THE OEEGON SCOUT.
JONES V CHANCISY, l'lilillnlicrs.
UNION,
OREGON
HITS OP INFOR MATIOX
PArsn stovca nro tho latest develop
mcnt of German ingenuity.
The literal translation of tho term
fub rosa is under tho rose i. o be
tweon ourselves. It was customary
among tho ancient Germans, on festival
occasions, to suspend a roso from tho
ceiniiEf above tho table, as a symbol tnai
whatever wis said during tho feast, by
tlioso present, would bo Kept as a secret
among themselves.
The papaw grows on a branchless trco
in tho East and West Indies. It is the
size of an ordinary melon, and in form it
resembles a gourd. Tho Nortli American
papaw grows upon tho rich bottom
lauds of our Southern and Western
rivers; in shapo it is lika tho banana ; tho
color is ornngo, and it contains a yellow
ish pulp of tho consistency ot custard.
Tub distribution of nationalities in
tho Union army during tho great re
bellion was as follows:
Per Cent,
Native American 1,8211,300 75.48
Jlrltli.li American K),MX1 a.CJ
Knollah. 4V00 2.20
Irish 144,200 7.14
(leriiian 178,800 8.70
Otlicr foreigner 48,400 2.S8
t orciRiiern, nativity unknown
20,500
1.83
Total 2,018,200 100.00
The origin of tho gamo of billiards is
uncertain, although several stories aro
told concerning it. It was imported in
Britain from Franco, and was known to
Englishmen by name as early as tho six
teenth century, since Shakspearo speaks
of it ho seems to have been little less
than omniscient insovoral of his dramas,
IIo oven portrays Cleopatra as amusing
i i .i i fur t i ..i ii
uciscii wiui miiiarus, mil mis is un
questionably ono of tho palpable 'ana
chronisms to which ho appears to havo
been indifferent, and winch lie scattered
throughout his plays. Tho gamo itself
was in all likelihood mediiovnl, but, as
played nowadays, is comparatively mod
ern. For two centuries it was played
with only two (white) balls, and, wiion
tho third (red) ball was imported into
llritnin, the red winning hazard, or holing
ot tho red ball, was well-nigh tho solo
object of tho players. Tho billiard table
if tho present is as different as well can
bo from tho billiard table of 200 years
jigo, as persons Know who havo noticed
their evolutions as represented by tho
tables of divers eras. Tho greatest
biluardists aro tho Hussions, Spaniards,
French and Americans, who now play it
moro than any other nation. Even' ycur
mo popularity ot mo gamo increases.
Suicides of Soldiers.
A Burgeon in tho Italian army gives
aoino curious statistics of tho number
of suicides in tho sovoral European
armies, and of tho means selected in
different countries to got rid of tho
burden of lifo. From tho figures sot
down it appears that in ono year ono of
every 1,830 men in tho Gorman army
committed suioido; in tho French army,
ono of every 1,881; in tho Belgian, ono
of every 2,222; in tho English army,
ono of overy 2,031; and in tho Italian
army, only ono of every 8,312 mon.
"With regard to tho manner of suicide,
tho Italian writer assorts that English
men and Gormans prefor getting rid of
thoir lives by hanging themselves, Irish
men and Frenchmen by jumping into tho
water, and Italiuns by sending n bullot
through thoir brain or heart. Tho
tmnibor of suicides, again, is found to
bo proportionately great among soldiers
in thoir second or third your of sorvico
than among tlioso who have moro ro
ceutly joined tho colors. During tho
first year of sorvico, tho writer suggests,
tho novelty of his work and of his sur
roundings diverts tho attention of tho
roortiit and provonts him from thinking
of nolf-destruction, whilo tho duties ho
has to perform fatigue him exccsHivoly;
and a man does not kill himself because
his body is wearied, but becauso his
mind is opprcssod. That cases cf sui
oido aro proportionately moro frequent
in tho army than in civil lifo, as is no
toriously tho caso.isnot. in tho opinion
of tho Italian writer, becauso of tho
hardships or peculiar conditions of
military sorvico, but becauso tho ran-
Jority of soldiers with tho colors aro
ust of tho age when tho greatest incli
nation to commit Btiicido prevails.
The Kind of VliliHTlmt lira Soon 1'lvkon
Up.
