The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918, March 27, 1886, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextI f V r BRIEFS FltOJI T1IK OLD WOULD. M. Carrollon, lease ot Her Majesty's then tor, in-London, has ..disappeared with 1,300. At 8)te1cid iin American nnmcd Johnson won the Shrovetide handicap, beating sev eral n ted Kuglish runners. I'rinco IJismnrck lias decided not to ad dress tho rcichatag on the spirit monopoly bill, 8H he feebi certain the measure will bo rejected. Viscount Diipplin, aped 37, heir of the Karl o! Kinnoul, died at Monte Carlo. It is rumored that he committed suicide on necoutit-of .lieiv.y. Rumbling-losses. A delegation ot British seamen waitid on the president of the bonrd of trale in Lon don to unjo tlio necessity of a rhuna in the free trade policy ot the government. At Koine- tho anniversary of the death of Guincppo Matclnl, tho Italian revolutionist, was observed in an orderly manner. His bust in tho capital was decorated with a garlaud. . A couference of representatives ot the powers will be held in Constantinople to consider tho Greek question, which is grow ing troublesome). Tin Turks continue to reinforce their military strength along tho Greek frontier. A collision occurred between two trains on tho railway hotween Monte Carlo nnd Men tone. Tho train from Mcntono was . (illcd,' njid a number ot carriages were smashed and Ml into tho sen. Tho num ber of deaths is unknown, but it is believed that twenty persons lost their lives. Tho Knglish government has placed gun boats at tho service of Mr. Tuke in his work of relieving distress among tho inhabitants of tho islands along tho western Irish coast. Indescribable distress has been developed among the is'oplo inhabiting tho Arran islw. off Gal way, which, besides having hardly anything to eat but moss and sea grass, nru without nr- and often without doUiiiic nnd shelter. It is not raro to find girls 17 and 18 years of age kept in enforced hiding during tho day timo because bereft of overy tiinwi of clothing. Foreign Committee Chairmanship. Washington special: Tho deatli of Sen ator Miller, of California, leaves vacant oiib of tin) most important committee chairmntibhi.s of tho senate that of for eign relations. Sonator Sherman holds tho position next to tho chairman, and at a meeting oX thocommittee recently presided. Next in order is Senator Edmunds, with Fryo and Kvarts following in tho order named. As Senator Edmunds holds tho chairmanship he most values that of tho judiciary of course ho would not abandon it. Hmiator Shorman, when ho was elected lireiideut pro tern, resigned tho chairman ship of the library committee, but ns it is comparatively unimportant, ho made no saciiiice. It is no secret that ho would gladly hare accepted tho foreign relations' chnirmniiftUip, at tho timo Sonator Miller was chosen. It has not been tho custom ot the presiding ollicer to hold a committee chairmanship, but thero is no rulo that prevent it, ami it has been done, notably in the c:na of Mr. Edmunds, who during his entire service as presiding ollicer, held the judiciary chairmanship. Senator Fryo oo mm next on tho committee on rules, but ho would probably willingly surrender that to become tho head of tho loreign re lations committee. Mr. Evarts, it is un derstood, would not object to tho position, and bccaiiHO of tho eminent position there aroHomo who are inclined togivo it to him, notwithstanding his brief service in the BLMialo. Air. Evarts has no chairmanship. HER LIPS SEALED FOR LOVE. Striuiso Story of n Vouns Woman's I'crulliir Vow. Miss Francis ISrauuelli, says a San Fran cisco dispatch, in 1870, loved and was loved by a young sea enptain named Her bert Schrady. Her relatives opposed tho mn.tr i. Seven years no Schrady sailed for a Mediterranean port in command of a merchant sailing vessel, and tho ship was wrecked in ths straits of Gibraltar, and it was reported to Miss ltrnnuelli that her lover had gono down with tho vessel. Sho refused to believe it, and vowed sho would nover again ojhmi her lis in speech. Sinco