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'-rzr-S. ' 3?" vr?'rM $ Tz r 4 - (1) She jDmtjj toratt. ASTORIA. OREGON: SrDAY. Al'JUL 13. IKK) FLOORED A DESPERADO. An Iscaclent of One of Griswold's Lec turing Tcurs. Wbatan interesting volume, says Ute New Xork Star, the life of. A. Mi sec Grisvold would make! He is the lut of the first generation of Ameri cas humorists, having come into promiseooe under the quaint title of Tfee Fat Contributor,' when Arte bu Ward had just sprung into fame. At tkat time Bret Harte, John Hay, Mark Twain, Max Adler and Petrol eaca V. JSasby were unknown. Un like most writers of fun. Griswold seems sever to have lost his grip, and does as much work to-day as ho did thirty odd years ago. His labors bare beea very successful and have paid him a handsome profit. Daring his lecture tours, which filled the better part of eighteen ye&rsjhe had many curious adven tares. One night while lecturing in a T8TV demoralized Western village he J was constantly inierrupieu anu iu nlted by the town bnlly, a desperado w"ao had killed a number of men. The deor-keeper and usher were afraid of the fellow, who came for the avowed Dcrpese of breaking up the entertain mtai. Griswold finally lost hi3 patience, and stopping short in a neatesoe said to the ruffian: My dear sir, either vou or I must leare the IibIL," The man leaned back in his chair aad smilingly answered: Waal, young fellow, I guess you had better quit" The lecturer stepped back, and then, maniag forward at full speed, leaped from the platform full upon his ad versary. What with his spfud, big weight ili'O founds) and the height of the rostrum, his impetus knocked the men senseless and smashed the chair in which he was sitting. He was car ried out, a hopeless wreck, amid lond applause, and Griswold returned to the platform and finished hi" lectin e. HIS ONLY FAULT. An Englishman's Opinion of a Bucking of the beat known men in Wy oming Territory, says the Chicago rroMHe,is Frnuk J. Lnslcof the town which bears hi" name. Ho comes to Chicago from the Wild West, and in the rotnudc of the Grand Pacific he told aa experience of a rjch young Eaclishman among the cowboys. A few weeks ngfv related .Mr. out ot her clock without asking or car Lnsk, "a young Englishman came out . ing which way .she is to go, how long io oHrconnxry in quest oi somu yuou investment He was at one of my raw&ee for a few days. One after uooa as the cowboys were about to round up a bunch of c vr pinis the yoHBg mru said he would enjoy a good ride in the saddle. H said he whs nssd to riding only thorough breds, and he didn't think we had a horse eood euongh for him. The boys convinced him that they had one ' of the finest horses on the plains, and if he knew howt) n h he was wel- come to the nuitu.i! II.' v is annir- ently insulted when qncMiond about his kbilitv to ride, and auawered that he could ride any kind ot a horse. A sleepy-looking bronco was brought out "from the corrals and saddled. Thoagh he appeared halt dead he waB the worst bucker in the herd. "E's lifeless,' said the foreigner, whea the pony was brought to him. Tbe boys said the nag would wake up after the first mile, nud milord got ' and now and then a wave came over into the saddle, lie didn't linger i the rail, which filled heruntil we stood long. The first buck-jump placed ibip deep in the frothy water. We had him on the horse's neck, and after the j to knock away a portion of the bul second ho was in the atmosphere. He j warks to give her a chance to unload, Urned a double summerset and land- but even then there were occasions ed on the sham end of a cactus nlant j when it seemed as if she coidd not When he picked himself np one of the bovs asked what he thought of the thoroughbred now. The question made the Englishman turn pale. "'Es a good 'oss,' ho answered, 'but be lopes too bloomin' 'igh.' Yo couldn't blame the boys for langhiBC. The Englishman didn't notice it, lor he was too busy separat ing himself from the sharp points of the cactus." BfiOUGHT TO TIME. A Scene That Was as Intensely m&tic as It Was Enjoyable. Dra- Never did the heroine of a play re ceive such sympathy from her spec tators as was accorded the leading lady of a little scene enacted at a ho tel one recent evening, says the De troit Commercial Advertiser. Dur lug the afternoon an attractive couple eateredthe hotel. Tho young mau was about twenty-five years of age. He appeared out of place in tho hos telry. The mostshowy feature of his attire, was a huge white necktie. The yoKog lady was taller and more port ly than her compauion aud possessed arwy ruddy complexion. To a casual observer it was evident tkat both were from the country and that they were about to take part in aa event of great importance to them The young man approached .the : clerk led to register Fred aad said he wanted Hastings and friend." I X l - 'i" " ""'"" "w" The