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' """"""" . - . -a- ..... . . .... .. ' x. ' ' . . , - ' : J TODAY'S WEATHER. ' .T H A fTF1l T 'X"" " "ff" X fl jSl, ''XX, 4 Th, ASTORIAN ha, th , Urgert LOCAL Jj weather,, lightly warmer, b , K Jj i i I f 8 I '' H5 A VaVr ClU 1 1 it 1 If i ' 1! 1"- . i .11 Wr, published In Astoria. g EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XLIVt NO. 181. ASTORIA, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING. AUGUST 4, 1895. ' - - PRICE, FIVE CENTS I872 1895 Lubricating OILS A Specialty. pisfyer Brothers, Sell ASTORIA, Ship Chandelery, Hardware, Iron & Steel, Coal, Groceries & Provisions, Flour & Mill Feed, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Loggers Supplies, Fairbank's Scales, Doors & Windows, Agricultural Implements Wagons & Vehicles. B. F. ALLEN, Dealer in Wall Paper, Artist Materials, Paints and Painters Supplies, Glass, Mouldings, Japanese Mattings, Rugs and Bamboo Goods Contractor for Fresco Painting, Paper Hanging, Etc 765 Commercial Street. Snap R Ibdak at any mau coming out ot our store and you'll get a portrait ot a nwu brimming over with pleasant thoughts. Such quality in the liquors we have to offer are enough to PLEASE ANY MAN. Corpe and Try Them. HUGHES & CO. S THERE? Is there a man with heart bo cold, That from his family would withhold The comforts which they all could find In articles of FURNITURE of th right kind. And we would suggest at this season, nice Sideboard, Extension Table, or se of Dining Chairs. We have the larges and finest line ever shown In the city and at prices that cannot fail to pleas tha closest buyers. HEILBORN & SON. ASTORIA IRON WORKS Conromly St., foot if Jackson ftorla General Machinists and 3o:ler Makers Land and Marine Engines, Boiler work, Steam boat and Cannery Work a Specialty. Castings of All Descriptions Made to Order on Short Notice. John Fox. President and Superintendent A. L. Fox, Vice President 0. B. Prael .V... Secretary They Lack Life There are twines Bold to fishermen on the Columbia river that stand in the same relationship to Marshall's Twine as a wooden Image does to the human being they lack strength life evenness and lasting qualities: Don't fool yourself Into the belief that other twines besides Marshall's will do "Just as well." They won't. They cannot C.J. TRENCH RD, Agent Wells, Fargo & Co. and ( Pacific Express Co. jiOp and PHOEfllX iflSURajlCE CO'S. Custom House Broker and Commission Merchant. 50a Bond Street. Kopp's Beer Hall. Cnolct Winn. Liquors and Cigars. KENTUCKY WHISKEY Only tuwded over th ear. Th largest glass of N. P. Beer. Half-and-half, y.. Free Lunch. Chas. Wirkkala, Proprietor. Cor. Conromly and Lafayette Sta. S THOMAS MOKKO, ) Th Blacksmith n-hoso shop la oppos ite Cutting's cannery, la now prepared to do such odd jobs as making new cannery coolers, repairing old ones, making new flshin boat bona, and re pairing old ones, and all' other black imrthlng that, requires flrst-claas work mfttttfarp. . PACIFIC COltfuTSSIOfl COIBPflHY.' Brokers and Commission Merchants. Conslrnaes Solicited of Poultry, Enr. Butter. Fruil. Flour. Feed, Grain, etc .. Return! Mad Quick. Good Sold at Wholesale. No. m Twelfth St Astoria, Or.. UP TO mm I. U OSGOOD, The One Price Clothier, Hatter and Furnisher. 06 and 508 COMMERCIAL STREET, ASTORIA, OR. A NEW Fishing Tackle, Baskets, Flies, Eods, etc. Baseballs, Bats Masks, Gloves, Mits, etc. Croquet sets, Hammock?, Lawn Tennis Balls, Bird Cages, Garden Sets, Children's Carriages and Iron Wagons. Come and See Griffin NEW GOODS ARRIVING DAILY! Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats and Shoes. All direct from the manufacturers. New Lines of Ladies', Gents' Men's Congress Shoes Men's Congress Shoes Men's Polioe Shoes Men's Kangaroo Shoes - - - The Beat Values Ever Known, Inspect our clothing stock. We have full lines of Men's, Youth's and Boy's Suits. Men's suits ranging from $5.00 up to 815.00. Every one of them a cetmii.e bargain. We XL in Hosiery, Underwear, Hats, iorters. White Shirts, Collars, OREGON TRADING CO., 600 Commercial Street. three: lots. In a desirable location, 2 blocks from High School. A BARGAIN. CHOICE LOTS IN HILLS FIRST ADDITION. On the new Pipe Line Boulevard Just the place for a cheap home. A Block IN ALDERBROOK. STREET CAB LINE will be'ei tended this sum mar to within 5 minutes walk of this property 'Will sell at decided bari;aiD. ACREAGE. In 5 or 10 acre tracts inside the city limits, also adjoining Flavel. GEORGE HIL,L,. 471 Bond St., Occident Bloclc, HILL'S REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE. FOflrJD&STOpS CO. DEALERS IN Picnic Canned Goods, Tents, Camp Stoves, Camp Cooking Utensils,' Baskets, And the latest All-Wool Sleeping Bags At all prices. Just the thing for camp ers, prospectors, etc. Sure to keep warm at nights. , Better than blankets.' . MUSIC HAI1L1. - t - - KEATING ft CO will opn their w Muiic.Hall at 3-A Aator street, Saturday the 16th. Tboy will W It it keep oamberless gool liquors and cigars besides oaring good music all the time. DATE! It costs less to he up to date than being a back num ber if you buy your suits 0 me, as you get the latest styles, the bestvfits, the best mode, the best trimmings, the best satisfaction and the best values. ' I am constantly receiving new lines in Men's and Boy's Clothing, Fur nishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Valises, Etc., tha are made for service as we 1 as for appearances. . STOCK Us & Reed. Call and see our shoe stock. ' and Children's Shoes- $1.50 2.00 3.00 $3 50 Caps, Trunks, Valises, I '.latitats and Com- Culls, Suspenders, tic. North Paeifie Bf emery JOHN KOPP, Prop Bohemian Lager Beer And XX PORTER. Leave order with J. L. Carlson at the Sunnyside Saloon or Louis Boentge at the Cosmopolitan Saloon. All orders will be promptly attended to. EVERY REQUISITE FOR : First Class funerals : AT POtfb'S Undertaking Parlors, THIRD STREET. a Specialty HSTOHlfl PUSMCMSWVl READING ROOM FREE TO ALL. Open every day from 3 o'clock to 5 ;30 and 6:30 to 930 p. m. Subscription rates $3 per annum. Sowtkwest cor. Elcreoth aad Duan 5U. Hill Said to Be in Control of Situation. GUARANTY NOT CONSOLIDATION But Effect Will Be Praetically the Same-Suicide in Eastern Ore gonIndians Quiet. St. Paul, Minn, August 3. It is pre dicted heire tlhlalt itlhe Northern Paciflc GVcut Northern deaJl will be consummated: in Now YtoirJc wltihln a few days, lt cornea from unquestionlablie authority that Mr. Kill's propfositilon to guarantee the payment of the IndefotedmesB of the Nor thern Paldftc WM Ibe accepted, but then? will be no CKMVsolldalttlon of Hho .two lines, and the Brayiton Ivea foWlawIng will find that the proposed calling of an extra ses sion of the Montana legifcCiituite .to pre vent consolidation is untrue. A local paper says Hill stands In Uhe saitne posi tion today as when ha returned from abrklad. To every luilroad man in the country who is In touch with the current ven)ts it Is clear What Ihe to the master of the situation. The Northern Pacific bond Wottders have vainly aougiht to effect a sound reorsandzaitdlon. gentleman Who knows ail olbout whlait its being done, tUys Preaiden Clturk, of Uhe American Ex change NuiUontil Bank was asked tihe quesltton as was also Mr. Redjnond, both of wh'oim ore on the reorgiainlailtlon com- mltiteie of .tlhe seicond morilg-age bond tuold- ers, known as the jUhnaOon-IiMiigston cammlttee; whether In caist Mr. Hill's plan was not carried out, if ithey were prepared ito givo up their pioisitfons and busjnceu In Nosv York and come Uo St. Paul .nd run thie NonWuenn Paciflc. They conceded they were not, and tlhit Mr. Hill wiaa ilthe proper person to operate the foad to geit the Ibeat resutta llor hu bond holdlera out of it. Mir. Hill has the short er route, the 'better equipped line, and it is simply a matlter of plain business wfth itihii bondholders of tihe Nlonlthern Pa cific wttiether they receive a guarantee that that la-as good a giold, or take dhiainces In an uncertainty and trust to a management which. In tlho past lhas prov ed unsuttasfaotary. 