that time she has kept her vow, and nil tho efforts of her friends to Induce her to break her voluntary silenco have failed. Tho publication of her strange story a few days ngo attracted tho attention of a guest of tho Grand hotel, who called on Miss ltranuelli and told her that ho know Schrady, who is now a man of wealth in St. Petersburg. "Knowing that I was coming to San Francisco," ndded tho visitor, "Schrady begged mo to find his old sweet heart, whom ho still loves." During his re cital Miss Hranuelli. who is quite a pretty young woman, satlislless, though shoheard overy word. The story seomed to make no impression on ho-. Hor mind is evidently blank, and if her lover comes back to claim her ho will find, instead of tho spri.'htly girl ho left seven years ago, a hopslesa imbecile. Taxing Railroad Lands. Wasliinston special: Senator Van Wyck, from tho commlttco on public lands, has submitted u bill in rogard to taxing rail road lands. It is n remody for tho dillicul tics discovered in tho recent decision ot tho -supremo court on tho Trnill county, D. T., tax ciifics. It provided that no lauds granted to any railroad shall bo exempt from local taxation by states, territories or other municipalities on account of tho lieu of the United States for tho cost of sur veying and conveying tho same, or becauso no patents shall be issuod. Any such land sold for taxes shall bo taken by tho pur chaser, subject to the lion for such costs, to bo paid as tho secretary of tho interiormay provide. Thoact is to apply only to lands opHsito and coterminous to completed portions of roads and in organized coun ties. H liny railroad corporation required by law to pay the cost of surveying lands granted by congress, shall for thirty days neglect or refusa to pay any such costs, af ter demand by tho secretary of tho inter ior, tho attorney genoral shall a', onco com mence proceedings to collect tho same. Tho fnuians ts. tin; Negro. Under n treaty t IS'5'5. says a Washing ton dispatch, the United States government agreed to pay the C'lierokeo Indians $111)1),. 000 fur their lauds in the Indian toriitory lying west of tho Arkansas river, and tho inoncv whs to be distributed pro rata among the tribes. The Cherokee olllcials, however, refused to pay the colored freed, men of the tribe, former slaves ot CTie In dhuiH, their pro retn of the claim, which nmoiiulH to $73tl.()oO. J. Milton Turner, of St. Louis, ex-minister ol Liberia, is hero in the Interest of the freodmeri, and the romuiiuHloiier of Indian affairs, recognizing tho justice ot tho claim, has prepared a bill which Iiiih received tho indorsement of Sec tary Lninar nnd which has been sent toO coivckh In a special message by tho presi- , den The bill is in the hands of ltepresen tutivo Ward, of Oregon, as a sub-committee, nnd will be taken up on Monday for : ttcliua. I LAID OUT BY CLEVELAND. He I'llt III Veto to the Hill QtllrUns Titles to l)es .Tloliie Klrcr Limits. Tho president returned to tho senate without his approval tho bill to quiet the title of settlers on Des Moines river land in Iowa. Tho president, in his veto message, nftcr describing the nature of tho proposed legislation, says that overy possible ques tion that ought to bo raised In any suit re lating to theso lands hns been determined by the highest judicial authority and it tho substantial point remains unsettled ho be lieves there is no didlculty in presenting it to tho -proper' tribunal. Tho president continues as follows: It seems to rao that all controversy which ran hereafter nriso between those claiming theso lands have been fairly remitted to tho state ot Iowa, and that thero they can bo properly ami safely left and the government, through its attorney general, should not bo cajled upon to legislate the rights of private parties. It is not pleasant to contemplate tho loss threatened to any party in good faith caused by uncertainty in tho language of laws or their contlicting interpretation, and if thero nrc persons occupying these lands who labor undersuchdisubihtiesnBprovent them from appealing to tho courts