clerk dipped his pen in ink , -B fl x when bis gcest exclaimed: Hold - ffc to t u a oa, ya nuMlat wnUs that onwart w lW k fc f ahcra4ril write that different awreckononr t bow whea we He ordered a cab and drove to the wresweplbv aVave from stem to Jwwe ota preacher, turning m sem Mygripoa the life line was 55 aaJ???nr . , . -i il broken as the -water nished over me KSSfe., a -H l- red ing carried over the rail. As I went, HMjJBjMa,Wife,"withabig. Ii bumped against two of the men, - fT-ned-geMtlemanL'a Juried over their heads in water, but Hm1iK8 in th0 roceP110.1 , hanging on for life. I clutched at one raoat. He was not seen again until f lhemaml tore a lJiece from hia Ct.wLen bostat1dacrsthe jacket, and thirtv seconds later I was rabudal&e a man on rollers. He was j overboard for good and trying to get bcmfal of happiness combined with bead above the t which Ued otter good things. It seems that he u on the surface like yeast Wheu x saaay times daring the afternoou and the last "geeser" was telling. StaBdwgin the center of the ro- feCMUed a large wad of money hisineide pocket and declared ltSaed tO -blow" it all in. This Mrs. Hasting's cue, and she frosa the reception room and waked straight to her hubby. In si lssies abs gazed fiercely nt him for a fssrseeoads. The spectators, and there were Batty, loked on and wondered. The broken by tho leading W S V Sfoop, grabbed her , aw aettac hasband by the arm. "Gammon? she ordered. "You are SMtlttt SK)W, and yOU Can t CUt UP mLmSl &h "lh S'u r i JUStly be followed tbe 'man of to the elevator, and they JOSt tO Sight. The BCeCe Jy dramatic and hugely bmib """"M"" BJayaJL Is aai ftask aibost your health; no it Mar . Mrs. Jfroctor. PERILS OF THE SEA. Swept Oyerloari tiy an Epatorial Cyclone, A J'lCilT WITH A HA Jilt. IX. A Fearful Struzsle on a 'Wrecked Brig Drifting in 3Iid-Ore.in. Among the many vessels that anchor and depart every year are representa tives from all parts of the planet, and from the forecastle to the cabin can be found all clases and grades of men. A walk along the Astoria water front any day will throw one in contact with some sailor who has had adventures well worth telling, but most of them i have not encumbered their minds with I reminiscences and their stories are f ragmentan . But there was met yesterday at the O. K. & N. dock, or the U. P. dock, .-is ' it is now called, a man who had a story j of the bca, and who told it in a straightforward way that carried con- Tjct jon 0f ;ts truth. He was a man of more education than one would ex pect to find in a sailorbefore the mast, but doubtless some freak of fortune followed hLs footsteps and sent him to a station below his full worth. As near as it could be transcribed his story of adventure is as follews: "The vast expanse, the loneliness, the perils of the sea are not realized by the sailor so long as he has a ship under him and comrades about One may iloat and drive for a week in a dismasted craft without sighting a sail, but if he has the company of of ficers and crew he will take it as an incident to be expected in his calling. A ship may drive for days before a terrific storm, all reckoning lost, and each pluuge seeming as if it would be her last; but so long as the regular officers are in command, sailor Jack feels that the craft will somehow pull through, and he does not lose his hearL "A more singular incident than one which occurred while I was one of the crew of the ship Stranger is not to be found in the records of the sea. We loaded at Liverpool for the cape and ports beyond, on the west coast of Africa. Our last port of call was to be Zanzibar. Before leaving the docks at Liverpool two or three of us took down th-'inap hanging on the wall at our boarding house and traced out the course. When wo came to figure up the distance we were aimzed. When we came to figure on the perils of such a voyage we wondered how many of its would live to see the palms of Africa. The average landsman sees a ship pull the vovage is to be, or what the perils of her course. Perhaps it is not his business to ask or care. Each voca tion in life has its profits and perils, and it is seemingly left to each toiler to work out his own salvation. "Well, we had touched at Port Natal to unload -onK' machines, an:l were headed up for the Mozambique rhan-t nel, when we got caught in a cyclone, j It came on atxmt 10 o clock in the morning and we had everything snug to meet it. iv; coasting schooners. both bound our. way. had come oui of . Natal with iv. and when the storm came howling down both were in full sight. lusKie oi twenty minutes one foundered and went to the bottom and the'other we almost ran over as she drifted bottom up. We had a big craft and she had taken out enough cargo io float like a cork, but within an ! hour the ea got up until a mill pond constantly washed our decks, ! rise with her burden. 