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THE OREGON SCOUT. JONES A: CIIANCItV, Puullnlici-K. UNION, OREGON. PEKSOMJ ASH THINGS. Bonanba IIackay's wealth is cstl ranted at $180,000,000. Senatoii Gkay Bayard's successor is snid to bo ono of the handsomest men in congress. Fotm thousand and two hundred nion nro ut work on tho Russian rail way in contral Asia. Hkv. PuiLLirs Brooks is one of tho rontributors to tlio fund for building Mio now vreneh cathedral in Boston, Tim jirosidont of tho Now Orleans Woman's club is Mrs. Maria Jefferson Swayzo, a niece of Thomas Joli'orsou Cardinal Newman was received into tho Roman Catholic communion at Oxford, Oct. 9, 181.ri. Tho fortieth anniversary of tho event was appro priately celebrated by Ills co-religionists in England. l)KLAuNOv7"ilio' veteran French nctor, is said to bo quito as fascinating as ho was forty yoars ago, whou ho was escorted out of Russia because tho Grand Duchess Olga had fallen in love with him and sworo sho would havo him "if she died for it." Wai.t Whitman fears that ho will loso his sight. For somo tiuio ho has been so lamo that it was necessary to assist him in getting into his carriage for a drive In addition to this alllio Hon, fcr several days ho has been unable to sco anything distinctly. Loud IIautington thinks that tho most brilliant period of Mr. Glad stone's career was that in which ho as 'jhaneollor of tho exchequer was car rying out those great linanelal reforms which wero tho completion of and the supplement to tho groat measure of free trade. Tin: Maoris Now England, who numbered 100,000 in dipt. Cook's day, are said to be decreasing at a rate that will leave the raco extinct at tho bolning of tho next century. Tho Laplanders, too, a disappearing raco, are said to number not over thirty thousand. A iiakdv tobacconist on tho Paris boulevard has put up a notice request ing his customers not to smoke Inside his store. Ho ovidontly has a proper appreoiation of tho merits of French cigars and tobacco, lie will sell them that is his trade but ho will not smell them. Tub pooplo of Valencia nro making great preparation! for tholr annual bull light. Tho bull-rim: holds twen ty thousand spectators. There is to be a to Deum, celebrated with such pomp as to make it a popular amuse mont, and this is to bo followed by the groat annual fair. An old lady recently told Margery Donne that she was once invited to lunch at Windsor castle by Queen Victoria. Sho, with tho other guests, was on arrival placed at a sumptuous tablo, but there was' no queen in the room. When tho meal was half over tho queen entered, walked tho length of tho table, spoke to each, and pass ed out. DiSMAitcic has issued a vehement nnd menacing protest against illegible ignatures to olllelal doeumouts, bliss ally Ignoring his own fearful and wonderful example. Ho thus rivals Lord Granville, who a few years ago ssuod a eiroular calling lor improve ment In the grammar of olllelal dis patches, and in it used expressions and constructions calculated to rouse Linilloy Murray from tho grave. Mits. Sauaii AtriiKA lln.i. Siiakon h soon to appear upon the stage as Portia in the "Moroltant of Voniou." Tho now alar, whon llrst approached by a theatrical manager, seumed to havo little coulldenco in her histrionic ability, and refused to entertain his proposals, but when assured that there was money In the scheme she entered upon his plans with enthus iasm. In a French assize court the other day the Judge, following the usual prac tice of browbeating tho acuusod, ex. olaimod: "Prisoner, you not only assassinated the uufortuuate woman, but stole her watch. Crlos ot Shame!' m court. You not only stole the watch, but pawned it Shouts of Misorablel' You not only pawned it, but you sold the ticket." Kxelauia itlons of horror, during which the prisoner, who had fainted, had to be protected from the fury of the audi enco. A cuntous advertisement has re cently appeared in a Muscovite paper: "A Russian gouttamnu who has just acquired large fortune In America, &ud who lias lost his beloved only iaughtor, withes to bequeath Its pro perty to a young lady of noble birth mid tho orthodox faith born lit south ern Russia during 18151 or 1806, and bearing tho name of Sella lvauoviia. If such an ono oxUts she is requested to Bend her baptismal register and ex act address to C. K X., llureau de Pstu do