610 far as tlhe etory of consollbVatOon is ooniacrned, it has beem sprung by the opposition to the H11K Adams tn.ueresJt to euln a ilttile time. If anyiboxiy knows the statutes of Miunestota and Mbnitiatna it Is Hill, and ho knows, too, that inhere Is notihllng to prevent She balding of stocks lor fiecurJtll.a by one line in another railroad. The Northern Pacific will, In any event, be run under the sarnie rniaime and undler different man- agenmi.int. SUICIDE IN BURNS,' OREGON. Well Knawo Raiimoad Man PiM.s the Filsltoi Route. , 'Pendri'Ln. Antrum!- 5 JTAlaaniumn finm Orvtarto tell of itlhe suicide of Sam Fore man, at Burns, yesterday. He was ono Cf tihi 'hpMt knlninnil Tnt-in wf TCaeatttr.n Hra. gpon, aind was formeriy an employe of rue union raeinc. Pour imomths ago he Heft (Pendtelt'on by tiam ito represent' a tfoimpany about to build a new tieKphoine line Ito (Bums. At that city he -went on a trig drunk. A few vllLVS Aim hA wnnllv. llrk rrik0n,1'() Iiam dfiliJngr a loan of $125. Before ,hhe friends were ii;ujr to sena ji nus wire nere sent him $100. Ftaretmtwi In ithe lettefs asking the foujl tdrrintpinfvi m kill lhlmoai.r H.f th au tux receive the imani.-y by a certain aate. umo one lUhoug'hlt ho would do so, tU. l.rue ito jln lur.rul miiwniSaA ha AsvUU. OratOV Khinlt lh.liml9IP.1)f thrlailtrh thA .haant- FUn;man could have borrowed hundredSj nere 'niaa inis mend's thougto him once more in the nigut condition to handle r.vjnsy. e leaves a wife land dhltd. OUTLAW'S KILLED. DepuUy MarAtiuls In Oklalh'o.ma Give Bat. tie. Hennessey, O. T., August 3. The rem- mainius oi mo um Dooiin gang have had a hard "ba'tittti wtth deputy Uniticd fitaitcs marshula todlav. about 30 mllon vmi ni ttre Li tho Gypsum Hills, where two of one uiuaws ware killed toy well aimed shots of the M.arehafc. Tha terror of Oklahoma known as Zip wyaiuc dk tnie oust at the first Are, and Shoemaker, tlhie notorious outlaw, and supposed to be the murderer of J. J, Townaend. of Okeerue. ji phiii woundiid and afterwards captured by the passe. A running fight ensued, and sev er il Ihundred shoitis were exchanged, but tlhe band of outlaw escaped to their strOTifShoM in ,tihe Gvngum Hilla. hayi; a foritirees there that lis Impregnable. FOUND GUILTy. San FranclRrv Anvinji 9 rntt. r. , uiauuscr and actors of tlhe Alcasir Theatre were Daiare superior Judge Murphy asaln to day In itlhe action for oorttemplt of court in producing "The Ortme of a Century." The play is founded' on tlhe Emanuel church murders. duatlon during the trial of Durrant for me muroer or Klajnohe Dam on t on tlhe score thiiit Ithe production of Uhe play mlghlt Inflame public entirr?.nt against Durrant. The court found W. R. Dajy, miniager o fth idheattre, guilty of cff.a tempt and sen tone ed him to three days' Imprisonment In thf county Jail. Execu cutl'on of the sentence was deterred until Monday, that Daly might move tor writ of habeas corpus. CHINA WILL PAY. Washington, August S.-Under Instruc tions from tttV taJtA ilMi,tn.M ter Denby is mow engaged rn Investlgaitlng ""i" mHuarnea oy tne American m teutons alt Chen Tu, Ch'jnu, during the rlwting there. The Chinse grovernment already has given assurances that it win pay a suitable indemnity. i 0PRAGUK ON FIRE. Hatf ifftte Town Dwamrted Relief gent trlom Spolcane. Bpokarf?,- August J. A disastrous firs occurred at ftprague this afternoon, and lt is beCleved the hiss will reich $75,000: The wires are down and it is lmrKll i to obtain particulars. Many buwiuwa houses and rentl.