Tlio postmaster at Gloucester, Mass.,
has received tho following letter, writ
ten in good faith by a man in a suml
town Tn Connecticut, who gave his
name mid postolllco address:
"Mr. Postmaster If you know any
Buxom Fleshy Good Nutuied Widow of
Mlddlo ago Y"lio has not more than ono
ohlld to take Caro of and Would like a
good permanent homo to Ho mistress
of as their own if Both tiro Suited
plcaso to Send mo their Address or
hand this to such an ono if you Can I
inn Little more tlum M yrs Have u New
house pleasant homo or tho right ono
mid Will Show to them tho Host of
Recommendation from thoso who havo
known for years I havo Lived hero for
21 yours In this village.
"please Send tho Address of Such mi
ono ii9 I havo Described or hand this to
Ono who cures for a good pluco enough
to Write Address,
" , P O Box 83."
Tho postmastor's reply met tho case
exactly, ns follows:
"Glouckstkk, Mass., May 19, 1882.
My Dkau Sin: In reply to yours of
tho 10th instant I would state, that
Buxom, Fleshy, Good-Nuturcd Widows
of mhldlo ago' aro very scarce and do
not swim in these waters without being
caught up vory quick.
"Wo have ii lloatlng population
wholly of mon engaged hi llshing, and
when ashoro, bo experienced tiro thoy
in the 'slioro fisheries' that it wns very
foolish in you to think for a moment,
JWO miles away, you would havo a
chance to oatoh BUoli a widow when no
many, moro experienced, uro right on
theupot.
My aclvJo to yon Is to seek a rosy,
clacked, corn-fed country lass of tho
Nutmejf state, Imduml of trying ,
with k Ionk k IIuu or salt-water will,
own."
ADDITIONAL KM5CTION NEWS.
The Count Slow, but Ignotigli nt Ilnnd
to Show General Itcniiltx.
New Yon. Nov. A. Whore full fleurcs of
yesterday's stato election in Now York are
rrmlvcd. tlipv will mako mi unusually In-
terestlnc study. At present it is possible
to consider only tlio jiiuranticsioriiioBiaiu
as a wholo. Ilicso Bhow plainly mat u mo
votofor Davenport in tlio stato at largo
had been as lull as it was in uns city una
Brooklyn, ho would have been elected. Ifo
was, in fact, donated by what lias always
been consldored tlio republican strongholds
of the state, the portion north of Harlem
river.
HHPs total voto in the city falls over
9,000 behind Cleveland's, and Davenport's
falls over 14,000 behind Dlaino's. Tho
trunsler ol Tammany's total voto irom
Illaino last year to Hill this year ought to
have niado a greater chango than this, and
tho fact that it did not indicates that many
imlepondont doraoerats did not voto for
mil.
Ilicusio.ND, Va., Nov. 4. Additional re
turns do not cliango tlio indications teie
graphed last night ns to Gen. Leo's major
II v of lr,.000. nnd it mnv co to I10.000,
As to tlio legislature, BulUcicntrottiriiH havo
been received to show that tho democrats
havo already GU of tho 100 members of tho
house of delegates nnd 23 out of 40 mem
bers of tho somite. Tlio republicans havo
10 members of tlio houso and 11 senators.
Tlio counties yet to bo heard from, it is
thought, will iticreaso tlio democratic mom-bet-ship
in both houses to a two-thirds ma
jority.
Uamimoiu:. Nov. 4. Sufficient returns o
tho election held vo&tordoy havo been ro
ccived to Indicato that tho mnjority Tor the
democratic stato ticiiot will bo nearly 30,
000. The legislature will stand about as
follows: Bona to republicans 0, democrats
20; houso or delegates repuuncaiis io,
democrats 101. Democratic majority on
iniiit ballot. 00. assnrinc a democratic sue
censor to Senator Gorman, whoso term will
expire March 4, 1887.
llosTON. Nov. 4. Tlio voto of Mnssnchu
setts, with llvo towns to hear from, is: For
governor: Koliinsoii, rcputinenn, i ij,'-i.i
1'rinco, democrat, HO.luu; i.ittnrop, pro
hihition. 5.501: Sumner, labor, 2,181
Pobinson's plurality over Prince, 22,207
Dr.s Moines, Nov. 4. Tlio Heglster blip
dollnito lotiirns from overy senatorial and
representative district of tlio stato. In the
lionso the republicans havo 5'.) members,
tlio fusionists 111), independent republicans
1, doubtful 1. Tlio senate stands: Thirty
ono republicans and 10 fiiHionists. The
olllcial returns cannot vary these figures
moro than ono or two. Of twenty-four
senators elected tills year tho republicans
elect 15 and tlio lusionist '.). beveral mem
hers aro elected by small majorities. Koin
Igor, republican, is elected senator in Floyd
iy o, and I'oiorson, inoenoiuiuiiii repinm
can, in Grundy by 14. Urloy, republican
is elected in Monroo by 2!1, and Ilutchin
son, republican, for senator in Wapello
by 22.
