sen-.
tence. Sir James Stephens is blam
ed for having shown bias against
her, and the jury is blamed for having
too blindly followed bis instructions.
Monster petitions are being signed, both
publicly at the center of population, and
professionally inside the limits of laws,
medicine and chemical science. A very
short time will suffice to show the result
of this action.
Postmaster-General Wannamaker.
Daily Graphic.
The visit of Postmaster-General Wan
namaker to the New York postoffice and
his inspection of it in connection with
the commission recently sent here by him
to investigate its needs, indicate that like
a sound and capa-bie business man he
recognizes that the centre ot any business
system must be sound and healthy or it
will all become demoralized New York
as the metropolis of tbe country, and as
its great Atlantic port, is tbe heart of the
postal service of the country. If the
heart becomes affected all the arteries
suffer similar affection. I was in the
postoffice building Saturday while Mr.
Wannamaker was going through with the
commission and Postmaster Yan Cott. It
was gratifying to bear the comments of
the employes upon both gentlemen. Of
Mr. Wanamaker, the most frequent re
mark, as be asked questions or made sug
gestions, was, "well, he's Dusiness all
over." Of Mr. Van Cott. I heard an old
mail clerk say: "Thank God for a post
master who thinks we are human beings.
Why it is like a sunbeam from a clouly
sky to have Mr. Van Cott come around."
Anv one who, in travelling, has come
upon a mother in charge of a babe, or of
two or three worried and worrying
children, while herself taxed to the limit
of endurance by heat and lack of comfort,
will rejoice that several steps have been
of late taken to render travelling com
fortable co those too poor to pay for first
class accommodations. I am told that
the Pullman Company has arranged for
cars with berths curtained and provided
witn a table and a comfortable tied which
can, for a very moderate sum, be secured
by those who are limited in means.
This is honorable to the company and
should become the rule on all roads. It
is no wonder a woman was recently made
insane by travelling in ordinary cars
from Oregon to the Eastern States.
qi'EEX TIC'S GREAT DAY.
Prince Russell, of the United States,
Honors Her With His Presence.
"Mr. Harrison "
"Oh, call me Rus. Pop always does
and I like it better, you know, anyhow."
The queen raised her eyebrows slightly
and smiled in her kind, motherly way.
"Well, Rus, then " she began again,
when he interrupted her and said:
"That's right. What's the use in being
formal at a little family party like this?
I hate formality, at any rate. T often tell
pop that he's too formal. (Waiter bring
me a little more of than soup, will you?)
But, as I was about to say, he doesn't let
any of the starch drop out. even when I
tell him he's overdoing it. Between you
and me, queen, he's scared half out of his
wits for fear he'll not say just the right
thingorslip up somehow and hurt bis dig.
Now, out in Helena, we don't have any
nonsense of that sort. The boys ju.it
waltz in and do astbey please, dig or no
dig. But you were going to sav some
thing. What was it?"
Queen Victoria seemed a little bit an
noyed and for a moment did not answer
Then she said :
"Why, I was about to remark that "
"Excuse me, but do you know that at
times you remind me of ma! Yes, you
ao. Just uow, for instance, you had an
expression that I've often noticed ou her
face when she s been talking to me.
"Ahem !"said the Pnnce of Wales.
"Oh, it's a fact, Bert," said Russell,
turning quickly to the piince, who sat on
his left. "The resemblance is postively
striking. Well. I don't know but what
it's natural. You know, prince, both
you and I come of old families. We na
turally have a sort of aristocratic air in
common. There's nothing like blood,
after all."
"Your father's premier, Secretary
Blaine"
"Oh, Jim 1" exclaimed the lineal de-
scendeot of Pocahontas, "he's a lollah, he
is. But pop s onto hun. He s got to do
as pop says, and don t you forget it
There are no flies on our administration,
"Abem!"aid the Prince of Wales.
"Anything the matter with your throat,
Wales?" kindly inquired Russell. "If
there is, I've got the dandy stuff to cure
it. Sure cure, and no nonscense about it.
