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' ' " ' v. . ' ' " '"' " ' DEVOTED TO NEWS, LITERATURE, AND THE BEST INTERESTS OF OREGON. VOL. XII. OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 26, 1878. NO. 49. f r 1 1 (( THE ENTERPRISE. A LOCAL NEWSPAPER roi t a rarmer, Raalarai Han ! Fatanlly Cirele ISSUED 1TERT THURSDAY. rBOfBIKTO AND FOBLISHMB. Official Paper for Clack am a County. OUic: In EutcrprU lliilltliuir. One door Muuttt of Masonic Building, Main atreat. Tcrnie of aiuteserlptloi Mingle 'opjr, on year, la advance. . . . Single Cup j, alx uioutha. In adTancv.. i 50 1 0 Tcrui of Adfr(llB(i Trauaieot BdyertmeuieiiU, iuclu.lina all legal notlcon, par auuar of twalva liurs, on wk $ a M I've cli aubaeuuaut iuaartioa 104 Uua Column, oua your lig UO Half Coluiuu. oua aaar KUUtl (uimw tvluuiu, oua yaar 40 00 Muaiiuwa Card, oua auuara, ooa vemr 1J 00 SOCIETY NOTICES. OREGON LODGE, No. 3, I. O. O. F. Mceta arery Thuraday Kraulug, at. 1S4 o cluck, in Odd allowa' Uall, i. 11 i' Umia Htreat. Member of tua Ordor. ara iavitad to attend. By order of f. O. REBECCA DEGREE LODGE, No. 2, j. v. v. r., lueeta on tlia Kecond and i fern t'ourtU Tuedy Eveulngaof eacU uiontb, ll P Uauibera of tUa ba-rea ara luviUd to' I IX u tlWI. in IUa Udil 1-1,1 In wu' Hall m v ii.ua. FALLS ENCAMPMENT, No. 4, I. O. O. T., maata at Odd Ftollowa' Uall on C ttia flrat and TUU4 Tueaday of aaeh uiontU.IjIcX Vatrlarcha la good aUudlutf ara luvitad to IT ? atUnd. MULTNOMAH LODGE, No. 1, a. f . c A. II., bold! 1U raular communi cation oa tua Flrkt and 'i bird Haturdaya U in aaoh lnulitb. .t 7 u'f:lu;k from th. 'Mith T' I rteptaiubar to tba 2utb of Uarcb : and IS o'cloak from tba nb of llarob to tba ' aatb of Woptombar. ilretbrtn In good atandin! lavltad to attand. By order of W. II. BUSINESS CARDS, WARREN N. DAVIS, M. D., llij'iciaii and Harpoon, Kraduataof tba University of Pennaylvania. Orrica at Cliff Uocbb. CHARLES KNIGHT, CANBY. OKEOON, l'liyikiciau and llruiMt. al'renoriytloui, carefully filled at abort notice. Ja7-tf DR. 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"H, the fctate. 1 i a- mm ApotliBcary Ou Broadway. See! YoueiK America, LU active anus With bundles laden. Escorting Is a Hlip8bod kind of way A pretty maiden. Often she drops a yard or two behind Before he'a missed her. Ah! her relationship is plain tlia eister. And close behind the couplt; we have sn Appears another A young man with a venerable dame Of course, his mother; For he has with a patronizing air Her ear enlisted, And tells her things of which she was aware Ere he existed. Another pair, who walked far apart, Scorn conversation. He eyeing ail the young ami blooming girls With aiin-ifatiort; She.with a weary air. and loaded down With goods he should have carried. Seems filled w ith care; alas! the fact is clear, These two are married. One couple more their hands are slyly clasped, They seem devoted. The g.'ances of sardonic passers-by Are all unnoted, Her eyes the color of the radiant sky So bright above us Look fondly into hia. Come let us go, These two are lovers! W. Y. Sun. In the Seraglio. One of the most interesting chapters of the new book, "Twenty Years' Resi dence Among the People of Turkey," Dy a lauy who was a consul 8 daughter and a consul's wife, is the chapter of the seraglio. Following are extracts: One of the three palaces most re nowned for beauty of architecture and magnificence of furniture is liegler Bey. It ia worthy of the use for which it has been selected, of being the pal ace offered for the occupation of illus trious foreign visitors. lhe arrange ments made in it for one imperial guest were presided over by bultan Abdul Aziz in person, and the private apart ments of the illustrious lady were per fect copies of those in her own palace. The fastidiousness of the host on this occasion was so great that on discover ing that the tints on the walls and fur niture slightly differed from those he had seen when on his European tour he ordered that everything should be removed and new ones brought from Paris. The fair visitor is Baid to have been equally surprised and flattered by the delicate attention that hod not omitted even the smallest object of her toilet table. The Saltan, in truly Oriental fashion, caused a new pair of magnificent slippers, embroidered with pearls and precious stones, to be placed before her bed every morning. In Abdal-Medjid's time, clocks and china vases were the only ornaments of the apartments. Ihe absence of pic tures, books, and the thousand differ ent objects with which Europeans fill their houses gave the rooms, even when inhabited, a comfortless and un used appearance. Some years ago, when visiting the private apartments of this Sultan, I noticed a splendid antique vase. Late- y, on speaking of this priceless object to a seraglio lady, I was informed that it had been thrown into the Bosphorus by order of its owner. This act of imperial extravagance was caused by the supposition that the vase had been handled by some person afflicted with consumption. Sultan Abdul-Aziz, a year or