IIaiitfoud, Conn., Novombor 5..-0or-
rected returns of tlio voto throughout tho
stale show Hovcral changes. According to
thrsu the republicans gain a representative
in Helhany, Chaplin, I'litnaiu ami Grotou,
and the democrats elect one of tho Mcridcu
representatives'. Dr. Davis' corrected
tables show the house to bo composed of
i:i2 republicans una 1 lodemocrats. There
will proliauly Do several contests.
Ni:w YoitK, Novonilier 5. Witli reports
on the ticket missing Irom eight counties,
Including tlio countiesof New York, Albany
and Krio (which includes buffalo), tlio vote
lor liMHcom, proliiiiiliou candidate lorgov-
ernor, is 10,017. Tho total voto for St.
lohu in tlio presidenlal election was 18,-
ho.i. iNo estimate is made of tho pi-olnhi-lion
voto in tlio missing counties.
Di:s Moinks, Iowa, November 5. Tho
KeglHter has complete and dollnito returns
from nil tholoislntivodistrictsln tliostato.
Tlio only changes niado is that Ca o
(Iiislon), lor Heuator, is elected in the Moyd
dlHtriet over IteiiiHgar by llfteen majority
and that in Cedar county, Corrigan (repub
lican) Is elected hy 1 ins majority. Tim sen
ate will theieforo stand thirty republicans
to twenty fusionists and tlio houso sixty
lepuhlictins, thirty-nine fiiHionists and one
Independent republican. Tin) counties re-
Killed in lull bIiow 15 per cent of a reptib
lean stny-at-hoino voto, us couinarod with
tlio polls of two years ago, and 5 per cent
of a democratic stay-at-liomo vote.
Huiio.v, Dak., November 5. A dispatch
from Hugh Campbell, to whom the returns
were sent, conceded that Huron carries the
apital location by fully 4,000.
NEWS NOT",.
Nino plans for tho monument to be erect
cd in Chicago ta tlio memory ot Gen. Grant
are under examination by tho trustees ol
tlio fund. Tlio estimated cost varies irom
5115,000 to 500,000.
I'reasurer Abbott, ot tho Wisconsin Ct-
tral road announces that tlio Great West
ern terminal srhemo at Chicago will be ear
lied out, at an uxponso of about 0,000,
000. Prancls L. Whito, a moinbor ot tho Bos
ton council, guvo 510,000 ball whoa ar
the elmrL'o of secreting from bis
creditors 525,000 worth of hides. Ho do
dares himself totally innocent ol tlio of
fense altered.
Tliooxccssof reservolntho bank vault
in New York, which for months has stead
ily increased, is now 28,4:11,808.
::-. Kllati Finn, ot Cincinnati, on plead-
illtv to druwiiiL' a pension after hoi
second marriage, wuh sentenced to ouoyear
in tlio penitentiary.
The secretary ot tho Interior confirmed
tlio action ot the eoinir.awionor id tlio hind
olllco In restoring to tho public domain tin
tract ot laud in .Southorn California at tin
intersection ot tlio Texas Pacllio ami
Southern i'neillc railroad grants, lho sec
rotary, in his decision hold that the
Southern Pacific grant included only such
lauds as wero not covered by otherrailroad
grunts, and therefore could not iucluiU
the tract in question, which formed partof
the forfeited Texas Pacillo grunt. Tha cus
had come up to tlio secretary on auiippeal
by tho Southern Pucille railroad couipauy
from tho coinmUsioner's declslou.
A report from tho Oklahoma country Is
received that freighters and boomers have
been toning muh-s mid horses to a great
number within the past few weeks. Tlio
enmmuiilly is greatly stirred up, and it the
thlevi-s are ruptured wholesale hanging will
follow. That country Milled with settlers,
and they say they will not bo removed by
tho government.
William P. Smith, tor many year foro
uiau and night editor ot tho Now York
Herald, and one ot tho best known jour
nalists in the United States, died of kidney
dlveaso at IiIh residence in Brooklyn.
Gov. Hill was serenaded at the executive
iniiimluu by the rititeus ol Albany and the
JiirkMouiau club. In his reply to tho greet
ing Gov. Hill made these points, "that the
democratic victory In New York will
circuit hen tlio liiiuds ol our provident and
aid him In his effort lor tho inirlllcatlou of
the public fccrvho; that New ork ran never
bo curried upon any Umieot trtloual hate;
that lie had not pruuiUod a uou-piirtUiiu
nilmbilMtratloii ot utato nlfulnt, but would
uiulu uu hoi.cit one,"
Orders have been received nt Roach's
ship-yard to start up at once, and tho ma
chinery is being put in order to that end.