1 don't remem-1 ber that auv of us were frightened. Both watches were on duty, the of ficers alert, and we knew that nothing could be done except to stand ready it any sudden peril menaced us. We were not lying to, as would have been the case iu a roaring gale. With the wind screaming and shrieking along at the rate of eighty or ninety miles an hour, no ship could have been held up to it even if she were not driven under stern first. i "I had been sauing for fifteen years and yet had never encouutered anj'- thing like this storm. Tho anger of j it was appalling. It seemed deter-' mined that nothing made by the hand ot man suouid survive it. wnen we slid down into the great hollows be tween the wave3 the wind was lo3t to us on the declis, but it roared and shrieked through our lophammcr like 10,000 mad devils. Then, as we slow ly climbed the steep hill of water the ship seemed to stand almost perpen dicular on her stern, the wild blasts struck us again until even' man had to hang on for Ins life. When we were in tho full embrace of the storm the report of a field piece could not have been heard twenty feet I had only one look astern ot tho ship. A 5 note would not have hired mo to look again. A groat Avail of water, crested with six feet of froth, was rushing down as if to roll over us. aud I shut ..,.. ,...-, ..,i i.n ... i..Anii. T-i:rist.i th-esbipand flllnff W forwara . a , , ,. ,. . . . . T . , , ne. . .. nnrfr nf Tn:i nvrnv ,in1 ,-Ilcf sinkinir into a hoUow. I know it has been the case with most sailors who i i,n i,00 nnf ; ci, rvon'i n.nf nn , imno nf Bnimf:ftn fiT;0tfl,i i,of rai. , ;n(T nf THnKnn trna W,m. Tf ima go -n.;!, Ti.nri -. nrr.rnur,i t.;k- fnr ithe .W.)T reioxrs aboard of" the Stranger. Their danger seemed far greater than mine. They would drive on until the ship grounded or struck a rock, and every soul of of them r.iili1 iidriol. rm tl.n nrnol Irvirtaa nr , i mtm ;.. n.n .i.,ir.i. of , deadIv undertow. My death would i nc,. nnti irUi.nnf. r.; au t i,nfi to do was to cease struggUng and c.nl- .tn-arn .Irmr. tin-am in r rkonnoPnl sleeP below the vexed surface. I was , doubtless drownincr when this feeling j was upon me) but something occurred n nrnnao rr.o Swin oln-flnf bumped against me, and instinctively I reached out toward it It was a part of the cook's callev or house. The wave which had swept me overboard had smashed the house and sent one whole side of it after me. I can re member that I knew what the object was, and that I grasped it and felt that I had a chance for life; but then comes a blank. I suppose I was buffeted about until I lost consciousness, but I had a grip on the wreckage which even death would not have released. 4The next thing I remember was a feeling of thirst I thought I was wan dering in the woods in search of a spring, and the longer I hunted the more thirsty I became. I was about to slide down a bank into a dark ravine when I opened my eyes and found myself extended onthe wreckage, either hand gripping so firmly that it was only after several trials that I could open my fingers. The wind had gone down a good deal, and with it some of the fury of the sea, but I wa3 still being tossed about in a very uncomfortable manner. The sun was about half an hour high, and as the events of the day slowly came back to my befogged brain, I figured that it was now com ing on to sunset Half an hour later, greatly to my surprise, the sun was much higher, and by and by I was forced to the conclusion that it was morning and that I had floated all the afternoon and all night Hunger and thirst soon proved the correctness of this conclusion. As the sun came up the wind and sea went down, and before noon I was pretty comfortably fixed, though stiff and bruised from being so much knocked about Hope and ambition were slow in coming, and it was fully mid-day before my mind was clear. Did I hope? Yes. Hopo is the last thing to desert a sailor, no matter how desperate the circum stances. It was almost hope against hope, however. 1 understood some thing about navigation, and I knew it was a circular storm which struck the ship. There was no telling how large the circle, or whether the Stranger was on the outer or the inner edge. I afterward learned that we were very near the center, and did not feel the force as much as ships 100 miles to the south or west A greater part of the island ot Madagascar was ravaged, and terrible havoc was created seventy-five miles from Port Natal, East London, Georgetown and the cape. Two whalers 120 miles to the west ot us were dismasted and two others went down with all hands, "I think it was about 10 o'clock in the forenoon when, as I was heaved up on a sea, I caught sight of a craft dead ahead of me and not more than a mile away. I didn't make her out very well for a time, as there was a haze in the sky and the spray flying about me, but when I drifted nearer I found her to bo a