two be fore his dethronement, possessed with a nervous terror of fire, caused all in flammable articles to be taken out of the palaces and replaced them with ar ticles manufactured of iron. The stores of fuel were cast into the Bosphorus, and the lights of the Sultan a appart- ments were placed, in basins of water. The houses in the neighborhood of the seraglio were purchased by the Sultan, their occupants forced to quit at very short notice, their furniture turned out, and the buildings pulled down at once. Ibis tyrannical precautions served to heighten the general discon tent of the capital against the pand- Ishan, especially among the poor, who justly complained that they might have benefitted by what- had been wasted; while some of the wealthy, though not more contented, profited by the freak, and carried off many of the rich objects taken out of the palace. An account I recently saw of the imperial Abdul-Aziz at 2,000,000. The palace contained 5,500 servants of both sexes. The kitchen alone re quired 300 functionaries, and the stables 4.00. There were also about 400 caikjis, or boatmen, 400 musicians, and 200 attendants who had the charge of the menageries and aviaries. Three hundred guards were employed for the various palaces and kiosks, and about 100 porters. The harem, besides this, contained 1,200 female slaves. I am unable to give an estimate of the expenses of the seraglio of the present Sultan, but I have been informed on good authority that llis Majesty per sonally superintends the management of the palace and regulates its expendi ture with great wisdom and economy; it will take some time, however, to put an end to the disorder, corruption and irregularity that have become so rooted iu the whole system, and caused the extravagance and waste that prevailed in the households of former Sultans. A Turkish proverb says, "Iialuk bash Ian kokar" (the fish begins to decom pose at the head) ; accordingly, if the head is sound there is every hope that the body will also keep fresh. The haremlik of the seraglio contains from 1,000 to 1,500 women, divided among the Sultan's household that of his mother, the Valide Sultana, and those of the princes. The vast host of women of all ranks, ages and conditions, are without excep tion of slave extraction, originating from the cargoes of slaves that yearly . t find their way to Turkey from Cir cassia, Qeorgia, Abyssinia, and Arabia, in spite of the prohibition of the slave trade. These slaves are sold in their native land by unnatural relations, or torn from their homes by hostile tribes, to be subsequently handed over to the slave dealers, and brought by them into the capital and other large towns. All these women are the offspring of semi-barbarous parents, who seldom scruple to sell their own flesh and blood. An ex-seralli of mv acquaintance had herself offered as many as fourteen young girls to the seraglio of Abdul Aziz, after having reared each for the duties that would probably devolve upon Her. This lady said to me, "What other crirl from a humble crea ture like myself could ba so acceptable to so great a personage as his Imperial Majesty? Ai the time this conversa tion took place she had a fresh batch of young slaves in hand. They were an smart-looking crirls. designated bv fancy names Buch as Amore. Fidele. Rosbiguole, Beaute, etc. Their dress was rich, but ludicrous in the extreme. being composed of cast-off seraglio finery of all the colors of the rainbow; some children wert even dressed in the Turkish military uniform, which con trasted strangely with the plaits of ineir long thick hair tied up witn cot ton rags. Their politeness, half saucy, nan obsequious, was verv amusini? On entering the room, they all stood in a row at the lower end. and when some jocus observations were made to them by their mistress a readv and half-impudent reply was never want ing. The youngest, about 8 years of age, was dressed in a miniature colo nel s full uniform, on being addressed by her owner by the name of "Pinch," and asked. "Will you have this lady s 1 ttle son for your husband? I mean to marry him to you when you grow up! the little miss laughed, and seemed perfectly well acquainted with the meaning of the proposal, and by no means blushed at it. The treatment these girls received seemed to be very kind, but sadly wanting in decency, morality and good principle. On the accession of a new Sultan to the throne it was customary to make a clearance of most of the inmates of the seraglio and replenish it with fresh ones, such as those that already belong to the household of the new sovereign, and others further to augment the number. A seraglio inmate, who had herself enjoyed imperial favor of this descrip tion, told me that it was very seldom that a Blave enjoyed more than once the passing notice of the Sultan, a dis appointment naturally very deeply felt by those who, after being suddenly raised to the height of favor, find them selves consigned again quickly to ob livion, in which their future is passed. There are manv amoDcr the reiected favorites