lAcuue do l'Opora, Paris. SERVIA AND BULGARIA. Unadjusted Dimcultles to ho Scttlotl by a Rcxorl (o Arms. Actlvn IVrimrntlon Coins I'orwnrd QAA tho Conflict 80011 to Open. a Where lite UenponnlblUtu Jlesti. News of tho ncllvo outbreak of war In tho cast, nys a London dispatch, seems to como as a natural climax to tho dark est, dampest nnd most disimal week Lon don has probably seen for years. Nobody iu Englnnd was surprised at war, for tho belief In eventual hostilities has been firm hero troin tho beginning. So deep is tlio prevailing anxiety to know what will fol low when mightier combatants nro drawn in, that llttlo attention is paid to tho rights and wrongs ot this conflict between Bcrvin and Bulgaria. So far as tho object is considered at all, tho impression is gen eral that Servia is tlio selfish aggressor. Thcro seems to bo somo doubt as to who is tlio actual nggrussor. Dispatches from Sona put tlio blame on Servia. whilo tele grams from Belgrade and tho terms of King Milan's proclamation unito in charg ing tho Iiulgarluns with initial hostilities. There is apparently no doubt that Kjng Milan will mnho quirk and easy work with the raw, slieep-liko levies ot l'rinco Alex ander. Almost nil authorities agreo in predicting this, Russian otfleers olono appearing to express Bulgaria success, which Is not an impnrtial judgment, since they nro natural ly biased in favor of tho army they havo created. What tlio longest heads in En rope fear, and what Russia from tlio out set has been planning, Is Russian occu pation of Bulgaria and Roumelia, and behind this stalks the spectre of a grand European war. It Is Russian supremacy, not Turkish, which is jeopardized by the young Jlntteubergs' revolt against tho treaty of Berlin and with tho czar, and not tho sultan, tho onus of action lies. Under Jings nniy bo allowed to consume tho win ter insido, us there is 110 show of warfaro until tlio ico is out of tho Duiiubo and Bricster, but every event of progress will havo a deep and direct signilicuiico to all Europe. Tlio belief is here, however, that Servian success will be ho swift and over whcliiiing'tliat Russia's hand will bo forced before Christinas and tho whole ball sot whirling dosplto the snow and ico. It is also tho belief hero that England can keep out of tho mess. Lord Salisbury though tho whole weight of this country, hns been nguliiHt RiiHsin, has not committed it to continental action. Tims far ho has ereotod no league which will crush Russia without compromising England as an active factor. Of course if it is n grand attack on Russia; an itching desire here to join in tho fray may very likely overwuigh coiisuloratioiM of prudence, but there are no slgiiH now that England is collecting allies whom shn may lead to battle as in tho Crimen. Tlio Russians nro very ouxloitsto keop England out of the quarrel. Their papers for the last fortnight havo been full of prnisu for English fairness in the settlement of the Afghan matter, while probably for a quarter of a century Mos cow has hud ho many soft words for Lon don. So far ns Europo is concerned tho Eng lish burden of responsibility has been shifted to Austrian shoulders. Russian occupation of Bulgaria will bo the signal for tlio swarming of Austrian wliito coats in Servia mid Roiiiualia, and for tho blood iest struggle Europe lias had for ninny pears. Ity Monday you may hear that Hungary is ablaze with enthusiasm as never before, and llerlin is ready to back Vienna, not only with sympathy but with soldiers if Austria needs them. HIIOIj ON TUB GALLOWS. Tho Leader of the North west Rebellion Executed nt Retina. Ho ITIukON No Speech and 3Iuliilitliii UK Nerve to tlio J.aM. Urate of fm J&reeutlan. Itled, the leader of the late half-breed re volt, was hanged at Region, N W. T., on tho KUli. 