dismasted brig. It was a mercy that I -was driving straight down upon her, for I hadn't the strength to turn my unwieldy Hoat an inch in either direction. There were no signs ot life about the wreck, and I made up my mind for a tremendous straggle to get aboard of her. She was a hulk, and being tossedjibout like cork and there was no telling how long she would ' float, but I felt that if I missed her I should drift away to an awful death, from hunger and thirst It seemed as it providence guided my lloat The J wreck was stern on to me. This was proof tint her wheel had been lashed. ami mat ner steering gear was all ngiit. ion would nave tliougut sue would drive faster than mv float,' and 1 was surprised that she did'nt ! It was found, as I may tell you here, ' that one ot her anchors was overboard i with ten fathoms of chain attached to it. This gave her a heavy drag and mv ! pace was twice as fast as hers, when I I came up I drove past her btern on , ward she spruug a leal:., and was the port side, missing her by not more abandoned just before she went down, than four feet There was a lot of her ' The crew got away iu two boat?, out top hamper on the port side held there lived the storm, and were heading up by ropes winch had not been severed, and l drove into this mes3 as we went into the trough of the sen. Climbing ' I up the height beyond, the wreckage i slewed in toward the hulk, and" I seized the opportunity to grasp a rope and draw mvself on board. I did not get there before receiving several hard . - " 7 7 bumps, and when I was safe on deck I had to sit down for a while to re cover mv breath. 'The decks were iu a terrible litter and a good share ot the bnlwarks on the starboard side had been washed away. Boats, booms and even-thing else movable had gone, and it was plain enough that the brig had been wave-swept. As a sailor I could tell by the feel ot her that she had little or no water in her hold, aud that was the main question with me just then. The first move I made wag to be- giu at tue ropes Holding the' wreckage alongside. I had mv sheath-knife to work with, and later on found an axe, and in about half au hour I had the satisfaction of seeing even-thing go clear. Tho hulk made less work of it riding the waves after j that, and tho danger of having a butt started was disposed of for good It was only after I had cleared the wreckage away that I felt hunger and thirst como upon me, and I put away tbe axe and looked around for water. The scuttlo butt was lashed firmly iu its place, with a cork iu the bung, and after a little hunting I found tho drinking can and indulged in a long aud refreshing draught. ULSpUSCU -Not a drop ot salt water had entered the barret To satisfy my hunger I must go below. The brig was built in the old fashioned way, with the cook's galley, steward's pantry and all that sort of thing below decks. I found everything much knocked about and broken, but in the coppers wa9 a piece of beef thoroughly done, and I soon turned up a fair supply of ship's bread. With these articles of pro vender I returned to the deck and ate until I was thoroughly satisfied. "Not the slightest suspicion that any one living was aboard had crossed my mind. Indeed, I was only too thank ful that I had not encouutered any dead. I was about through with my meal, and was thinking of making a careful investigation below, when I was suddenly seized from behind, flnug vio leutly to the deck from my seat on the main hatch, and I found myself on my back, with a man on top of me, his hand on my throat and his knee on my chest It came upon me so very sud den that I had no strength for a time. It was only when the stranger raised his other hand, which clutched an iron belaying-pin, to give me a blow on the head that I put forth any effort It was well for me that I was in the prime of life and possessed of lots of strength, for he was a burly fellow and deter mined to do for me, I tore his clutch loose and put forth a great effort and turned him over, but we had a terrific struggle before I conquered him. I did not get the better of him until I had given him a rap over the head with the same pin. While he was un conscious I tied him hand and foot, and then for the first time got a good look at him. He was a common sailor, strong as a bull, and without doubt a lunatic. Fear of death had unsettled his mind and led him to hide himself tiway when the others left the brig. He had looked upon me as an enemy and no doubt intended to take my life. "Well, after I had the man securely tied, he recovered consciousness, and it was well that I had not been sparing oi rope. He made herculean efforts to break loose, and being now in a state of frenzy, he would' have been more than a match for me. His screams and shrieks and curses were awful to hear, and I left him securely tied to the deck and descended into the cabin. Scarcely anything here