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.
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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.