for re dress of their wrongs, a plain statute direct ly to remedy such disabilities would not bo objectionable. Should there be meritorious cases of hardship and loss caused by an in vitation on the part of the government to settle lands apparently public, but to which no right orlawful possession can be secured, it would bo better, rather than to attempt a disturbance of titles nlrondy bottled, to ascertain such losses nnd do equity by compensating tho proper parties through an appropriation for that purpose. Not withstanding tho tact that thero may be parties in occupancy of theso lands who suffer hardships by tho npplicnnt or strict legal principals to their claims, sately lies in non-interrerenco by congress with tho matter, which should bo lett to judicial cognizance, and I am unwilling to concur in legislation which, if not nn encroachment upon judicinl power, trenches so closely thereon ns to bo of doubtful expediency, ami which at the snmo timo incrensed tho elements of litigation that have heretofore existed and endangers vested rights. SALE OF FORT OMAHA SITE. A Kill Introduced ly Scnnlor liuuler fcun Tor It I)l-.osnl. Omaha IJeo Washington special: A bill was introduced in tho senato to-day by Mr. Mnnderson providing for tho sale or tho site ot Fort Omaha, Nebraska, tho sale 6r the removal of tho improvements thereon, nnd for a now sito and tho construction of suitable buildings thereon. It directs tho secretary of war to sell the military reser vation known as Fort Omaha and such of tho buildings and improvements thereon ns cannot be economically removed to tho new silo provided for. In disposing of tho pro perty the secretary of war shall couno tho grounds to bo platted in blocks, streets and alleys, if in his judgment it would insure to the benefit ot thegovornment in making tho sale of the site, having duo refeionce to tho requirements ot tho houses and buildings locnted on the grounds in such cases as they may bo sold with tho ground. The hecrutary of war shall also cause tho lots, lauds and buildings to be ap praised nnd sold at privato or pub lic salo at not less than tho appraised value, having liret been offered at public sale. The expenses ot advertising and sale shall be pni I out of the proceeds of tho sale and tho bnliinco paid into the trensury of the United States. The secre tary of wnr is also authorized to purrhaso siiitab o grounds of not less than U00 or more than f00 acres in extent, to ba situated within a distance of ton miles of tho city of Oinahii, nnd construct thereon tho necessary buildings with appurtenances Bufllcieiic for a twelve-company military pobt, to be known as Fort Omnha, in ac cordance with estimates to bo prepared by tin: war department, and u sullicient sum of money, not exceeding 1150,000, is ap propriated to onable the secrotary ol war to comply with tlio provisions of the act, provided that the titlo to thehuidsaiithor ized to bo purchased shall bo approved by tho attorney general. IIE LOVED A MURDERESS. Feculiur Display of AflVctlon by n Con vict Ol' SC. liOlllH. A remarkable mode of displaying affec tion was demonstrated in tho city jail, says a St. Louis dispatch. Among the prisoners nro Sadio Hayes, a colored woman, convictod of murder in tho first degreo. and William Lacy, a black bur glar, under a penitentiary sentence. Tho pair grow very nffecuonato of late, and notes oT a tender character were frequently smuggled from ono to tho other. The woman assured tho burglar that ho was the only object of her affections and re quested him, if ho thought as much of her as ho pretended, to send lier his finger with '-ho ring on it. Lacy is to leave for tlw "pen" to-morrow. After receiving tho note he tore open tho solo of h's shoo and e ttacted tho steel shank nnd sharpened it to a razor edge on tho walls of his cell, llo then deliberately sat down and cut off the small linger of his right hand at the second joint, placed the ring on tlio severed finger and sent them to the cell of the murderess, llo tneu tied up tho stump with a piece of string 1'id then wrapped up