'Beyond tho prolate who visited him, it was the fate or Riel that there were none ot Ills former companions, cither from political or personal fear, that found their way to tho cell, and beyond tho announce ment of tho results ot tho various stages of his trial ho hail no knowledge of passing events, or tho criticism passed upon his career. Ills concluding hours wero passed in the sole company ot his spiritual adviser, who performed masses for him during the early port Ion of tlio night. Riel then laid down and appeared tosleep soundly, awak ening at an early hour and again resumed his devotions. He received tho notice to procoed to tho scaffold In tho saino composed manner shown the preceeding night on receiving tho warning ot his fate. His fnco was full ot color, and ho appeared to havo complete self-pou.sosslon, responding to tho service of tlio mass in a clear lone. Tho prisoner decided only a moment be fore going to the scaffold not to muUo a speech. This was owing to the earnest solicitation of both par ties attendiui! him. He displayed an inclination to tho last moment to maUo an address, but Porn Andre reminded him of Ids promise, and ho then arose nnd walked toward the executioner repenting his pray ers to the last moment, tho Until words escaping him being "Mercy, .IcsOu." Ho died without a struggle. Not to exceed twenty persons wero admitted within the routines of the barracks to witness the ex ecution, and it was certainly performed with decorum and dispatch. His body was tnl.eii in charge of by the coroner, and the verdict usual to all state executions was rendered. Die scaffold had boon erected within a contracted iuclosuro iinmedinU'ly in tho rear of tho guard house, nnd the only view of which wns through u window immediate lv under tho rafter. Tho last sacrament ,wns taken by tho condemned man within the guard house proper, ami near 1110 open ing which led to the scaffold. Ho responded to tho Latin mayors with a full, clear volco while on bonded knees. When tho moment came for him to rise and havo his hands and arms pinioned, ho kept looking up, slowly repenting his prayers. He then walked through the contracted opening and down u narrow stairway with fnco turned away from the few civilians and solilleru who brood about tho opening. When ho was about to take his place on tho trap tho deputy sheriff asktsl it ho had anything to say. Ho turned to his confessor, Pure Andre, and Inquired: w "Miull I not say a lew woruo "No." uutcklv responded tho priest. "make the last sacral loo mid you will bo rewarded." Kiel turned and remarked: "I havo nothing more to say." There was somo delay in adjusting tho noose but Riel did not remark upon it mid as the white rap closed over him ho was to b heard distinctly praying. uiiuro wan scarcely a quiver na 1110 urop foil and his death was pronounced us easy one. Tho execution of Rlol will bo followed nt Battleford by the hanging ot ton Indian ctiieiti lor 11uroe11.es coinmiitcu uiring 1119 recent rebellion and in each cane for mur der committed. This will close tho book of criminal pro ceedings growing out of tho Northwest rebellion as tho other persons convicted were for prison sentences, all of which aro now bcingncrved out. The executioner of Riel was a man named Jack Henderson, who waa a captive of Riel in the robcllion of 1S70. TOPICS OF THE TURF. Charles Stiles is selling pools through the Texas circuit. John Spina, tho famous driver, will this year winter at lioston, Mass. Who is to bo tho leading jockey of the Corrignn stable noxt season is as yet un open question. Winter raring under Ira E. Brido's man agement will commence nt Now Orleans Tuesday, December 8. When the contemplated alterations nrc mndo at Jeromo Park tho track will bo 110 yards over tho mile. Mr. Pierre Lorillnrd hns given an interest in the Rancocas stablo and stud to his sou, Pierre Lorillnrd, jr. Dick Wright and tho stallion Tom Rogers aro to trot for SHO.OOO at Chester Park, Cincinnati, November lit. Frank D. McClure, of Denver, Col., hns become owner of tho trotting stallion Win ship, by Robert McGregor. Tlio prico puid was $7,000. Mr. Cohnfeld is now driving his noted double team, Maxey Cobb and Neta Me dium, on tlio roads in Now York. Ho ex pects to beat 2;li0 with them beforo tht snow (lies. R. J. Lucas, tho St. Louis turfman, hns purchased tho bay mure Carrio Mathews, sister to Dudley Oaks, by Nathan Oaks out of Carrio R. Sho is in foal to Volturno. Blnylock, ono of tho cleverest jockovs In America, who .rode for George Lorillnrd last season, hns been engaged to rklo next year for the Preakness stable. It is moro than probnblo that Mr. Corri gnn will next season breed tho onco grenl raco mare Pearl Jennings to King Alfonso, In that caso ho will only start at tho carliei spring meetings. FOP, E IU N I NTE LLI ( J ENCE. The Peninsular and Oriental steamship navigation company's steamer Indus, from Calcutta to Loudon, has been totally wrecked on tho reef of