had been dis turbed by human hands. I found the brig's log, and from it I made out that ' her name was the St. Joseph and that I sue uau ucen up uia coiisi uu u irauiu voyage. one had a cargo ot nne woods, hides, furs, spices and dried fruits, and carried a crew of twelve men. The last entry in the log i told of a fair run and fair weather. I Her cargo I got from her papers. J When I had thoroughly ransacked the cabin, I went forward to the forecastle, i The men had gone without their bags. I Then I went on deck, found the sound ing-rod, and sounded the well. The brig did not have two inches of water in her. I was fussing about for a couple of hours, and during all that scream and shout and try to burst his bonds. When I finally got around to ! see if I could not do something for , him he allatoncesubsided,and would neither.lookatnorspeaktome. , ;'Dunng the afternoon the wind was constantly falling and the sea going down and the weather put on such a settled ' look that I grew ver-hopeful. I was ; aboard of a hulk, drifting I knew not wxiere, anu iiau a uungurous manor. a comrade, but there was plenty to . ,i !i. ;:..! mi f : I was in n re" t, mAffi n who seed to Wbeen" askep I for several hours. E lighted the ship's ' lanterns and hung them overboard, I and then, about two hours after dark I t :.i i. i I carried the man some tea and bread and canned fruit. He lay on the broad of his back, and was deaf to my soothing words. "I held up his head and put the tea to his lips, and in an instant he seemed to go wild. By a mighty effort he loos ened the ropes I afterward found he had gnawed some of them in twaiu and next instant ho was upon me. Nei ther of us had any weapons, nor was there opportunity to secure one. We grappled each other, and in less than a minute I saw that it was his life or mine, or perhaps both. He was seek ing to drag me to the broken bulwarks and I was seeking to prevent He had a grip like death, and, as we struggled back mid forth amidships, we tore the clothes off each other and used our hands and feet whenever there was an opening. He was the stronger, but I could use my fists the better, and this evened us up. I said that wo had no weapons. 1 had my sheath knife, but I did not propose to use that until I felt that my life depended upon it. The thing iinailv came. I was growing weak, while he seemed as strong as ever. 1 wa jmt about to loosen the grip 1 had on him with my right hand and reach for my knife when there was a great shout from the bows, a number of men came running i along the decks and a voice, which 1 1 recognized as that or the mate of the i Stranger, called eut: "What is tins.' ;lu are you What is going on r "Lav hold of him, Mr. Jameson; he's! crazy!'"' I shouted, and with that four or five men seized him and flung him to the deck "Now let me tell vou wlrit had Inn nened. I was lost overboard from the ship alxitit middnv. Six hour after- I for Madagascar when they sighted my S C ,Vm lights and altered their coura the wreck. Thev had haile. several times, and fiunllv came aboard just in lime to prevent' a deed which would have been a burden on mv peace nf mind f.inrar nftor. Tim r.uv wliinh . . ,.., .. . eat the brig was , dry, and the chances fe h;.t ,v bv the courtesy of the of being sighted and rescued were' a its friendship can it hope good. It was a long afternoon to me, t , . vcr TheaiMia of d3. though I was kept busy rummaging ; , . J monarch is so great that about ami clearing up the litter , Pfa . - sibi,itv of independent left the brig were never heard of more, f l ,u aJra,3 rw'-' was not while the lunatic died nest dav after ' J be 8aHsu: As sop? ane thoagut our men came aboard. Not "a man ' he could do better without thechan from the Stranger w;is lost, nud we J cc!,or ,0 drew from him. He rigged up the brig aud took her to the ' sPoke ,to . tho. chancellor with tho cane, and the salvage more than naicl for the loss of our ship and cargo' Her Model. -.-,., ,. ' .; .. tbe W i Ul,t was. a guest of the lorty club last .Tuesday evening. Mr. Polk is so well remem - bered in the part of George A ashing- j-i, in ni ic..u ouiuu nlV ,, ? i i -uu-"""y ?. forward without regret to tho time Daughter, that when lie was called when eitlier naturai ccasC3 or circum upon in the eonrso ot the evening to atauCtf3 should tear him from the post make a few remarks he felt temp ed ' of hnlOP he ha3 honored, to relate a story of thoie days. JJntJ There is no sadder story on bis few of the people who contributed torv,s paR8 thau tbo estrangement of toward the success of Urouson How- (i; : ',. i1naiuP mm i1Q M; am a great piay are now in tue nnr- ness," so to speak. Uharhe Thorne is dead, Sarah Jewett has retired and poor Tom Morris has joined the silent majority. It was of Tom Morris that Polk's story was told. Tom was a con vivial spirit and was the butt of in numerable practical jokes arranged