Uncle Jerry gave it to me before I started
across the pond. Uncle Jerry's our sec
retary of agriculture, you know, ma'am.
He's a good natured old granger, if be
does talk too much to suit pop. I guess
we'll keep him."
Again there was a painful silence of
several minutes, during which Russell
devoted himself to some roasted pheasant.
After a while the Prince of Wales said:
"The hunting in America is "
"Oh, I know what you are going to
say," exclaimed Russell, "but you are
wrong dead wrong. All you Britishers
have an idea that buffoloes and grizzly
bears run wild in the streets of New York,
and that wild Indians keep the citizens
ot Chicago awake every night wi'h their
war whoops. That's all a fake, and it
anyone tells yon such stories you just tell
them that you'vo cut your eye teeth.
They'll try to work the racket on you if
you'll let'em, but you must just tell them
its a chesnut, my boy, and that I said so."
Once more that painful silence began
and was going on in the even tenor of its
way when Russell suddenly looked at his
watch and said, as he rose hurriedly from
the table:
"By Jove? I'd no idea it was so late.
That only goes to show how time flies
when persons are engaged in pleasant
conversation. I must ask you to excuse
me, as I have a positive engagement with
a man at 9 o'clock sharp. Too bad, too,
because I hate to break up the party.
Oh, never mind about my dessert, queen ;
I really have eaten all I want now, and I
seidom take dessert anyhow. Now don't
get up. I can find my way out of the
palace all right aI6ne. Don't bother to
come to the door, Bertie. See you ' to
morrow, old man. Ta, ta! Goodnight,
queen; I've enjoyed myself immensley.
Good night.''
When Russell had gone there was an
other interval of silence. Then the queen
said :
"Mr. Harrison seems to be a thorough
American, Albert."
"Yes'm," said the Prince of Wales, and
be added in a stage whisper: "AbemP'
Bob Lincoln's First Fee.
Robert T. Lincoln likes to tell the story
of bis first fee as an attorney. Old
Judge Logan, under whom be first read
law, bad always told him not to be afraid
to charge big fees for bis services.
"People do not respect a cheap lawyer,"
said the judge.
One day soon after Mr. Lincoln bad
been admitted to practice be sat alone in
bis office when a messenger brought a
note from a Chicago agent of one of
wealthiest insurance companies in Amer-
ca asking to nave the title to certain
piece of property looked np. Tbe young
lawyer spent about half an hour looking
into tbe title and then sent his report to
tbe insurance office. Pretty soon the
messenger came with another note. This
requested Mr. Lincoln to send bis bill by
tbe bearer. The young lawyer had no
idea what to charge. At first be thought
it would be good policy not to charge
anything, "for," said he to himself, "I
should like to get that company's work
regularly." But be knew Judge Logan
would not approve that sort of thing,
and he did not want tbe judge to think
he was heedless of bis advice. So be
figured that, since he had worked only
half an hour, $10 would be a good, stiff
price, for it would be at the rate ot
$200 for a day of ten hours. The words
of Judge Logan, however, rang in his
ears, and with a stroke of audacity that
almost frightened him Mr. Lincoln finally
made bis bill $25. He fell that this was
an outrageously high fee and was hesi
tating as to whether he would give it to
the boy or make out another for ten
dollars, when Judge Logan chanced to
come in.
"You are just the man I want to see,"
said Mr. Lincoln, and he told bim of his
dilemma.
"I knew it was outrageously high,"'
said Mr. Lincoln, "but judge, you always
told me to make big bills, and I did this
more to please you Mian myself."
"Nonesense," said tbejudge; "give me
a pen," He sat down and wrote out an
other bill, and gave It to the boy.
In a few minutes the boy returned
with the insurance agent's check for
$250, and a little note to Mr, Lincoln
thanking him for his promptness, and
saying the company's other work ot this
character would be sent to bim.
"Great Scott 1' said the young lawytr
to the old one, "did you make out a bill
for $250?"