who have sensitive natures and are capable of a serious attachment, and in consequence of the sarcasms the more favored, fail not to heap upon them, the disappointment they have experienced or the devouring jealousy that unrequited love occasions are said to become broken-hearted or die of consumption. "Nor," continued my informant, "was the condition of those more closely connected with the Sultan such asinsnred to them perfect happi ness, mental unconcern, or security." They are obliged to have recourse to every art to preserve their beauty, fight hard against the attacks and intrigues of rivals and carefully to watch over themselves and their offspring. The real Turkish hanoum, or lady, is a dignified, quiet person, elegant, sensible, and often naturally eloquent, condescending, and kind to those who gain her good will, proud and reserved to those who do not merit her esteem. Her conversational resorces are cer tainly limited, but the sweetness and poetry of the language she uses, the pretty manner in which her expres sions are worded and the spirited re partee that she can command have a charm that atones for her limited knowledge, ller manners, principles. and choice of language offer a pleasant contrast to those prevalent among the generality and render her society ex tremely agreeable. There is another class of serailis who present a not less interesting study. Sensitive and refined, fragile and dreamy in appearence, gifted perhaps with virtues that have no occasion to exercise, or with strong and passionate feelings that in a seraglio can never find vent in a solid and healthy affection, they become languid and spiritless, verging toward decline, to which they tall victims unless released (as occasionally happens) by being set tree ana married . Another class of searilis is the inde pendent set, who are denominated deli serailis or wild serailis, famous for their extravagant ideas, disorderly conduct and unruly disposition; endowed with the bump of cunning and mischief, joined to a fair amount of energy and vivacity, they carry out, in spite of high walls and the watchful serveillanc et more than a hundred eunuchs, all the wicked plans and mad freaks their disorderly minds and im pulsive natures suggests to them; their lancnasre. manners, and actions are such as no pen can describe. jV. Y. Herald. Tn the course of the seasons that time has arrived when the young man sits out on the front steps witu tne idol of his soul and talks sentimental nlnah and thinks he would be in Heav en if he were married, whereas the cirl a old man. who has been married for some period, probes around the house with a kerosene lamp, looking for some cold grub for his supper, arid he smiles a smile suggestive of sad experience when he reflects that he was onca vonnc and beautiful himself, and as big a fool as the young man on the stoop. German Socialism. The recent attempts, first by Hoedel and then by Dr. Nobeling, to assassi nate .Emperor William of Clermany, have drawn renewed attention to the threatening aspect of socialism in that country. , A number of years ago Prince Bismarck said he had to fight with two enemies ultramontanism and socialism. The former element cares little for public institutions in compar ison with the interests of Rome; and the latter would pull down all govern ments, level all aristocracies, and blot out the boundaries of all states, in or der to put rLe appliances of capital in to the han of manual laborers. Lord Beaconsfla.- 'i oace said something of the same 1- I; " when he declared that the chief V-yo.es of Europe were the chur i-vme and the secret so eifctieH. Prince'iJiamarek has been able to fetter the Catholic clergy by means of the Falk laws; but to stop the pro pagation of socialistic doctrines is not easy. They are in the air and effect all classes. There is a socialism in the lower classes which is equivalent to the red republicanism of France, and has in it all the elements of disorder, which are liable to break out in an emeute as violent as those which char acterise the French commune. There is a socialism in the literary classes, in the churches, in the universities. Athe istic and socialistic teachings in the higher universities have begun to pro duce their natural fruits; and the rest lessness of the people is aggrivated by hard times, high prices and an oppress ive army law. Nobeling was no mere ignorant mechanic like Hoedel, but a person of good family, intelligence and culture. Many of the German so cialists are able men, who know per fectly well what they wish to do, and possess the organizing faculty which nature has denied to French commun ists. The aim of the democratic association of German workingmen of which the would be assasins are members is to destroy the capitalist class, not only in Germany but through out Europe. The leaders do not pre tend to believe that they can reach their good by avenues of peace, or that they are ready to wait for the slow effect of natural change. They frankly put their trust in revolution. Religion they attack as vehemently