Moclctivocb, Ceylon. The passengers and mails were saved. Tin Indus was an iron screw, bark-rigged vcs.se of I'.L'Jlfj tons, built in 1675. Tlio Paris La Prance, commenting on tin reported declaration of war botween Bur mull nnd Great Britain, makes a violent attack on tho latter power, and says tht British expedition U Biirmiih is really aimed at Franco. It then urges DoEreyceiit minister of foreign affairs, to unito witl. Russia to stop English territorial uggran dizemeuts. The Loudon Times, commenting on tin anti-Chinese crusade on tho Pacific coast o' tho United States, says: "If Chinese iniini gration into tho United States was thor oughly blocked for a period, tho Chinos; might meet with u. favorable opportunity at I101116 and their immigration into the United States tie altogether diverted. The attempt to turn back the tide of foreign colored labor by tho means resorted to by mobs hi the western part of tho United States is odious, anil the indecent attacks on them is an act of spoliation against th world at large." Thanksgiving Proclamation. By tho governor of Nebraska: Tho presi dent of tho United States has named as a day of national thanksgiving, Thursday, thel'Uth day of November, and in harmony therewith I, .Initios W. Dawes, governor of the state of Nebraska, do hereby recom mend to tho people of this state a duo and proper observance of tho day so appointed, and that it be held in the fullest sense ns a time for general tliuiiksgiviiigaud prayer to Almight God for his continued mercies. As a state we havo shared in an especial de gree tho blessings and bounties with which an indulgent providenco has favored us as a nation. At such a thno as this the spirit of benevo lence should lo nelivo and far-reachiag. Kind charity should assert her claims, re membering with our abundance "Tho charities tltat soothe, and bless, and heal, are scattered nt thefeetof manlike flowers." In witness whereof, I havo hereunto sot my hand and caused to be alllxed tho great seal of tho state of Nebraska. D0110 at Lincoln this 10th day of Novem ber, in tho year of our Lord ISSfi, of this state the nineteenth, and of tho indepen dence of tho United States tho ono hundred and tenth. .Iamus W. Dawks. By the governor: Edwaiiu 1. Roooi:.v, Secretary of State. "M.wti; Twain" has written for the forth coming Deceinbor Contury, "Tho Private History of a Campaign that Failed" an account of his own porsonul experience ns a youthful "rebel" in tho early days of the war. This "war article" is illustratix! with maps drawn by tho author, and somo striking pictures by Keinblo. There is said to lie nearly as much tragedy as comedy in the sketch, which bus a special value as showing tho fluctuations of opinion at the breaking out ot tho war, and tho entirely amateur character ot somo of tho early campaigns. THE MARKETS. OMAHA. tVHKAT NO. 2 IlAIII.KV NO.g ItVK Nt). " Cons No. 2 mixed Oats-No. '-' lli'Ti 1:11 l'tuicy cromiiory.... Ill'TTint Choice iliury Urn Kit Host country Kun fresh ......... 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Wur.AT No. 2 red Coiin I'er bunliel , Oats l'er Imsliol CATTi.t stoohoi'aud (coder Uhkkp Weatcrn KANSAS Cm'. Wheat l'er bimliol Cons I'er butliol Oath I'er bunliot Cavtm: Kxport. linos Aborted . bliuti- Coiuuion to tiooj 4 73 a U70 (3 M'ttJ 4VU 2I 8 tE!i,t& U0& lit UVi tU 2 40 (t 2 00 U W ss 8SJ u w 78 :to 24 & 20 3 41 2 VJ 27 o 2Jt,U 21 Hi 6UJ U 3 40 U 174 is NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES. Additional information has been received by tho secretary of state from the United .Stales minister nt Paris to the effect that tho monetary convention between the Latin powers, providing for tho suspension tho coinage of silver, permits ench power to resume, provided that tho silver circulating in tho othor states is redeemed in gold by the resuming state. It also gives to these states the right to excludo silver coins of tho resuming state. The post mnster-gonernl has appointed the following fourth-class postmasters: Iowa Plum Hollow, W. 15. Meek; Rhodes, E. L. Booth; Ferguson, Martin Helzbcck; Oolt ville, Frank Hanliu: Llttlo Sioux, A. W. Menton; Minden, John R. Stuhl. Illinois Weldon, Worship Gray; Leo, M. P. Harris; Johnstown, John Council; Glassford, Ellis Mathias; Leland, Thos. Barnes; Annton, Henry B. Vnnderslico; Loran, . A. Men lcnlinH;Coal City. Mrs. Margaret