Navnl Constructor Steele, who will havo
chnrgo of tho completion of tho cruisers,
has arrived at tlio yard. About 300 men
will be put to work.
Wesley Uurchnrdjcnsliierof tho Farmers'
bank at Grass Lake, Michigan, is missing,
being a defaulter to tho amount of $18,
000. Ho was in tlio habit of taking $200
or $H00 at a time. When confronted by
tho directors he acknowledged having done
wrong, but promised to mako the amount
good. Ho was not nrrested, and disap
peared that night. It is thought tlio funds
wero sunk in wild speculation in Texas.
Agents of tlio general land office in Utali
aro looking up frnudsinthoMormonchurch
acquisition of U0.000 ncrcs of land in
Cncho county. Soino years ago, it is
claimed, frauds weie found enough to ovne
uato tlio patents.
Tho Ohio and Mississippi hdlwny com
pany has astonished the railroad fraternity
by making a Inst trip witli ono of its pas
senger trains, from Louisville to St. Louis,
tlio time uiudo being tlio best (for the dis
tance) over mndo by linjr lino running into
St. Louis. On tlio morning of October 25th
nt 2 o'clock tho train, consisting of llvo
cars nnd having on boanl tlio Itobson it
Crano theatrical combination, left Louis
ville After making- thirteen slons and
changing engines twice, it arrived in St.
Louis at 10:45 a. m. Tho running time of
the train wns 8 hours and -15 minute, and
the distance covered was :t24 miles. Thus
it will ho seen tho train averaged within a
fraction of forty miles an hour including
stops. Tho road has been ballasted and
equipped with steel rails and there is now
no butter lino In the country.
AChicngoun bus incorporated inMissouri
a company to construct conduits in tho
streets of St. Louis for tclegruph and tele
phone wires.
Tlio purchaso of tlio dispatch boat Dol
phin by tlio government has been com
pleted, tlio negotiations with Mr. llonch
having been secretly carried on for some
time.
Tho tipple crop of Champaign county, III.,
is not sulllcietit for homo consumption.
Last year lifty thousand bushels were
shipped away. Moro than hall tho trees
have been winter-killed.
Tho shipping of apples to Kuropenn cit
ies is being largely carried on by farmers in
the Hudson river valley. It is estimated
that there will bo exportcil from that re
gion about 0,000 barrels, mostly Xewtown
Pippins. A number of fruit growers will
export largo quantities of cider.
An agent of tho Connecticut Humane so
ciety broko into tlio houso of George Peck,
Jr., in Now Haven, during tlio absence of
the family and released Mrs. Caroline
brooks, widow of a soldier of 1812, who
was being supported under a contract with
the towiiNliip of Soiitliington. Site was in
rags and had rccoi veil only ono meal of cold
mackerel and potatoes each day.
Thomas James, n colored man residing
near Gaiiisvlllc, Ga., has a family of lifty
four children, thlrty-threo of them being
now at homo with their lather. Ho has
had threo wives, and tlio three wives were
all living at ono time. Only one of them is
now living, and sho claims nineteen of the
children.
TROOPS SENT TO PANAMA.
Serroturv Whitney DUimtelies Two
u'...- si. i ii. to llio Intimitis.
Sm.i-nt.irv Kndicotthns sent instructions
to the military commanders whoaroBta
tlm neighborhood in which up-
-Sui., .n.niiwt tlio Chineso aro apt to oc
cur, to havo their troops in readiness to
enforce tlio provisions of tlio president's
proclamation issued Saturday. In refer
ence to Secretary Whitney's order in send-
ing tho Tennessee and Uuiona to uiu ioni
ums of Panama tho Star Bays it is inferred
that ho is anxious to prevent another out
break similar to that ot last spring, which
ii i :.,ii,..iu trutmifc. rendering
Will UUUHUger mi""""' - -
this government liable for damage, and
quotes the naval ollicor tu saying: " e
haven't received bills for tho burning ol
AHpinwidl vet, but Uiey. will bo along
lis winier, uu" . 4,
. i i n,.i,,n,.,j tn tho extent
II HOWl lllinni. ''" , ,
of a good many million dollars were
caused liy mo uuriuiiK ""i
and it looks vory much as it tho Rovcri -
nient would no couqieneu ku
1. dm traiiRit oncu.
l o gu iiriiiuevii ' , , i
i . - - . i.i .., .1,. it nml In tha event
loiumoui i-oiiiii uuu -. --
of its failure, tho respons.b lity reste.l on
. . .If- .l 4 1. n t.lllUir Milt
our shoulders. ou'"" V,' """" " ,
before It was dono Aspluwall was Imrned
and inlllious ot dollars worth of property
was destroyed. The pooplo who suffered
win .iv-iu.i.t, imiiuneration. and as I said will
send their bills to us."