as property. No substantial effort to destroy the hard ships of this world will be made, they hold, until they root out the belief that there is any other scene of happiness than the present. All the spurts of French impiety seem to be little more than idle trifling in comparison with the dull monotonous, solemn outpouring of German atheism. Socialism demands the entire over throw of the present social system; the abolition of all personal property in land and other means of production, and their cession to the state; tho in troduction, of the co-operative plan in labor, so that every laborer may be a partner in every factory or workshop, the compulsory limitation of the hours at labor to eight hours a day ' or less, according to the requirements of un employed workingmen. It teaches that there is no equity in private pro perty, no sancity in religion, no purity iu marriage, neither patrotism nor rea son iu loyalty. German socialism owes its origin as a political force to Ferdi nand Liasselle. lhis man was one of the most remarkable political agitators of the present century, and his success among the working classes of Germany was marvelous. Me was a man of ex traordinary vanity and ambition ; wrote of the miseries of the poor from one of the handsomest houses in Frankfort; and withall was such a dandy in dress that he would wear only clothing made for him in Paris. He was a born agitator and revolutionist. In 1861, at the age of 38, he was killed iu a du el, but not before he had already form ed a powerful party in Germany. His successor was ivarl Marx, who is the recognized head of German socialism. The party is already thoroughly repre sented in the German parliament. The elections for the Reichstag in 1874 pro duced nine socialistic members; and thirteen were elected in 1877, at which time no less than four hundred and eighty-five thousand votes were polled, an increase of about forty per centum in three years. The reason why so many voters sent so few represetatives to the Reichstag is because the party is widely scattered over the empire. When originally started, German so cialism was in no way connected with atheism; but it is not essentially athe istic. Theological doctrine is regard ed as part of the system which it is the object of the party to overthrow, they see it in the foundation of society in its present form, and do not doubt that if it is destroyed the superstructure must follow. Hence, a capitalist is to them not more loathsome than a preach er or parson. As there is scarcely a power in Eu rope that is not more or less endanger ed by these visionary and reckless schemers, the German government will have general sympathy in its efforts to put them down. It will have the sym pathy of the majority of the people in the United States, who had last sum mer an experience with these fellows. They have some grounds of complaint. They may be suffering from some wrongs which ought to be righted, but when they resort to assassination and incediarism as the remedy for what they consider as wrongs, when they claim that all property should be di vided, and that wealth is a crime, and when they seek to destroy the church and. society itself and plunge the world into anarchy, then any government is justified in putting them down by the strong arm of force, however terrible the process may be, the socialists of Ber lin who met and drew lots to see who shorJd be the assassin, have only them selves to blame if the hour of retribu tion has come. Exchange. Edison's nom de plume is "Old Lightning." COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY , UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA Lost in the Black Hills. After a fearful experience of five days' wandering in the forests and can yons of the Black Hills, Mrs. McLeod safely returned to her home. A reporter of the Enterpriat called at the residence of Mrs. Annie McLeod, who resides in Anchor City, and per ceiving that she was considerably exhausted from her travels and conver sation with friends, he sought an inter view with Wm. Clemmens, the gentle man who found her, and who had learned all the facts of her bewilder ment and subsequent wanderings, from which we learned, in substance, the following: In the afternoon of the same day she left home, she was walking along hill or standing by a precipice fifteen feet high, and by some unaccountable meansuhe slipped, or overbalanced, falling the entire distance, where she lay unconscious for the space of two days. Finally she aroused and dis covered that she had received a wound below her left eye ; also that her right hand had been sprained by the fall. Though greatly exhausted and suffering from the injuries received from the fall, with returning consciousness came her indomitable oourage. She arose and attempted to regain the trail from which she had staggered. Sha trav elled till overtaken with darkness, only to find that her search had been in vain. Thus she wandered through the lonely canyons, hope never forsaking her, yet death from exhaustion and starvation was