his hand In a hankerchlel. Tho jail guards discovered the blood and soon learned what had hap pened. Tnoy took tho dismembered linger from tho woman. Lacey's only explana tion for his conduct is "I loved hor." Ho is perfectly sano. "You 0M Fool, Como Uncle." Washington special: The following lettor, written by a bright and witty Florida girl, sent here to one of tho representatives of that state and by him fonvardod to tho love sick Florida sonator and may havo something to do with his reported inten tion to 'leave the western city: "Why should the sonator seik tho cold sterile and forbidding wilds of Michigan in tho dreary winter months and amid the blizzards of tho not Hi to waste his virgin affections upon the heart ot a scornful and unrespon sive woman? Lot him return to his own sunny laud whero tho mocking blid over sings in the magnolias and tho lemon trees loud tho snlt air with odors n nil the orange iloHors scent tho passing gulo. Why does ho turn away from us, his sisters ot tho balmy nnd languid south, who long for his kisses. Como hack! Come luck I Oonifc back, oh, Johnny, you old fool, come bacUl" 'Hanged by a Mob, The three notorious Archers, who have been confined in the county jail at ShoaU, Indiana, govern! weeks under chnrge ol murder, expiated their horriblocrline nttho hands of a determined mob on the night ol the 0th. The mob inarched quietly into town and directly to the jail, situated in , West 8hoals. When the jail was reached the keys were demanded, which were re fused, when tho spokesman ordered them 1 to go in. The front ileor wns battered down and the Iron cell doors wero treated likewise. The doomed men wero led out, taken to the courtyard and thero hanged to tree. ' MY NELL. You ore nobly born, I know, Rich, and l)cnutlful, and fi.vs And they tell me (Is It sol) That jou waste a thought on met In your hazel eyes last night There win tenderncf nnd truth; Hut there came n softer light To the poet In his youth. I can give you high esteem, Gracious (rleud and lovely belle; But 1 can not love you now As I used to love my Nell. We were paupers, she and I, And the bread was hard to win ; Hut our garret near the sky Let God's purest sunlight In. i Sho was meanly dressed, you sec, In her faded cotton gown; Hut her smile was heaven to me, ' And I never saw her frown. You are like a roo In June, She was but a lily bell; Yet I can not love you now As I used to love my Nell. AW were young and life was sweet, And we loved each other more Wheu there seaio was food to eat, And the wolf was at the door. There was always hope, you know, We could dream that skies wer-i blao; Hut my darling had to go Just before the dream came true. I am left alone with fame, And the great world likes me wot I; Hut 1 can not love again As I used to love my Nell. Then forgive me If the light Of your presence leaves me cold; You are young and gav, and bright, I am growing grave and old, And the brow she used to kiss Is more wrinkled than of yore. But the treasure that I miss Is not lost but gone before. Some have many loves, hut I Learnt to love but once, ami well; And I can not woo you now As I uted to woo my Nell. Good Words. Doctor Antekirtt. A SEQUEL TO MATHIAS SANDORF. By Jules Veiiie9 ATJTIIOR OP "JOCRNT.Y TO THR CENTOI5 OP THE JJAUTII," " Tltir TO THE MOON," "AltOU.ND THE WO Mil) IX KIOHTY DAYS," " JIIClIAErj STEOOOFF," " TWENTY THOUSAND liEAOTJES UNDEH THE bEA," ETC., ETtt Translation co)urljUtcd Ly Q. It', llanna, ISSi. CHAPTER VI Continued. Lottors nul despatches seemed to arrive from overy corner of tho mighty 6Ca whoso waters batho tho bhores of so many different countries. They caino from tho French coast, tho Spanish coast, tho const of Morocco, of Algiers nnil Tripoli. Who sent them? Evi dently correspondents occupied on cer tain matters tho gravity of which could not bo mistaken unless they wero patients consulting tho cololirated Doc tor by correspondence, which did not Bcemto ho probable. In tho telegraph offico at Eagtisa tho moauing of theso messages was a mys tery, lor they wero in nn unknown tonguo of which