Kernman; Summerton, William Kavunnugh; Piper (.'ity, Miss E. Soran; Nelson, Mrs. Hattie Uiirgs; Mokena, John Sutter; Lostant, P. D. Whipple: Bartouvillo, Henry R. Hordes. Nebraska Dorchester, Alonzo W. Siiumiu Dakota liridgowater, Y. J. Nolan. In tho animal report to tho postmaster general, Superintendent McDonald, of the money order bureau, says thegross amount of the fees received by postmasters from tho public for tho issue of domestic money orders was $!)12;i,000. Theso figures ex hibit a decreaso in tho amounts of orders issued and paid and fees received. Tho slight falling off, says the superintendent, may bo attributed in part to tho general stagnation of business duringthepnsb year, ond,,i)')ilinps, in a small measure to the in creased use of postal notes. Tho increase in tho amount of the postnl note business was per cent. Tho superintendent re frains from renewing his recommendation, made lost year, looking to a reduction of tho fees on domestic money orders for tho reason that the domestic revenues havo decreased to a degree that would make it inexpedient. Ho docs, however, recom mend a reduction of tho fees on foreign orders from lj-j per cent, us at present, to 1 per cent. The annual report of tho commissioner of customs shows that during the llscnl year ended Juno !10, 1 880, thcro was paiil into tlio treasury from various sources, tho accounts of which were settled in his ofllce, tho sum of S18;t,207,008. Tho amount paid out was S27,125,D7.'5. The commis sioner suggests that the desirnation of his ollico bo changed to third comptroller, nnd ill suggests the additional of a statistical branch for tho preparation of information to be gathered from tho settlements mndo by him. Ho suggests 11 modification of tho laws in regard to refund duties and also in regard to the appointment of subordinate ollicers of customs. A recommendation is made for the payment of chief of customs ollicer by salary instead of by salary fees,' and the commissions according to the pres ent system. An examination of tho light house services by special agents, the sumo as is now dono in tho customs service, is now also urged. The supremo court has rendered decisions In two public land eases brought up on an, appeal from tho judgment of the supremo' court of Dakota. Tho first Deffench vs. Hawkes was an action to recover a parcel of mineral land upon which is built the city of Doadwood. Tlio land was entered and paid for in January, 1878, and in June fol lowing the probate judgo, ncting as trustee for the town, entered the same laud. The supreme court holds that no title Ironi thoi I lilted Mates to hind known at the ttineto1 bo mineral land can bo acquired under the pre-emption, homestead or town site laws., The claim of tho plaintiff in the case was good and the title had actuiillv pasicd to, him before the probable judge took initial proceeding-. The United Stntes hud there fore nothing to convey. Tho judgment against the town was utlirmod. TJio other ease is similar except that tho town of Cen tral t'ity Dakota, inudo 110 entry. The judgment against the town was allirmed. THE PENALTY' l ull MURDER. Uveeiitton ol'Tln-ee Italian Cut Throats In Chicago. Chicago dispatch: Gilardo, Azzaro and Sylvestri, tho three Italian murderers hanged at noon to-day for the murder of their fellow-countryman, Filippo Gurnso, passed a quiet night. They all slept quietly until daybreak, when they arose, and, lighting cigarettes, kept up nn animated .conversation witli each other until a little after'S o'clock, when their breakfast, con sisting of oysters, fish and potatoes, friend in oii, veal cutlets, coffee ami toast, was brought to them. They nto with seeming relish. After they had finished, Father Morettl arrived and mass was cele brated. At 11:00 o'clock tho drop fell 'anil Azzaro, Sylvcstri and Gilardo had paid the extreme penalty of tho law for tho I'murder of Filippo Caruso. Tho execution 'occurred in tlio county jail, and tho pro ,'gruuimo previously arranged was carried out without delay or hindrance, of any kind. At 11 o'clock representatives of tho press, a number of Italian residents ot this city, and city otllcials, making in nil a crowd of about fifty, occupied the space in front of tho gallows. Tho scaffold was painted a deep black. Three ropes de pended from its cross beams, tho nooso at tho lower end of each resting on a chair placed