staring her in the face. Lonely must have been those long, weary hours of night. Think of being all alone in a deep, dark canyon, many miles from the habitation of any human being, with a pack of wild, ferocious Solves within a few feet of you, uttering angry growls and preparing to pounce upon and devour you 1 Such, or t-imi-lar, was the situation of Mrs. McLeod, a lady of fifty-six years old. When morning dawned, she could behold the glorious Bun, but could see no human being nor find her latitude. When she came to a berry patch she would fill her pail with the delicious fruit, eat what she wanted and travel on. On arriving at a spring on the mountain side, or a babbling brook in the valley, 6he would empty out her berries and fill her pail with water al ways before leaving the stream. She was also very careful about the heat for fear of getting a sunstroke. In her precaution about all matters, she mani fested extraordinary good judgment. One day she was caught in a slight hail storm, and after the storm passed she picked up some drops, ate them, and thought that they tasted as good as any bread she had ever eaten. When discovered by Mr. Cleramens she was standing in the road, about two miles beyond Spearfish, on the Bear gulch rood. She presented a wild appearance, her clothing being al most torn to shreds from traveling through the brush and over the rocks. She had lost her bonnet when she fell over the precipice ; on one foot Bhe wore a shoe, while the other foot was wrapped in a "piece of cloth. Mr. C. spoke to her and asked : "What is the matter ? She replied : "I'm lost." ; "Where do you live ?" inquired Mr. C. "At Anchor," was the reply. Mr.Clemmens then took her to his ranch.which was some two miles distant. He told Mrs. O. to make her a cup of tea and give her a small piece of toast, knowing that she was too weak to en dure a hearty meal. Mr. C. took his gun, went out and returned with a squirrel, from which his wife made some broth for the al most famished woman. Mr. Clemmens was not aware that there was a woman missing from Anchor, and that there was a reward of $100 offered for infor mation leading to her discovery, until hejmet a friend from Spearfish City who had read the news in the Western Enterprise. The most mysterious part of her ex perience while wandering in the Jonely woods, is.the fact that when she felt faint and thought that she could go no further and would lie down to'rest, sin gular as it may seem, a little onipmunk or squirrel would jump into her face ; then she would arouse, get up and walk a piece further. Again she would become almost exhausted from fatigue and would lie down, only to be dis turbed with another chipmunk. This being repeated every time she at tempted to reconcile herself to her fate, produced the impression upon her mind that that was a presentiment intended to stimulate her to move on, which she did in each instance till she was discovered by Mr. Clemmens. Strange though it be, yet there must have been something more than ordin ary courage that enabled her to over come all human weaknesses till she came into the presence of her human savior. Enterprise, Deodwood, Black Hills. The " Matrimonial Causes Amend ment Act," which recently became a law, contains a clause which gives magistrates the power of ordering that women, whose safety is in peril from the assaults of their husbands, shall no longer be bound to live with them, as they hitherto have been. To quote the words of the clause itself, the order which he may issue, if he sees suffi cient cause, ''shall have the force and effect in all respects of a decree of judi cial separation on the ground of cruelty. It is a real step forward in the protection of many women, hitherto too much exposed to hardship without chance of claiming assistance in their distress. Jules Verne's famous story of a tour around the world in eighty days has been not only realized, but improved npon by an American whom the Lon don Examiner ..mentions, who has ac tually accomplished the feat in seventy six days. Secretary Sherman continues his pre parations, iqz specie resumption. Hunting: Lodg-iug-s. O nr English cousins are also infected with the Exposition plague. They see Americans swarming here, and they de sire to have the first pluck at them. He who stops in London at the present time had better throw himself upon the mercy of a good hotel and drift. It will be cheaper than lodgings. An American friend said to me, "The next time you visit London, stop at the Cas tle and Falcon, in the city; an old hotel, such as Charles Dickens loved to de scribe." I thought I would, but nearly failed from losing the combination. In its struggle to get back to my mind af ter wandering away, it became " The Cat and Crocodile," "The Rat and the Unicorn," The Monkey and the Bar of Soap," The Cheese and the Gridiron," and I. know not how many more. On arriving at London Bridge station, however, the name camo flying into the car window, walked into its old niche in the mind, and will probably live there in future. The Castle and