tho Doctor nlono seemed to know tho secret. And oven when tlio langungo was intolligiblo what Eensocould bo made out of such phrases as': " Almoirn, They thought they wero on tho truck of Z. It. Palso trial n6v abandoned." "Recovered tho correspondent of II. Y. fi. Connected with troop K. 3 between Catania and Syracuse. To follow." "In tho Mauderaggio, La Valotta, Malta, havo veriliod tho passage T. It. 7." " Oyreno. Wait fresh orders. Flotilla of Antel; ready. Elootrio No. 3 under pressuro day and night." " It. O. 3. Sinco deatli. Both disap peared. " And this other telegram containing nomo special news by means of an agreed upon number : "2,117. Sine. Formerly a broker. Service Toronth. Coaced connection Tripoli of Africa." And to nearly all theso despatches thero was sent from tho Savareua : "Let tho hearch procued. Sparo neither trouble nor money. Send now papers." Hero was nn exchango of incompro hensiblo correspondence that seemed to embraco tho whole circuit of tho Med iterranean. Tho Doctor was not as much at leisuro as ho wished to appear. Not withstanding tho professional secreoy, it was dilllcult to prevent tho fact of this interchange of mysterious tolegrama from becoming known to tho public, and henco a redoubling of tho curiosity about this euigmatio individual. In tho upper circles of Itagusa, Silas Toronthal was perhaps tho most per ploxod of men. On tho quay atGravosn ho had mot tho Doctor a few minutes after tho Savnrena had arrived. During this mooting ho had experienced in tho first place a strong feeling of repulsion, and in tho second an equally strong feeling of curiosity, which up to tho present circumstances had not allowed tho banker to gratify. To toll tho truth, tho Doctor's prcpenoo had had a disturbing inlluenco on Tor onthal which ho could not explain. By prcoerviug tho iucogiy'to ut Itagusa, and continuing tho difficulty of access, tho banker's desire to seo him again had been greatly increased ; and several times ho had gono to Gruvosa. Thero ho had stood on tho quay, lookiug at tho eohoonor and burning with envy to got on board. Ono day oven ho had been rowed out to her, and received tho invariable reply : "Doctor Antokirtt does not bco any. body." The result of nil this was that Toron thal felt a sort of chronio irritation in face of nn obstacle ho could not over come. And so, at his own oxpensit, ho seta detective to watch, if the s;V5tori 4 "the Mooit roi.i.owr.D ous stranger made 11113 visits in Cfravoz tho neighborhood. YTo may judge, thoroforo, of tho unepaint'ss with which tho banker hen that Boril; had had an interview with tho Divtor. and that tlio day following n visit htul been made to Mudamo Hath ory. "Who is that man?" ho asked him self. But what had he to fear in his present position? For fifteen years nothing had transpired of his former machina tions. And yet nnything referring to tho family of those ho had betrayed and sold rendered him uneasy. If remorsu nover troubled his conscience, fear occa sionally did, and tho appearance of this Doctor, powerful owing to his fa mo and powerful owing to his wealth, was any thing but reassuring to him. "llut who is this man ?" ho repeated. "Who is ho that comes to Itagusa and visits Mudamo Bathory ? Did sho send for him as a physician ? What can sho nnd ho havo 111 common?" To this thero could bo no answer. Ono thing comforted Toronthal a little, and that was that tho visit to Madame Bathory was not repented. Tlio banker had made up his mind, that cost what it might, ho would mako tho Doctor's acquaintance. Tho thought possessed him day and niht. By a kind of illusion to which over-excited brains wero subject ho fancied that ho would recover his ponce of mind if ho could only seo Doctor Antekirtt, talk to him and ascortaiu tho motives of his arrival at Gruvosa And ho sought about for some way of obtaiuir.gan inter view. And ho thought ho had found it, and in th s way. For many years, Madamo Toronthal had butVored from a languor which tho ltagusan doctors wero power less to overcome. In spite of nil their advice, in spite of all