Tlio sudden ordering oi Aiiminw jwiieiu
tlio Isthmus of Panama, is tho solo topic of
I.. ...I....1 rireleu. It is Sllill
COIIveiHIllluil in . ,
that the peoploof Aspinwall b.ivo pro e rred
ihiiins nggregaiiug uot.euni,
... ...i.:..i. ...;il K. nr.. Mf.nl.nl In roil-
Ii3,UUli,ouu, niutii , , - " , -
gross for payment. T ,ls U , a .to . foi
property destroyed miring wiuuiiunw"'i
ami tor which it is alleged that this govern
ment is responsible. Admiral J ouott smis
sion is in connection with this matter.
A -EKMHLE CYCLONE.
Scattering Deulli uiul Ilmtriit'tlou In u
l'utli I'orly ItllleN In Length.
Selnui (Ala.) dispatch: Friday night one
ot the most tcrrillc and disastrous storme
ever known In this stato passed over this
section of country, washing away bridges,
railroad-beds and growing crops, and level
ing foreslB and houses for miles. The cy
clone was accompanied by torrents of rain
and appalling electric discharges. It start
ed on tlio Cahaba river and passed through
Dallas, Perrv and bibb counties, leveling
all In its path. Kxploring relief parties suy
tho track ot tho cyclono was half a mile
wide. They havo gone over forty miles,
picking up dead and wounded, and do not
know how much longer the track is. Thir
teen norsnns huvo been found killed out
right and forty or lllty dangerously wound
ed. A number ol persons cannot be
accounted. Hales ol cotton were blown
Irom gin houses and burwted and scattered
everywhere. Growing crops, pettitoes,
etc., were torn up from the ground; oven
trees were narked. man driving a load
ol cotton to thin city has been lost; cotton
and wagon were Mown a uuurtor of a mile,
and man and mole carried oft and cannot
lie found.
belief nurtlcs are searching tor the dead
and dying, and everything is being done to
lelleve the destitution. Tho negroes are
frightened nearly to death and huddle to
gether or squat alone unclad in the hushes
and under talleu trees. The city Is living
canvassed for money to liury lho dead and
relievo the destitute.
LiniKg who wear soalskin sucks nro
very liublo not to wear thoin, for in Del
gium rabbit-skins tiro Btuvossfully pro
puml to ivsoniblo sealskin, and tlum
bunds of rabbits aro annually killed in
Khglunil whoso J wits go to lielKium. mid
louvo Uiut country aa gouuino nouUUiu,
UnrbiM'iiiir Hns Clininrpd.
"Do you want your hair div-sod?'
nskod a harbor on Hm.nl way a day i
two ago after ho bad linlsliod 8liavin
his oiistouiur.
"Yes, of course," said tho custom
er.
"You will excuse mo for asking,"
said tlio barber, "but 1 suppose on
know tho stylo has changed now, so
that tho harboring business ain't what
it was by about 800 per cent. Our
swoll customers don't havo tlie.r hair
dressed at all. They simply run a
comb through it, mako a half-way
part, and lot it lio as it will, it looks
kinder carolcsj and distinguished, you
know, and not tn though gotten up for
the occasion. A few of our custoiuors
havo their hair brushed dry and part
ed accurately, but they nro in the very
small minority. As for oil, wo no
longer keep it in tho shop, though wo
havo a little trreaso constantly on hand
for tho old-fiishionod customers who
like it. As near as 1 can understand
from what our swoll oustouiors say
they hate to smell as if they'd como
from a barber shop. A good many
chili men who conn) hero just have tho
razor passed ovur lho face onoo, and
do not have bay ruin put on tho chin
or on tho hair. It looks protty voll,
too, to my mind, becauso people wear
thoir hair short now, and if lho hair is
cut short and allowed to grow ns it
will it is apt to givo tho appearand) oi
tlio bond a better outlino than if tlio
hair is oilod and plastered down sol
idly. "It is tho sanio way with nion who
wear boards. Only a few years ago
customers always had a little some
thing put on their beards to mako
jhem stay right, and thoy took kindly
to a spray of perfume after tho work
was done. Nothing of that sort goes
now, however. Hoards are usually
trimmed close and brushed dry. It is
a big dillereneo from what it was
when I went into tho business. At
that liino oustouiors kept bottles of
lavender-water at tho shop, used
groaso, cosmetics, and coloring mat
ter, insisted on being shaved clo30 to
tho chin, and when thoy went out of
the shop and walko I abroad anybody
know where they'd been if ho didn't
eonio within ten feet of tlioni. Any
man could bo a barber nowadays; but
it took an artist to arrive at any emi
nonce in his profession when I started
in." New York Sun.