Falcon turned out to be an ordinary English inn of the regular model. Here is the bill for a day's board for two, itemized: Apartments, 5s; attendance, 3s; break fast 8s; dinner, 12s; tea, 8s; strawber ries at dinner, 5s the latter charged as an extra. Everything is extra that gets outside of plain cooking. This bill footed up 41 shillings equal to $10.25 of our money. The Bum is not large in itself, but becomes immense when set beside what was obtained for it. I said I will try lodgings. So I went to Ken sington and called npon a lady, bear ing a card from a house agent. She showed me rather a shabby Bitting room and a most uninviting bed-room. "How much a week?" I asked. She was a slender, cadaverous woman with bony hands. She rubbed one over an other and said, "You are an American, I believe ?" I said, "No; far frodi sich. I am from the sterile plains of Earn schatka, where the inhabitants are poor, but oh! how virtuous," She took my measure as she thought and answered, ' 'The apartments, without board, will be four guineas and a half a week. There will be a charge of six shillings a week for attendance, sixpense a piece for each gas burner, three and sixpence for lighting the kitchen fire, and a charge for washing the bed and table linen." This is a literal copy of the original speech. I Baid, "Are you sure you havn't forgotten something?" She had the thoughtless woman it was for blacking boots. I Baid, "Try again, and don't be bashful. There's the house rent, I'm sure you've omitted." I told her at last there was but one ob jection to the price, and that was that he wanted guineas, and as the last of them went out with George III. I real ly shouldn't know where to look for them. - I came away. I then advertised in the Telegraph, The advertisement didn't appear, to be gin with. I went to the office and spoke of it to the man . whom I had paid. He pointed to the end of the counter, where ihers was; a Fign, "In quiry Clerk." I went to this desk and waited with that angelic patience with which the Americans are pre-eminently gif led. At lost I lifted up my voice and said, "Where is the man?" and the directing clerk said "Lo, he is making inquires for another party." I then again formed a partnership with pa tience, and while we two were discus sing the theme there came in a worried Englishman full of questions. He said to me, "Where is the clerk who an swers questions ?" and I said, as speak ing in a dream, "He has gone to China to make inquiries." And then said the Englishman, "Really? It's hardly worth while for me to wait; don't you think so?" At this moment the ardent ly longed-for clerk appeared. Now why did this advertisement not appear? I will give you the last reason that would occur to you. It was that they had nine columns of advertisements over that they couldn't get in. I said your explanation would be satisfactory to an Englishman. To a barbarian it simply excites astonishment through its heart-rending, stupidity. If nine solid columns of prepaid advertise ments won't justify a supplement the creation of another world wouldn't bring it. So my advertisement handed in on Friday morning could not come out until Monday. On Tuesday I had eighteen letters and a printed pamphlet as answers to my mystic question of lodgings. The price ranged from one pound to six guineas, all the places possessing the comforts of a home kind of home not specified and in two distinct instances going it blind as to my state of grace, and offering to con vert me free of charge salvation not to be counted as an extra in the bill. I have filed away the eighteen for future reference. Paris Cor. Louisville Couri er-Journal. Curious Case of Death. From a Marseilles (France) paper we learn that a soldier has just died in the military hospital under the following singular circumstances : He had been suffering for some weeks from severe attacks of headache, which totally incapacitated him for his duties, and eventually forced him to enter the hospital. Here the next morning he was found dead in his bed, and there being no assignable cause for his death, a post-mortem was ordered. The result of the medical ex amination revealed the mystery. In the man's brain was found a thick tuft of hair, which science is of opinion had been there since his earliest childhood, and, growing with his growth, had ul timately occasioned death. The young man's parents, on being questioned, stated that in his infancy he had re ceived a violent blow on the head from the fall ef a chimney ornament, and that after the bruise had healed, the mother remarked that the hair on the injured spot had turned inward, but, thinking the matter of no importance, she had paid no attention to it. If laughter is the daylight of the soul, smile is its twilight. Photography as a Detective. Photography has Ion g been employed by the police to assist them in identify ing persons who are "wanted," and the extensive use to which the art is put by the Paris authorities is evident from the display made at the International Exhibition in the pavilion set apart for