by Thorne, Polk and otiie j m tue i companv. At iimt uiuu j-iionii" i u its wiie i.oi,i ;.. ii. o i.., ISCttl VII.U III lUtTU All kllU 7KliiU UUIIC with Mr. and Mrs. Polk. Now, .Toe was a dutiful husband, and he usfl to go home directly after the perform ance. He would be in bed and asleep when Morris rolled in. Mrs. Morris used to chide Tom for his bad habits in this direction, and would repeat edly greet him on his arrival with: 'Tom, why can't you take Mr. Polk as a model. He is home by midnight, and he comes home sober, too." Well, oue night Mr. Polk was in vited to attend a banquet There he remained uutil 3 a. sr. He had been induced, meantime, to partake of a mysterious decoction called Swedish punch, and when he left the banquet hall he was a sight, so to speak. Up on his arrival at the house he dis- covered lint h lmil liPcrlpAfAl ;., lnq covcreu iliac lie mu neglected, in ins, hurry at the theater, to transfer I113 ' bunch of keys from his stage to Ins street clothes, and he was unable to open his front door. As there was no help for it 5etteiJ!!rJ times before there was Then he heard, a heavy footfall on the "V -!'"- too A"e.ur- rp- ' """tt" was opened by Tom Morns, too. He i.r nii. i- 1 .1 'l. saw Polk's condition at a glance, and. with an exultant air, he grabbed him by the collar and palled him inside. Then he turned and called up to his wife: ''Jennie! Jennie! Come down here at once! Here's yonr model F' Chicago Herald. The Ascent of tfotuit Kilima Njaro. A German expedition, under the di rection of Dr. Meyer, has succeeded iu reaching the top ot this marvelous peak of Central Africa, which stands only 3 south of the equator. The expedition was working for sixteen days at a height of over 13,000 feet, making four ascents to the Kibo sum mit and three to the Mawenzi sum mit Here, surrounded with perpet ual ice, they found the crater of the great Kibo mountain, having a diam eter ot about 6,500 feet and a depth of about 650 feet The aneroid gave the height of the highest peak as 19,690 feet WHY BISMARCK RESIGNED. Compile i to Retire "by the Empr ' or's Cool Conflnct. mood ami iron i;c$cut tuc ircarnicnt . Accorded by the Crown A Version of the Evcnr That May le Correct. , . o German newspaper knows or.or, knowing, dares print, the story of the chancellor's retirement Hero are the fnnt. -R;,ninr-- ha ,, nnfi w;n;nt;. . 0 0 ly, but has been forced against his will ! ro :irn the chancellorship of . 4i. r. . 1 . II TTTI l. mo siaiu in aerve.i su wen. ueu ue came lo Hie helm in Prussia in 1862 ! tlie POVVt?r of lus crowu had never been to limited nor so cavnlierly treated bv parliamentary parties, e3pcciallv by the estreme right and the extreme left. To-day the author- -t f n iu Prn3sia rest3 It has not been so reape(ftea it Uas been dnri tbe reil f tl ,,vl lhree sovereigns since the d f Fn?aerick nml that it is so Tica nt thi3 time is due, as it .,, , tlu3 .,: 0f a s;nPle thought or action on the part of any factilTn iu oUhor the l!"'ddta or tb reichu. They are none of them C'nlJiZ U C Lll,0TtIc?fi h t ?? T. 1 i iJS?JJS Jler f mind has been prejudiced against hi3 fanhfnl old servant. Ho is persuaded he can govern better without a chancellor. Thekniser be gan io treat the prince coolly soon after the hitter's return to Berlin. This coolness increased so rapidly thai I he princo formally raised the issue. l'-e j.rince sounded the em-pero-, a'i-1 finally, with characteristic bluutnes.s. asked: "Am I in your way?' To th prince's astonishment his majesty gave no positive denial on the Bpot, but peemed inclined to tempor ize, i'heu the priuce iutimatcd his willingness to surrender all his offices except the direct! ja of foreign affairs. His m.ijestv was willing to do this, but the vet-ran chancellor soon be came convinced that a division of his functions at this e?pccial juncture would b- exlrenvly dangerous and so suggested to the kaiser the expedien cy of postponing all action in the matter until the reichstag had come together or uutil mid-summer, so that the chancellor might control the de bates on the socialist question, in creased estimates to be demanded for the array, and iucreaae of pay for the government officials in Germany and especially Prussia, the hardest work iug, the be.L informed, most consci entious and reliable set of officehold ers in the world. Up to a short time ago this arrangement was agreeable to the kaiser. Then he sent to the prince certain order.! ha knew the latter wonld rather resign than ese- cntr; "on the prince presen.ed the matter anew to his sovereign the i orders were repealed with the knowl-1 edge that the chancellor's resignation ' would follow. The chancellor, thongh ! of courso greatlv excited, kept his ! hem! and did not sou ! m his resigna tion ;:l ouce. His majesty beenme impatient and the question was several times put to the chancellor, ''Why do yon not send iu your