directly over its respective trap. Back ot these chairs was a structuro la which wero stationed men to spring tho trap, mid ut 11: 111, "wliou tho three con 'detuned men appeared witli their guards and spiritual advisers, tho crowd had increased to about 1100, A few juiiuutcs previously the death warrant had jbeen road in tho jail library, tho con demned exhibiting little emotion. Ar rived at the place of execution the con .'detuned were placed in position on the trap .side by side. Gilardo mid Hylvestri up j tea red bravo and collected, but Azzaro kept his eyes closed ami was apparently on the verge of breaking down. They all re 'peutod, after the priest, a prayer for tho dying, after which the straps and nooses wero adjusted and tho caps and shrouds placed on tho men. A moment later the trap was sprung ami tho three figures shot downward. Tho nocks of Sylvestri and Gilardo wero broken, but tlio noose slipped 'round under Azzaro's chin and the wretch slowly strangled in horrible convulsions. In seven minutes his puloo censed to beat and the execution was completed. Tun el (her lii Ills Cuflln. H It is rumored here, says a Chicago dls umtch, that Aran, 0110 of the Italian mur derers hanged Saturday, was not killed, .mid that when tho cnllltis were opened at tho cemetery the body had changed its position and showed signs of life. It is said that the attendants, alarmed at the discovery and tearing that the murderer's .restoration to life would cause him to suf fer a second hanging, hastily screwed down 'the lid again. Tho rolllns were placed in the vault owing to indications that the bodies, it 'buried, would bo taken from their graves. Mr. E. G. Meli, president ot tho society for tho burial of indigent Italians, to whom 1 ho bodies were delivered, was soon in re lation to the rumor. Ho admitted that the body of Atari had chuugttd its position, but believed that llfu was extinct when the cotlin was opened. About IUr. Toivcll. Ex-Minister Lowell wns nindea pood deal of socially when ho enme to Phil odelphia the other day to attend the opening of a new educational insti tution for women at Eryn Mawr, 15 or 10 miles out, writes a Chicago Trib une correspondent. He attended a reception or two, and wns given sev eral dinners. It was his first visit for do years. That fact may not have been complimentary to the town, but PhilaJelphinns are very forgiving to big men. Just after his marriage ho boarded hero with his wife in a Quaker family for a year, and to see the deft way in which ho gavo taffy to tho members of the Society of Friends, who are tho chief supporters of the new women's college, was a literal ed ucation in diplomacy, lie looks ex ceedingly well, and the fit of hisclothes and the nicety with which his hair was adjusted on each side of a line down the middle of his head wero all very agreeable to the mild Philadelphia dudes whom he met out. In the course of ndinnerat thocoun try place of ex-Minister John Welsh, Mr. Lowell expressed a very high ad miration for the Spanish, to whose court he once wns minister. For val or, intellectual ability, honesty and dignity of person, ho suid, enthusiasti cally, the Spaniards rank with the best people 011 the foce of theeurth. Apropos of the honesty of tho com mon people, he told this anecdote: When ho left Madrid and went to Lon don, ho brought with him n. manser vant who had attended him some years. Afterward the servant gave Mr, Lowell a sum of money, with a re quest t hat it be forwarded to his broth er in Spain. Mr. Lowell took the money and offered a receipt, but the servant seemed to be pained by the proceeding, and to consider the tender of the paper a reproach. "Why," sttid he, drawing himself up, "lam an honest man. I do not want tho paper. I would not take advantage ot the absence of the paper to cheat you, Senor." "But you do not understand," said the ex-minister. "This is simply a business affair. The paper will pro tect your interests." "No; my interests aro protected." "IJut your brother, then, he would like to have the money accounted for." "My brother isan honest man, too." "Well, then, I would likeyoutotake the receipt for my owi? satisfaction." "You, Senor. Are not you also an honest nian?" Lowell despaired of making tho trust ful and picturesque Spaniard under stand and forwarded the money as it stood. In a few weeks, ho received a letter from his