the French capital. Here not only a large series of criminal portraits are Bhown, but examples are presented of various other applications in which photography has been found useful to assist officers of justice. In case of murder, for instance, it seems to be the duty of the police photographers to photograph the scene of the deed, and also to record by the assistance of the camera the position of the victim. There is a special branch of the Paris police who are photographers in uui- . form, and a place is set aside at the station for a studio and dark closet. In a word, tho occupation is now a part of the policeman's duty; and in ciases where we might employ a dark lantern they would have recourse to a ca mera. There is little doubt that the Paris police have been able to detect many a crime by resorting to assistance of this kind. Several instances of forgery upon note and bonds, in which the original figures were erased and others written in their place, have been dis covered in this way. We believe that the Bank of France has an officer of its own npon whom devolves the duty of examing any suspicious documents with the camera. In a photograph, it seems, ink marks, which are invisable to the eye, are frequently reproduced, while an erasure, let it be ever so care fully smoothed over, becomes apparent in a finely executed photograph. In a word, it is next to impossible to make an alteration in the matter of writing or printing on a paper surface without the photographer finding you out soon er or later. Even upon the subject of style" in hand writing, the camera gives a sharp criterion. By photographing a word or two and enlarging the up and down strokes to very wide dimensions. and character of the writing is more easily studied than in its original form. This instrumentality is sometimes used by inquisitive police agents anxious to get at the nistory oi a doubtful document. Lotulon Daily News. Air Brakes on Freight Trains. A test of the ntmost importance to railroads was made a few days ago on the Denver and Rio Grande road at Veta Pass, the result of which has just come to hand. It was the trial of the Westinghouse air brake upon a freight train, and it was fully demonstrated that the invention is just as practicle and operative on a train of heavily loaded freight cars as it has so often been proved to be upon passenger trains. The Veta Pass is 9,300 feet above the level of the sea, and the grade of tle track tkvbngh it is some- . thing remarkable. On the portion of ' the line where the test was made is a down grade of 211 feet to the mile. To those who have traveled the Pennsyl vania road, and noted with care the descent on the mountains from Kittann ing Point to the Horse-shoe bend, the above figures will give a partial idea, for the steepest grade of the Pennsyl vania is 96 feet to the mile. The experi ment was made with a train of twelve flat cars loaded with green lumber and weighing nearly 200 tons. The train was running at a good rate of speed. but by the application of the brakes was stopped short in a distance of 440 feet in 22 seconds, and with the throt tle of the engine wide open. A special feature of the test is that the air at the Veta Pass only sustains a column of mercury twenty-one inches, so that the pumps of the brake have to compress the air through nine thirtieths of the strike to get air of the same density as the pumps take in at the sea level. The result of the trial will causa the introduction of the brake upon the freight trains everywhere, as it is already npon passenger trains. Pittsburgh Telegraph. A Diplomatic Answer. The old man Smith, of Richfield, ia a self-sufficient sort of old fellow, and prides himself upon his riding abili ties. One day he espied his young hopeful leading a colt to water rather gingerly, and remarked: "Why on earth don't you ride that beast?" "I'm 'fraid to; 'fraid he'll throw me." "Bring that hoss here," snapped the old man. The colt was urged up to the fence, and braced on one side by the boy while the old man climbed on to the rails and stocked himself en the colt's back. Then he was let go, and the old gentleman rode proudly off. Paralyz ed by fear, the colt went slowly for about twenty rods without a demon stration. Then like lightning his four legs bunched together, his back bowed like a viaduct arch, and the old man shot up in the air, turnel seven sep arate and distinct somersaults, and lit on the small of his back in the middle of the road, with both legs twisted around his neck. Hastening to him the young hopeful anxiously inquir ed: "Did it hurt you, pa?w Tha siM man rose slawlv. shook OUt fha tnnU In lu's lea, brushed the dust from his ears and hair and robbing his bruised elbows growiea:.. "Well, it didn't do me a dam bit of good. You go home." , "Washington is the most beautiful laid out city in lhe world." remarked an ex-contractor to a District of Columbia taxpayer. "Yes," replied the latter; "it was only a question of endurance whether Washington Bhould lay out Boss Shepherd or Boss Shep- nera lay oui waejungton.