resignation?" If the chan- " ""d oontiauftl t" P cool be cause 1 am no cownni, no raisiau, to ! .rn.a avettK froM. .rat!a ia J'nckrnin, to ,e,m-' lQti)' m?' Is l - socialists d the strikers begin to turcaten. -p , - ... . - . . . ' sreaieai irankiieas ami mauagea to ltrtfur . linn? QvArnl ifrfiairma rclion ir . .; : r. ... v,- r uu inigut (u hn uy nuowiug luiugs to I be done calculated to provoke an out I burst from the chancellor. The lat- ter, aware too late of how matters stood, sought to effect a compromise by seekiu;, ieave of absence for six 1 montb Ia vnin: Uj3 maje3ty's mind wa3 firmlv ma.j0 Qp Tho kaigQr wng tired ot tho chancellor and looked , in gcion of lbc rovaI bonse to wbom lil 4Jit WUIttJWUllVl A.4.UAAA IUU AtrfJjU- ho had devoted tho glorious gifts be stowed on him by the Creator during a lifetime exceedtug by several years the usual period allotted to mankind. It is not that old ago has dimmed his eyes, clouded his faculties or impaired Ilia ctrnnrrfli art 1 nin nasnrArl lit rtnn Qf j, (jjj frjends who had speech of him the other day. Ho was in the n,.,7,.., ;r t s,; . mni- foil nudreo3 uniform of his new rank, tall, erect, quick in movement, nis eyes clear, his complexion that of an Ox ford nnder-graduate in training for a boat race, rapid of speech, too, with one brilliant smile nfter another bursting forth with a continuity quite bewildering. He rides for au hour or so every day, and his figure is stal wart and strong without a superflu ous ounce of flesh. His eyes pro trude slightly, as the phrenologists say is always tho ca30 with those whose memory is prodigions, and have a bright light that shines in the eyes of meu whose courage never fails. He looks what he is the very essence and embodiment of modern imperial Germany, of that Germany to which he has been a miracle worker, a lamp "l Aiauuiu, io uo uruh.cn miu uuai uui. nftUn :,!,. n, n ,rnrt ,ip,o rpi.v n tho blood aud iron age at tho last Terrible as is tho ordeal of the last few weeks it has not broken nor even bent him. Ho stands there erect hko an oak , Qf ,! His virtues and his faults, which were iu tho mam but the ex- I cess of certain of his qualities were aufl4 ihn opFnn of .-, alike over at the service of his conntry. It has been reproached to Prince Bismarck that ho embodied tho faults, the pride and prejudice of junkers, the conntry gentleman of Brandenburg. If he doe3 ho em bodies their virtues true loyalty, strict honor, unfaltering courage and devotion. The Prussian colors have never been carried to victory unlesB over ground soaked with their blood. Even his political enemies, by whom U1S uepanuru is ueruiucu oao muiui, are becoming anxious. It begins to I , -V... .1T.1.-,. nn.l- it? J xt- itanlP os dawn upon them that his loss i3 no J wno j3 totally incapable of creating5 gain to the parliamentary good, but any strong emotion, and if he is mar quite the reverse. One can almost ried it is due to the fact that the lady hear the ring of regret piercing ofhis selection couldn't get any one through the note of victory. Only eise those are heartily glad who are ene mies of Germany as well as of him, who saw in the standing together of the kaisor and chancellor, the former all edge and flame like the blade ot a sword, the latter cool, steady and far seeing, a combination of rare quali ties that meant the ruin ot their I hopes. The chancellor's neatest fac- , ulty was that of'discernmg"far away different dangerous elements that might some day by uniting increase tenfold their venom and strength. His tenderness is great. His family adore him and with this reason no I one has engaged social relations with nun without experiencing the maglO charm of his dignity, graciousnew and kindness. I doubt it he cares for power for its own sake, but merely for it3 result to the king and country ho loves, and that if this result might be otherwise achieved, family life, the companionship of friends and books would be enough to make his life happy. His nature is firm, bat not hard. and a half century ot battles have not withered hia tender heart TTsnv Aaa da 1iva9 Wka4 ia ftha ' "u mw uw i. i, " secie! : of hhavjD8 Eres"TL5tf huu BirenKia bo iouki xo c xuiaasur Schweninga aid goes a good deal ot the credit The premier rises at 9 and breakfasts on three eggs one raw and two cooked. From then to 12 the premier transacts, pencil in hand (a pencil about two feet long, especially made for him), what busi ness there is for him to do. While this is going on he drinks between ten and twelve, it work be light, a pint of Moselle, if heavy a quart of the same. At 12 o'clock he walks half an hour and returns to breakfast at 1 a light breakfast, at which he eats no bread and drinks no wine. After breakfast he pays or receives visits or canters for an hour or so in the thur garten. His evenings are devoted to social relations. 