servant's brother couch ed in the hyperbole of Spanish pojite ness, thnnking him for the gracious "gift.' of gold. Mr. Lowell nt the same dinner said he had mapped out his future life. He will accept no governmental ollice of any kind, but will give himself upalto getlier to literature. Ho has a great liking for English life, and says he will spend a considerable part of every year in tlreut Britain; but,, in order that ho may not expatriate himself, ho will accept 110 position ubron'd. A Very Tou.'fli Story. A telegram from Toledo relates the story of a farmer in Montclura, Ohio, who died and was buried thirteen years ago, but is still writing to his family. Tlio Washington Sunday Capi tol prints a story quiteas remarkable, as follows: "A very remarkable case has come to my attention through a friend. in the Pension Ollice which fur nishes incidents for a novel as power ful us any Dumas or Eugene Sue ever used. In ISO 1 a Lieutenant from an Ohio village was killed in ono of the battles in Virginia and his body was sent home, buried witli military honors and a handsome monument erected over it by the citizens of the place. Thousands of people paid their tributes of honor to the young hero and looked upon his face as tho body lay in state in tho Town Hall. Holeft a widow to whom ho had been mar ried only a year, and for more than twenty years she has been trying to get a pension; but, although she keeps fresh ilowers upon her husband's grave, she cannot provo that he is dead. The records in tho Adjutant General's ollice are perfect, and alli davits can bo furnished from thou sands of people who saw and recog nized his liteless body, but every few months she receives a letter from him written in a hand ns familiar as her own. Two letters never cbmo from the sanio place; now they are postmarked in Colorado, then in Texas, then in New York. Oncesho got a note from him dated at Wash ington, lie appears to know what is going on at home, and always alludes to local occurrences with atainiliarity that is amazing. Ho sends messages to old friends and gives her udvieo about business matters which it scorns impossible for a stranger to know. She cannot answer these ghostly mes sives, becauso he never mvos any duo to his whereabouts, and no detective has oven beon able to find him. Her friends believe that tho writer is some crank or malicious person who takes this way to annoy her. and thodistress tho poor women sutlers cannot be measured by any other human experi ence Long ago sho ceased to onen envelopes which camo with tho familiar address, but sends them sealed to her attorney, who uses everv possible means to secure a clue to tlio identity of tho writer. Theonly circumstances to suggest that it may possibly bo her husband ro tho penmanship and the familiarity the writer shows with tho lady's private life, but how he could keep himself posted is another mystory that cannot bo solved. Several timos the writer has intimated that he might soon nay her a visit, but the next let ter always contains an apology for not having done so. The woman has suffered agony ofmindbeyoi.d descrip tion, and her life has been ruined by this horrible mystory, but of late sho has become more resigned, and would ntjither ho surprised nor disappointod if hor husband should some day walk into her door." AVIint sn Old I'liyslclnn Snys ol tho Habit olVChuwiux Cuni. Fropi thoMncon iGa.) Telccra I'll nnd Met eenger. In front of a drug store on Cherry street, an old physician and a Tele graph reporter were standing, engnget1 in conversation. Two pretty, youiu girls, healthy and plump, with the 10s es flaming in their cheeks, came out of the place of medecine and femeninc knick-knacks. Each bore asinall box of chewine. mini in her hand, and n rapid movement of their jaws suggest ed that they had chewing gum 111 then mouths. As they walked up the street under an umbrella, carefully avoiding the pools of water on the sidewalk, the old physician gazed at them and remarked: "Girls nnd their chewing gum the two inseperables." "A bad habit, is it not.clicwinggumV" the reporter inquired. "Well, let me tell you, there is a great deal ol humbug in the world, and the stuff which, from time to time, U printed by the newspapers about tht manufacture of chewing gum is hum bug double distilled. About once a month the newspapers print lonu and frightful accounts of how all kinds ol impure substances are used in mak ing gum, and people all over the coun try imagine that tho harmless stuff is worse than plagues. None ot the iui gradients of chewing gum are impure, and the habit of using it. is anything but a bad one." "Aro you not alone in that opin ion?" "I may be, but that does not alter its correctness. The habit of chewini! gum is a good and hoalthy one. I wish that men would discard the lllthy practice of chewing tobacco and adopt that of chewing gum instead.' "Why do you consider chewing gum a healthy habit?" "Thinness is a physical characteris tic of Americans. 