"Of course I did," answered the old
judge. You don't want to be a d d
eleemosynary institution for' insurance
companies, do you?"
An Alliterative Jtumanre.
Sime n Sykes, silver-seller, strayed
slowly southwa.-d, steadily seeking satis
factory sales, soberly sauntered, swing
ing satchel, systematically showing solid
silver spoons, sugar shovels, small sized
salver?, superior spectacles, scissors, sew
ing shields. Somber skies sent solt
showers, soaking Simon's satchel, shoes,
stockings, shirt, skin.
Suddenly something seemed softly
saying: "Sweet Sally Slater Simeon soon
shall see."
So Simeon straightway strode stupen
dous strides, seeking Sully's sunny
shelter.
Simeon soon saw sundry stately sjca
mores standing sentinel: shading said
spinster's spacious shelter: spied Sally,
sitting solus, sewing silk stockinett,
slyly snuffing sweet-scented Scotch snuff.
sudden surprise seized Sally s soul see
ing Simeons switt strides: - sally's
sanctity soon skedaddled shamefully.
She, somewhat sensitive, suspiciously
started, suddenly spilled some snuff,
soiled stockinett, stammered, stuttered,
said, "s-s-seat. s sir."
Simeon shiveid, shook, said, "Smart
showed."
Sally said " Slightly so."
Simeon's shin seemed sore: so Sally
sought some soothing salve (Sawyer's),
supplied some soft-soled slippers.
Square shouldered, slab-sided, spindle-
shanked Simeon seemed satisfied.
Sally said: "Sold some silver since
Sunday, Simeon."
Simeon scolded savagely.
Sally suggested supper.
"Sarlin, Saliy 1" said Simeon: "some
thing sufficiently strengthening. Some
strong stimulant."
So Sally sent some sausage sirlion steak,
savory stew, some soothing sangaree.
Simeon's stomack seemed satisfied; so
Simeon smoked several "Spanish segars,"
sat stupefied, soon slept, snored sonor
ously, i
Sally, sitting, solemnly stitching stock
inett-suddenly sneezed! Simeon started
seemed scared suspiciously surveyed
surrounding space, shutters, shades;
seemed secure.
Sally stopped sewing,said she saw some
one slyly sneaking, stealing Simeons
silver.
Simeon, slightly susceptible, seemed
suddenly smitten, sought Sally's side,
sacrilegiously surrounded sanctimonious
Sally Slater's smooth symmetry. She,
somewhat suspicious, said, "Soft
sicklshl" Simeon stared significantly,
said, "Sweetest, surely such solitary souls
should sympathize."
Sally stopped Simeon.
Simeon seemed snubbed.
She seemed sorry, showed some soften
ing symptoms supinely sought Simeon's
sturdy shoulder, sh I sb ! sb ! Sim smack
ed Sally ! So straightway surrendering
she smacked Sim.
Simeon said: "Set some suitable
season." Bally said: "eepiemoer.
Simeon, shrugging Sim's shoulders said :
"Sooner 1 Surely Scripture sanctions such
strong sympathy; say Sunday."
so Sally succumbed.
Seven supernal seasons softly, silently
slipped somewhere. Seven small scions
sprung, successively shedding sunshine,
singing, shouti Dg, seldom sick, squalling
sometimes, still sweetening Sail's solitude.
So, succeeding summers serenely spent,
Simeon s seven stalwart sons seized
soldiers' swords successively snbdued
snotbern secessionists subsequently set
tled south.
Simeon still sells silver, supplying sub
stantial subsistence.
TELEGRAPHIC KEWH
Miscellaneous News Items as They
Come Over the Wires.
Boston, Sept. 1. So numerous were
the offerings oidered for tbe funeral of
John L. Sullivan's mother that a well
known florist kept bis shop open all
night last night in order to fill orders.
Watchers by the coffin still continue
their vigils and the bouse was to-day
crowded by friends of the family. It is
said that tbe deatn of Mrs. Sullivan will
postpone Johu's sparring tour.