'VENGEANCE OP HEAVEN." Popular Saperstitloa Exploded Few Words. ia A Jersey canal boatman neglected to rescue his drowning child when he could easily have done so. Shortly afterward an express train ran over and mangled him to death. The San Francisco Chronicle calls this "the vengeance of heaven." On whioh the Alta thus cemments: ''While we heartily approve the killing ot the heartless canal-boat-man.we object to this confident asser tion that heaven did it. Consider for a moment, if heaven can throw an ex press train at a man who deserves to die, it can also pull out of the.canal an innocent child who deserves to live. Wo are quite tired of a heaven that seems to be incorporated merely for the purpose of actings as execu tioner to the wicked, while it never is credited with lifting a finger to help the good in extremity. This hang man notion of heaven is fatiguing. This wrath and vengeance business should not be transacted at that place at all. It should turn in and find Charley Boss, and, if it is in the kill ing business, it should in behalf of some women In extremity beset by a hellion, alone, by a dark hedgeside at night. Then is a time when its poli cy powers are needed, but we know of no instance in which they have been on that bent at the right mo ment Seriously, it is unbecoming in a modern newspaper to feed the fires of superstition by any such ascrip tion, which is unnecessary to enliven the zeal of the religious, and is really a drawback to intelligent piety. WORDS OP WOMEN. Men like women with ideas ot their own, but they are afraid of women with theories or hobbies. A woman with a hobby needs to carefully blanket it and stable it away from the eyes of a man whom she desires to please. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. I ..." 11',. m. il it we could throw ourselves away. think we have spoiled ourselves and all our story, the back yards of crea tion would be full of broken flinders of vs. Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney. Keep to your specialty, whether it is raising turnips or tunes, painting screens or battle pieces, studying po litical economy or political receipts. Frances E. Willard. The world is not getting worse, but better, and it is getting so largely by tho help of so many good people. Mai-y A. Livermore. As long as a woman curls her hair, she cannot truly be said to have re signed either soul or body to despair. Amelie Rices. Judge no one by his relations, for they, like features, are thrust upon us; but companions, like clothes, are more or less of onr own selection. Gail Hamilton. We cannot do wrong and feel right. Alice Carey. A Pointer for Smokers. "Lots of advice has been given to smokers, bnt I'll tell you something that has never been written up, and ought to be known." "Come into the cigar store," he went on, "and you will notice that two out of three men will cough while lighting cigars." The first person who set' fire to a cigar coughed violently. "Didn't I tell you so?" exclaimed the lecturer. "Two out of three will do that." "It's caused by the smoke." . "Never. When you are about to smoke cut off the mouth end of the cigar, put the smoke end in the month, and then blow. This expels all the fine particles of tobacco and dust inside the cigar. When you have done this reverse the 'torch,' and you won't cough when lighting it Those little bits of tobacco get down your throat and are injurious. More people have been injured by swallow ing those little specks than you have any idea of, yet they think they were hurt by inhaling the smoke." OEMS OF THOUGHT. Women are the poetry of the world in the same sense that the stars are the poetry of heaven. Clear, light giving, harmonious, they are the. ter restrial planets that rule the destinies of mankind. The most fcKjlish. tiling that a man or woman can do is to make an attempt to chase up an aril report. Slander has no visible starting point, nor resting place; it begimr from nothing and comes to nothing if allowed to die through its own malignancy; No man is truly rich who .has not wealth of love, wealth of sympathy, wealth of good-will for men. No man knows what luxury is who has not en joyed the luxury of doing good. No man has real happiness who has not the happiness of making others happy.. The man who has not an enemy in the world probably has not a friend either. He is the goody-goody man The old man was showing his in fant son some pictures. At last they came to one of a lady.in full evening dress, which, attracted the youngster's intensest interest After inspecting it for some time, he looked np and said : wno aid she ngut with, papa?" J.H.MANSELL, - REAL ESTATE BROKER, KOTARY PUBLIC FOR City Lots and Acre Property, Ranches, Timber Lands, and Water Frontage for Sale. Correspondence Solicited. r.O.Box3C3. Established 1S83. INVESTMENTS MADE FOR OUTSIDE PARTIES. Next W. U. 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