Tribute to n CoiTec-ilouso Keeper.
A good deal of literature has been
inspired by oollbo; but few men of
letters havo sung its praises, and it
seems to havo buou reserved to a
Yionuoso collee-liouso keeper to erect
tlio first statue in its honor. Towards
tlio end of tlio seventeenth century one
Kolseltit.ky, who had rendered good
service to tho besieged during tlio
leaguer of Vienna, opened tho first
eoll'ee-hoitso ever seen in tho Austr ait
capital, and now ono of his own cloth
has put up a slatiio to commeniorato
Kolschit.ky's two great services to his
follov-eiti.on3. Tho statue, which is
to bo "a line work of art," represents
Kolsohitzky in a Turkish uniform (tho
disguibo ho adopted when carrying
through the Turkish lines intelligence
from the besieged to tho duko of Lor
raino), holdintr a cafotioro in his right
hand and a cup in his left. At his
feet lies a bag ol coilee. Tho realistic
pieeo of sculptuio has just been un
veiled at tho corner of tho Kolschit.ky
strasse and thu Favontenstrasso, and
has been formally made over to tlio
city; and, as the Yionuoso loves his
cafe noir with a porfoot all'ectiou, thoro
is much lituessin the gift. at. James's
Gazette.
An Impressive Appearance.
Tho other day Judge lloncook pur
chased a now and stylish suit of
clothes, and wheu ho put it on and
blacked his boots and spruced himself
up ho was about as line u lookingspec
i mo it of niunlioid ns was over exhib
ited in a stato of captivity. Tho
Judge had somu business to attend to
at a private residence near tlio out
skirts of the city on the highlands and
went out there dressed up in his most
lnngnitieont stylo. When ho rang tho
bell tho lady of the houso sont hor
swi'Ot little four-year-old daughter to
tho door, and tho littlo ono toon re
turned with a look of tlio deepest awo
on bur pretty face. j
"Did you goto tho door, daughter?"
the mother asked.
"Yes, mamma, and oh! oh! oh!
Oh-li!"
"Why, daughlor, what's tho mat
torP Is there homo ono thoro?"
"Yes, mamma, thoro is."
"And who Is It, dear?"
"1 don't know; luainma, but I think
It's God!"
Tho Judge hoard tho conversation,
and when tho lady got to tho door she
just caught u glimpse of him as hu
How across tho railroad track. Albu
querque Democrat,
A Kiuiioih Phrase. .
Tho Latin phrase, "Whom tho gods
would destroy thoy lirst inako.-ad,"
Is itself a translation from a fragment
of Kuripidos.tho (Ireuk pout, and wtu!
lirst brougnt into notice by being left
on thu tablu of a Cambridge under
graduate, who shot himself in his
loom nearly two centuries ago. lly.
sou's famous kuutunuo, "Whom thu
gods lovo die young," was taken by
him from tho (iruok pout Jdounudur,
llotton (Holt,
THE NEGRO IN LOUISIANA.
Ki n Cnronrr He Was Queer, but Ho Sl.ikrs
a Stroiij,' Juror for the State.
Inlh!s pnrndi. writes a Plaquemines
correspondent to The New York Sun,
thoro nro ninoteen hundred colored
to four hundred whito voters. Our
stnlo senator is colored, our represent
ative as black as tho aco of spades, our
sheriff, clerk of court, assistant clerk
of court, and six out of ten justices of
tho poaco oro all black or shaded. Tho
only white olectivo ofllcers wo havo
aro tho judeo, district attorney, and
coroner. Tho two last only aro demo
crats, for thoy must bo from tho law
and medical professions, and tho re
publicans and nogroes had no man to
iill tho bill. Up to a few years ago
tho coroner was invariably a negro,
thoro being no professional roquiro
uiont. Thoro aro sovoral woll authen
ticated cases of curious interments
along tho river shore by these irre
sponsible coroners, only instead of a
human "lloator" a log would servo
for both po3tiuortom and burial. Tho
collection of tho 100 feo win easy,
lly law tho coroner's simple cortiiicato
of sorvico was niado receivablo for
taxes, subject to no manner of ap
proval, examination, or revision. This
was twelvo years ago, however, bo
foro tho military had bidden us eooti-
by.