tlio attentions of her daughter, Mudamo Toronthal was not quite bedridden, but sho was vis ibly wasting away. Was her complaint duo to mental causes? Perhaps, but no ono had been ablo to discover it. Tho banker nlono was awaro that his wife, owing to her knowledgo of las past life, had conceived an invincible disgust and an existenco which tilled her with hor ror. Whatever might be tho cause of Madame Toronthal's stato of health, which had puzzled tho doctors of tho town, seemed to afford the banker tho opportunity ho desired for entering into communication with tho owner of tho Savarena ; and ho wroto a lettor and sunt it off to the schooner by a messonger. "Ho would bo glad, ' ho aid, "to havo tho advice of a physician of such undoubted distinction." Then apologizing for tho inconvenience it would occasion to ono living in such retirement, ho begged Doctor Antekirtt "to appoint a timo when ho could expect him at his houso in tho Stra dono." When tho Doctor received thislottcr in tho morning, ho looked lirst at tho Big nature, ami then not a musclo of his face moved, ho read the letter through to the last line, and yet nothing showed the thoughts it suggested. What reply Hhould ho givo? Should ho tako advantage of tho opportunity to visit Torouihal'H house, nnd become acquaintod with his family ? But to enter the house oven iu tho character of a physician, would that uot embarrasa his Juture action V Tho Doctor hesitated not a moment Ho answered by n very short noto, which was handed to tho bankcr'u uor vant All it said was: "Doctor Antekirtt regrets that ho is unablo to attend Madame Toronthal. Ho docs uot practico in Europe." When the banker received thislaoonio reply ho crumpled it in his hand in his vexation. It was evident that tho Doc tor would havo nothing to do with him. It was a transparent refusal indicativo of a settled plan. hon," said ho tohimsclf, "if bo does not practico in Europo why did ho go to Madamo Bathoryif it was in tho charactor of a physician ho wont to hor ? What was ho doing thero? What in thero botweon them Tho uncertainty worried Toronthal exceedingly. His lifo had become n burden to him sinco tho Doctor had appeared at Gravona, nnd wou.d continue to bo so until the Savarena had sailed. Ho said not a word to his wifo or daughter jiOit hia futile letter. Ho kept hia anxiety to himself. But ho did not givo up watching tlio Doctor's move ments and kept himself informed of all his prooecdiu25 at Grav-sa and Itagusa. -T- J rir.uiti: mom akah. Tho very next day camo a now and equally serious alarm. Pierre Bathory had returned disap pointed to Zara. Ho had not been ablo to accept tho position that had been offered to him tho mauagonient o? important smelting works iu Herze govina. "Tne terms would not suit me." That was all ho said to his mother. Madame Bathory did not think it worth whilo to ask him why tho terms woro unacceptable ; a look Millleed hor. Then sho handed him a letter that had arrived iliii ing his absence. This was tho letter in which Doctor Antekirtt asked l'ierro Bathory to visit him on board tho Savarena to dis cuss a proposal ho was in a position to mako to him. Pierre Bathory handed tho letter to hia mother. Tho doctor's ofl'or was no sur priso to her. "I was expecting that," she said. "You expected this?" asked tho young man in astonishment. " Yes Pierre! Doctor Antekirtt camo to seo mo whilo you wero away." "Do you know who this man is thon that everybody is talking about at Hagusa ?" "No ; but Doctor Autekirlt know your father, anil he was tho friend of Count Sandorf and Count Zathmar, and in that character ho camo here." "Mother," asked Pierre, "what proof did tlio Doctor givo that ho was my father's friend." '"None," asked Madamo Bathory, who did not care to mention the hundred thousand florins that she wished to keop secret from all but herself aud the Doctor. "And suppose ho is somo informor, some spy, some Austriau detective?" " You will see that." "Do you advise mo to go, thon ?" "Yes, that is my advice. Wo should not neglect a man who is desirous of befrimuling you