THE GATHERING OP THE DELEGATES AT
WALLA WALLA.
Walla Walla, Sept. 1. This evening
finds the hotels overflowing with guests.
The lobbies are full, and citizens and
strangers are in the main discussing tbe
political situation, which shows almost
as many phases as there are groups dis
cussing them The Hoyt-Kinnear crowd
have a representative bere in the person
of Colonel Paul D'Heirry, of Seattle, who
is here for the purpose of endeavoring to
form a coalition between the, forces ot
King county and the Allen crowd, but
thus far has been unsuccesoful.
SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDERS.'
San Francisco, Sept. 1. Australian
papers say that about June 20 the Savo
a small trading vessel, was boarded by
natives at Maylayta and one of them shot
the mate. Laddin, dead, while another
beheaded a trader named Cooper with an
ax. Keating, owner of the vessel, and
several others on board, were badly in
jured, but drove off tbe natives, killing
twelve of them. It is reported Keating
has since died.
a brave sheriff.
San Francisco, Sept. 1. A Chronicle
special from Gieenville, Cal., says: Sher
iff Cady, of Lassen county, caught the
man yesterday who robbed Wells, Fargo
& Co., in Lassen last week. The robber
resisted and shot the sheriff three times.
The sheriff shot him once and then closed
iu on him with his pistol. Tbe wounds
are not serious. The sheriff recovered
about $1000.
MRS. maybrick's friend.
Boston. Sept. 1 Albert Brierley, the
Liverpool merchant, who has gained a
woild-wide notoriety through his connec
tion with the Maybrick murder, was a
cabin passenger on the Cunard steamship
Seytfiia, which arrived at East Boston tbis
morning.
To a reporter be said : "1 have no state
ment to make. When I left England I
told all there was to say. I came to
America to escape notoriety and do not
want to figure in the H- :t journals."
He said he had 1 : of Mrs. May
brick's reprieve at Q istown.
"Is it true that o paid tbe costs ot
the trial, amount id. ;o 6500."
"Yes," he ans xut "that was the
sum."
"Do you care U- say anything regard- -
i .. . : . u x 1, .. 1 L. m
".Nothing more than I nave already '
said. All I can say is that I have figured
more urouuutuny id iue case in pnoi
than any real conntction with it war-
ranted. Besides this I have nothing to
say as to where I am going in Boston or
after I leave there. I bave nothing to
say regarding anything, and you will
oblige me by bringing your questions to
a close.
He then went below, retusing to talk
further. After leaving tbe steamer all
trace of bim was lost.
parliament prorogued.
London, Aug. SO. Parliament has
been prorogued until November 16. The
queen, in ber speech of prorogation; said :
"Our relations with other powers continue
to be tbe most cordial. Since the begin
ning of tbe session nothing has happened
to diminish our confident expectations ot
unbroken European peace."
STORMS IN THE ORIENT.
London, Aug. 80, Advices from Yo
kohama state that disastrous storms bave
recently occurred in Walayama. Ten
thousand persons perished in tbe floods
following the storm, and 20,000 were ren
dered homeless. Tbe loss of property is
enormous.
Coke to Ban Fast Train.
Philadelphia, Aug. 21. The Balti
more and Ohio limited express was drawn
from Washington to Philadelphia yester
terday by an engine which used coke for
its heating and steam generating purpos
es. Tbe train leaves Washington every
morning at 8 o'clock, making tho run in
to Philadelphia in three hours. From
Canton to Philadelphia the time is just
two boars and five minutes. The dis
tence is about ninety-two miles.
Besides the locomotive tbat has been
running for over a month, another one
has been altered to burn coke, and for
tbe last ten days has been making some
very successful trips, "The weight of tbe
coke used," said Mr. Smith, "is just abont
tbe same as 'hat of bard or soft coal, only
judging from appearances it looks a great
deal more."
During tbe run from Canton to Phila
delphia, an investigation was made to sea
if there were any cinders flying, and af
ter several Tain' hunts for a cinder ths
search was given np.