Until republican lawyors got scarco
in Now Orloans, ono was actually ex
ported to this parisli to act as district
attorney. Tho polico jury, who hold
tho purso-strings, aro appointed by
the governor, and responsible men are
selected from tho whites. I do not
mean to imply that our prosont color
ed ollleials are inollicient. for tlio fact
is contrary, and 1 may say that our
shorill" and clerk of court, ollicors of
long experience, havo given thor
ough satisfaction. Harmony prevails
tlirougout the parish, and no attempt
has ever been made to do tho niuch-talked-of
counting out or bull-dozing.
Tho election macliiuo is in tlio hands
of tiio democrats, for tlio governor ap
points tho returning olliccr, and tlio
latter names the commissioners of
eloetion. Public sentiment U in lavor
of a f roo ballot, for, besides tho moral
ity of thing, fraud cuts both ways.
Tho schools aro separate, and 1 havo
never heard any suggestion of mixed
schools from persons of either raco.
Tho school term lasts about ten months
and naturally from thoir numorical
superiority tho blacks neod and havo
a majority of tho schools.
On our stoamboats, however, no
crroos nro not allowed in tho ladies'
cabin or at the lirst table, and thoro
has novor been auy pretense of giving
them equal accommodations. This
division has been and is a soro point
with them but they themselrcs have
niado it nocossary, and I do not think
it can bo properly attributed to any
projudico against thoir raco or color.
Hoforo tho war many plantat'ous on
the coast wore owned by colored or
nogro men, and it was no unconion
thing for tlioni to associate on terms
of equality witli whites of tlio upper
classes. Hut tlio line has since been
moro strongly drawn, and why? Short
ly after the war was over I reinomber
a woman, a negro liold-hand, going to
tho back stops of a mansion to ask for
tlio mistro-s of tho plantation. She
said to tho house servant, "Go in and
tell that woman a lady is hero and
wants to seo hor." No oll'onso was
mount, but it was and is tlioir way.
Plowmen, hoe-hands, coal-wheolors,
roustabouts, cooks, washwomen, and
fiold-workors, all did then and do now
consider thomsolvos gontlemeii and
ladies, and would bo tho last to allow
any social or so-called civil pro
omiuuuco to colored guntlumou and
ladies of polish and culture. The 7ino
is drawn among tho whites now, but
wlioro and when can you draw it
among the colored?
.Negroes sit us jurors in all tho courts
of Louisiana, and hero, of course,
thoy aro always in the majority on tlio
jury, sometimes thoro being only ono
or two wlutos among tho twolvo. I
havo novor heard any complaints of
tlioir verdicts, and in cases botwoon
tho races I havo novor known tlioni to
show any partiality to thoir own color.
Last autumn a nogro, Charles Camp
bell, killed a dago, Theodore 1'riplo
vitch. This spring a nogro jury found
him guilty, and on tho 17th of Juno
ho was hanged at tho Poiulo a la
llaoho court houso.
At our last term of court there wore
thirty-two convictions out of thirty
four trials. It is said that the darkies
don't think thoy nro earning thoir
jury foes uuloss thoy bring in a vordict
for tho stato. At auy rate, tho district
attorney told mo ho preforred a negro
jury in criminal cases. Ho himself is
popular with all classes, and tho fol
lowing 8iigOstIvo conversation oc
curred on tho Junior plantation a fow
days ago. Tho jury was asking ouo
of his hands what ho had dono on tho
jury Inst term- "Me? 1 'greed 'zaot
ly with Mr. Jimmy (tho district nttor
uoy). You know he's the stnto's olli
cor, nnd when ho dono tell mo what do
law is 1 know it's bo. 1 joss goes by
him."
It is refreshing In these times of ac
quittal on hair-splitting ami technical
ities to get hold of jurlui who aro in
for business. Ot course, hero as else
where, lareeuy is tho most common
orlino of tho nogro; but assault and
battory, wouudliig, and uvon inurdor,
aro not uueommon. Thu sentences
must bo mooted out alike to both'
races, olse I should have heard.
Black justices of tho peaco somo
times givo queer decisions. Not long
since, in ono of tho lower wards, Mr.
Johns was suing Mt. lioziur for tho
ownership of an ox. Many witnesyis
woro called, and long arguments pro
and con followed. Finally the justico
said: "I decide dnt do ox bolongs to
Mr. Bozicr, and dat do ox bo sold to
pay do costs of court. Coustablo, carry
out do judgment.