for tho friendship ho boro your father." "Butwhathas ho como lo Itagusa for?" asked Pierre. "Has ho any business in this country ?" "Perhaps ho thinlcs of doing some thing. Ho is supposed to bo very rich, and it is possible that ho thinks of offer ing you a post worth accopting." "I will go and seo him and llnd out" " Go to-day then, and ut the samo timo return tho visit that I am unablo to return myself." Pierro embraced his mother, and it Boomed as he lingered near her as though somo secret was choking him somo secret that ho daro not tell. What was there then iu his heart ro sad and serious thnthodaro uot confide it to his mother? "My poor child," murmured Madamo Bathory. It was ono o'clock in tho afternoon when Pierro entered tho Stradone on his way to tho harbor of Gravosa. As ho passed Toronthal'M houso ho stopped for an instant only for nn instant' Ho looked up at 0110 of tho wings, tho win dows of which opened on to tho road. Tlio blinds were drawn. Had tho houso bcou uninhabited it could not have boon moro shut up. Pierre Bathory continued his walk, which ho had rather slackened, than stopped. But his moroments had not escaped tho notico of a woman who was watching on tho opposite side of tlio Stradone. Sho was abovo tho usual height. Her ngo? Between forty and lifty. Her walk ? Almost mechanical. This foreigner her nationality could bo easily seon from her Drown frizzled hair and Moorish complexion was wrapped in a dark colored cloak, with it hood thrown over her headdress ornamented with ita sequins. Was sho a Bohemian, a Gitalin, a Gpsy, a Egyptian or a Hindoo? So many types did she resemble that it was dilllcult to say. Anyhow she was not asking for charity and did not look as though sho would accept any. She won there on her own account, or on tho account of somebody else, watching not only what went on atTorontlial'abutalso what took place iu tho ltuo Maiinella. As soon us she caugut eight of the young man coming iuto the Stradone and walking towards Gravosa, sho fol lowed so as to keep him in view ; but bo adroitly that ho was unaware of her proceedings. Besides ho was too much occupied to bother himaclf with what was taking place behind hia. Wheu ha slackened 11 is pace iu front of Toronthal a, the woman uluckenod hem. Wheu ho starto I oii nguiiTsliu started on, suiting hor pace to his. ltcaohiug tho first gato of Ragusa, Pierre strode through it swiftly, but uot swiftly enough to distance tho strangor. Onco through tho gato sho fouud him hurrying on to Gravosa, and twenty yards behind sho followed down tho avenue. At tho samo moment Silas Toronthal was returniug to Itagusa in n covered carriage, so that he could not avoid meeting Pierro. Seeing them both, tlio Moor stopped for n moment Perhaps sho thought they will havo something to say to each other. And so with kindling eyes sho slipped bohind a neighboring tree. But if the men wero to speak how could sho hear what they said? They did not speak. Toronthal had scon Pierre twenty yards before ho reached him, and instead of replying' with tho haughty snluto ho had used on tho quay at Gravosa when his daughter was with him, ho turned away his head ns tho young man raised his hat and hia carriage drove rapidly on towards Itagusa. t The stranger lost nothing of this littlo scene ; nnd a feeble smile animated hor impassable face. Pierre, moro in sorrow than anger continued his walk without turning back to look after Toronthal. Tho Moor followed him from nfar. nnd might havo been heard to mutter iu Arabic ; "It is timo that ho camo 1" to hi: ro.TiNcni.l A PRINTER'S TORMENTOR. , How ai. Zoln Corrects nnd ICovlsci 1 Ills MtimiHelrpt. The Vicuna Alhjemeine 'cilung pub lishes an interesting article by ' Hrnsl Zii'gler. who evidently writes with per. sonal knowledge, on Zola as a literary worker. The article might, perhaps, be well named "Zola as a rrinter's Tormentor." "Zola writes everything himself; lit never has a secretary for his extensive correspondence. lie even seals hit wrappers and addresses them when liu sends his friends brochures or his trans