1 account for this because of the fact that, they are in a new country, to whose climate they have not become used. Even tho de scendiints of people who c.niio to America 1200 years ago a re not fully ac climated. This is true, it matters not to' what country people may re move. Natural history bus demon strated that at least !5()0 years are re quired to acclimatio a nation that has taken up its abode in a new country. Now, as thinness is a characteristic of Americans, they ought to use whatever will makctheiii fat, and they ought not to uso what will keep tliem lean. The habit ol chewing gum causes certain juices which aid digestion to fi,ow freely, un mixed with any injurious substance. Tho habit of chewing tobacco also causes these juices to "flow freely, but the tobacco chewcr either expels them from his mouth or swallows them mixed with tho poisonous juice of tin weed. I see you have your note-book out; just jot'down this fact: Twenty years ago the rule was that Southern women were thin and delicate; it is not the rule now. Southern woniei are not physically equaled in all North America. Any physician who is as well informed as he ought to be will tell you that this istrue This change, is duo to the habit of chewing gum. You may smile, you may even laugh, if you please, but I am telling you a plain fact. As to Southern men, they areas thin and gaunt as they evei were; and so they will remain until they ceaso to chew tobacco and begin to chew gum." The physician said good morninc and walked off down the street. Tin reporter, his mind nnd note-book chock full of chewing gum, went into the drug store and called for a dinu' worth of the best plug tobaccq. An Unlettered Philosopher. A sure way of making a living is bet ter than on uncertain method of ac quiring wealth, if ono is not fitted to battle with the world and endure great disappointments. Fortunate is the man who can be content in the midst of honest poverty. A gentleman was travelling througl tho mountains of Colorado during the great Lcaelyillo mining excitement, when he came upon an old man hard at work on a sterile little old ranch ii a mountain gulch. "Good-day!" said the traveller. "How do do! How do do!" was the reply given, in a cheery voice. "It's rather hard work raising any thing on this stony ranch, isn't it?" "Oh yaas, ruther so. Hut what soil they is'is'right rich, and 1 irrygato it and make it raise somethin'." "It is a wonder you don't get the mining fever, living so close to Lead villo." "Tlio minin' fever! Mo got the 111111111 fever?" "Yes. Everybody else seems to have it." "Woll, let 'em havo it and welcome. I'm proof agin it." "Haven't you any faith in tho great discovories?" "Oh yes, I don't doubt but there's scads o' inin'ral there; but I aint got the least proof that I'd find any of it if I went after it. I'heur ev'ry day ol them that's findin' it, but not a word do I, nor do you, hear of them that nint findin' ft; an' thoro's more ol them than thero is of tho lucky fines. Disapp'inted fellers they are, too." "That is true," said tho stranger, reflectively. ... "Course it's true. Now I'm makin a llviif here, an honest livin' for my self and my fam'ly. It aint much of a livin", I know, but it's sure and sar tain, whnt they is of it, and I aint got to endoor tho wear an toar of unsar taint v that's stratum' tho niiiuls of half them prospectors. I dtinno as I've got all I want, but I larned lonp ago to bo satisfied with what I could got, even if I couldn't got what I want- Tho traveller rodo away, thinking that ho had met a philosopher. John Uussell Voting, naid tho other day that ho never saw tt Chinoso lady whllo ho was in China, t hoy aro kept in such seclusion. A Chinaman con siders it an insult to b.1 asked ubout his' wife.