Liko their whito brethren, thoy
hold that ono of tho lirst principles
of justico is to mako sure of tho costs
of court.
It is a favorito proceeding with tho
darkies to sottlo their personal or
family quarrok before a justico of tho
peace, and plaintiff nml defendant aro
invariably accompanied by a long
string of friends and witnesses. Tho
judge usually lines both partios, and
justly, for both aro generally in tho
wrong; but what 1 never can under
stand about it is why botli parties al
ways return homo satisfied. Tlio Hues
aro usually $4 to $6, and however
scarco cash may bo tho amount is al
ways forthcoming.
They rarely bring suits in tlio civil
courts excopt in tho matter of divorce
Most of them formerly changed wives
according to fancy; but, as thoy havo
become educated up to the respoota
bility of the licenso anil tho minister,
many of them now Hud it necessary to
look to tho law for release from tho
irksomoness of tho martial tie. Thoro
is a littlo villago of about forty fam
ilies called O.ikvillo, just twonty-livo
miles below Now Orleans. Thoy havo
a church thorj ami also :t bonovolont
association, tho members of which,
paying 25 cents a month ouch, aro in
caso of sickness entitled to medical at
tendance, and in case of death to n
free crave and funeral. On tho co
operative principle, six of thu men
Irom tins villago went up to a lawyer
in Now Orloans a fow months ago to
mako application for divorces, tolling
liiiu, as they wanted to obtain thorn
cheaply, they had clubbed together
so that ho could "got it dono in a
hi nip.''
Human Gullibility.
Ono of tho most incorrigible jokers
ou record was an oilicer in a regiment
quartered at Nancy, named Do Portia
Piles, who, having no bettor occupa
tion for his leisure hours, conceived
tlio project of addressing letters to
various pcrsouagos, sinned "Calllot
Duval," which, although full of tho
most outrageous absurdities, wero
nevertheless in almost every instance
takou au scricnx by bis correspond
ent:?, whoso answers, together with tho
original epistles, form tlio contonts of
a voliiinu published in 1795. In ono
of tiiom ho implores the lieutonant of
polico in a provino al town to mako in
quiries respecting his daughter, who,
aftor secretly eloping with a captain
of hussars, is presumed to havo takon
rofugo in the locality under his juris
diction, and subjoins a "lifelike" de
scription of tho youug lady. "Dark
rather than fair, tlio eyebrows nearly
black, the chin pointed, tiie arm
plump, tlio nose ordinary, tho mouth
and oyes liko othor people's." In re
ply to this entreaty ho is gravoly in
formed that "Notwithstanding tho
most active research, no truce of tho
fair fugitive bus boon discovered" In
another ho tuggests to a Parisian
saddlor, "whose reputation," ho says,
"is European," tho idea of a marriago
botwoon "his littlo Caillot, his only
oldest son," and his correspondent's
daughtor, "always supposing him to
bo blessed with one." Incrediblo
though it may appear, ho roeoivod the
following answor by return post: "I
havo a daughtor aged 1G, and consid
ered to bo protty. I had no intention
of seeking a husband for her at pros
ont, but your proposal is so nattering
that 1 can imagino no greater happi
ness for her than to bocomo a member
of so eminoutly respectable a family."
His mastorpioco, however, is tlio oiler
niado by him to a well-known book
seller ot a magnificent volume printed
in 1400 (boforo tho invention of tho
art), and adorned with spleudid en
gravings, tho titlo of which was the
"Entrauco of King Priam Into Pans."
After some preliminary negotiation,
tho dealer having expressed a dosiro
to seo tho work, Caillot," replies
that ho has sold it tonne royal library
for 3,000 livros, in iwflitioti to a pen
sion of 300 livros, ono moiety of which,
after his decease, is to bo paid to his
graudmothort Temple liar.
A Historical Point.
Do many of tlioso who travorso the
Brooklyn bridgo know that it goea
over a spot which must over havo an
interest for tho rcadors" of American
history, tho sito of Ya-hlngton'a
first rosidonco in Now York after In
became President of tho Uuited States!
This houso stood at tho coruor ol
Franklin Square and Cherry Street, a
short distance from tho sito of the
Messrs. Harper Brothers' groat estab
lishuient, nnd hore, on May 29, 178,
Mrs. Washington held hor lirst roecp
tlon. Now tho houso is gono, nnd itii
occuplod by a llat-roolcd, ono-storj
structure containing a hardware utoro
a cigar store, and a harbor shop. Tin
bridge cars thunder overhead, and I
fow foot away runs lho ear of the o!o
vatod railway. -Yew Voik. LtUer,