lators material. He also writes liij literary manuscript hinwlf. Out of it this printers compos.) what aro called 'placards,' largo pages with four gigan tic columns of text. Theso aro sent to the author carefully revised and free from errors, and then Zola begins tc correct, lie lills tlio wide margin al. round with hundreds of marks and let ters; ink lines cut through tlio text, thin threads run crossways and diagonally, entwining like a-lasso a sentence scrib bled in an open space; scarcely a line ii exempted from the hieroglyphics of the master. Hero a noto of 'nterest must innko room for ono of exclamation, hero a semicolon is changed into a full point; a comma before or after the ct effect ively divides a phrase; participles aro replaced by adjectives; substantives tako tho place of pronouns; redundant adverbs must also dissappear; tho 'past delinito' is substituted for tho 'imper fect;' more descriptive words supply the place of tamo ones; for an expression; repealed in live or six pages a synonym is introduced; whole phrases aro remod eled, sentences are condensed into two or three words, and even half columns aro ruthlessly consigned at once into the compositor's type case. It must bo a bitter task to break up tho print again, but there is no help for it. Tlio extra fees charged olsowhero on authors for corrections aro not known; nobody complains; author and publisher rival each other in n common endeavor after perfection. After such a corrected to.xt tho Paris journal prints, and tho trans lations aro done in exactly tho same way. "In the newspaper print tho publisher sees his work a step nearer tho book form. Hut tho process of alteration ia still unfinished, aud Zola is uot tho man to watch this process with his hands in his pockets. Ho now pcrcoives in his work a thousand things which escaped him before, aud ho begins anew to cor rect more industriously and moro re lentlessly than before. Ho makes ravaged on the text, rolining and touchingup the periods, reconstructing wholo pagc. and sprinkling column after column with new improvements. 'Tho fouillc ton is for 1110 only a lirst draught,' ha onco wroto to 1110. At last coino.s tho day on which tho publisher, Charpon tier, receives tho last hon-n-tircr tho now work is ready; Zola will novcrmorc withdraw anything from it, and ho cau now rest." As a matter of fact Zola does not rest, for we aro told that ho sits down at onco to sketch a new work directly tho ono last revised has left his hands. "It is seldom that Zola docs not re ceive tho proceeds of a new work before tho original manuscript loaves hia hnnd." Tho novel is, howovor, appear ing rogularly all tho whilo. " '(Jor. miliar began in tho papers on Nov. 25 188-1, nnd Zola only finished his work in tho following January. 'IfEuvro' bo gan on Deo. and Zola writes to-day that he fears he will not bo ablo to put tho word 'End' aftor tlio last chapter bo fore tho middlo of February. Ono may picture to himself tho clroumstancea under which such a work Is producod. Day after day the Paris feuilleton de vours from thrco to four hundred linos. Tho printor sends now 'placards' to Zola's house, waits for tho corrections; the translators need material; tho pub lisher is importunate, for ho must havo tho long-detained bons-a-iircr, sinco on the day on which tho last feuilleton np poars tho book must bo in tho market. So, harassed and tormontod, Zola cor rects airain, end at the samo timo writes tho last quarter of his romance At this time he neglects all business affairs, forgets who has sent him monoy, and why, whilo heaps of ununsworod corro spondenco strew his table In ti fuw lettora which ho absolutely must writo a phni8o always occurs which In Its stere otyped repetition admirably expresses tho condition of tho nuthur'a mind nnmely. tho cry of anguish, 'Jo sula si bousculo.' " Tho official rocOrdu of 8an Ilernrdln,o mm ta, California, do not chow a tingle birth or death In tho county during 1SS5. "Chccso Btlck8' uro a new edible at Wash ington receptions, and It U claimed that twy arc the promoter of Aigcstlou.