-ncm mere burned and about half the Jown devastated. Sprague quarters Of the Northern Parlflv Ttnllm-I Gompany. The may of prague. called for tents and provisions and this city prompt, ly responded to tire call. Several hun. died pounds of provisions and dozens of tennis were sent Ho Wire r...ti of the suf ferers. THE TROUBLE OVER. Wlaishdaston, August 3. The following dispatch wus received at the War depart. m&rft today Dram, General Ctopptager's headquanters at Omaha: "All quiet at Jackson's Hole, Two scouting parties were aentt out yiesterd&y, one to Uhe counlbry east albout Buffalo Fork, and one eoutth. to Hoback river, Or.e company of Blsbee'a battaillon, 8th In.fantrjt, Jras been sent tto Swan river for title protection of clulzenB." The acting agent at tUne Font Hall reser vaiuton rkporlta t'liat 1(H Indians were camped four miles from Soda Springs end 200 alt .tha outlet. of Gray's lake, in Idaho, all claiming to bo on ttielr way back to Uhe neservaitdion. Tiie acting genlt sayls the .trouble Is lover. STQAIMQR3 COLLIDE. MairshflcOd, Or., August 3. Wha siteaimer Aragjr run inlto the etieumt.r Hloimer this alrornoon la tlhe lower bay and as a result the Homer was beached it!o keep her from sinking. The Homer wub loaded .with coal and was to eull Dor San Francisco. The Arago struck Uhe Homer amidships on the port sJde. Captain Reed' ettid tihat tho Homer slginalled to paEis on one aide and then BlurAd j take Che other, wihich (Mused the accident. Hire ArUgio Is a eteel veteise1! and !a not damaged In particular. MISSIONARIES MASSACRED. New York, Auguwt 3. An. Aaajclalfred Pn.iss telegpjm tellkig of itihte massacre of Christlanis, Including five woimen. Hit ICu OhaAng Mo exlcted Uhe gmvest fears at tih'e headquaintieTS of tthe foreign board of Miauiiodto't mixtions. Tihe Met'hodlUts have a imission at Ku Ohalng. Bt la in charge of Mtes Maiwl C. Hartford and her asslsitan't, MJsb W. H. Rose In addUtion ito t'hi lb is feared twio other women, Miss Maibel Allen and Miss Sarah 'Peters, are also in the vi cinity of Ku Owing amd may be poeelbly amljng the numlbcr tnassacred. ".'NEGROES PROTEST. Wasli'lngtoa, August 3. The Flagler tragwdy of. yesterday iwae almost dupli cated today when a young megirO boy was shut by the servant of .Uh? Jaininese le gation wUU' e stealing fruit In the yard of ithe legation. The shot truck the boy in the arm and la not dangerous. The negro popuiatixn lot .t'he district is Constderalbty ieoited over Ithe Flagler sihootlng and an indignation meeting has been called) for net week ito protest against tlhe verdldt of Uhe Coroner's Jury, NEW SUGAR TRUST. San Francisco, August 3. The Hawaiian sugar plain Ocra huvo undertaken the for million of a sugar trust wihdch has for its abject 'Ohe ibreak'lng down rot .tlhe American Sugar Trudt and the esitdiiblis'hlng of free mairkeit for sugar. Nearly a mil lion dWlars Is said to have been sub scribed by teadUng and innitenllnl plant. ens. The Spreickles BrloUhers refulsed to join tihe combination. SEC. SMOTH NOT ADVISED. OoeJlon, AugTjat 3. Th'J Rev. Jut'lln Smith, D. D., one of tho secretaries of olio Amenloan' board of coimimlas.oners for foreign 'mbastons, solid to a reporter today regardJng the cablegram from Foo Chow, Ohina, that a massacre of Christians occurred at Ku Chians; Ko: "I have heard nothing of mien, a massacre and cannot say whether or not Uhe irepljrt Is oonetft. CITY AFFAIRS AT OMAHA. Olmuiha, August 3.-JThb A. P. A. etom bine, altltemipttng to control tlhi police and Are deparlumvn'r, cannot make an otihier move beflore TueskHay, when the dis trict court will rendler a decision on the Injunction resitra.ln'Jng tihe new , oomimlis- slon from amending. The court Intimated that If Its imlaindultes were ignored by the city council, Ithey would 'be JaU.d.. In the iriei'nUmie the odd board runs the city. TELEPHONE COMBINE. New Ytork, August 3. The telephone manirfaoturera and makers of telephone apparatus UhrOuKihout tho United States have arranged for Uhe orgunlzailon cf a strong corporaltllon, wltlh a capital of $10,000,000 ilo enter the ileUI agalnti: the Bell Talkphone Oompa ty. The proposed organiaaltillo'n will be known as t'he East- era Telephone Protective Alsutoclatlon. B-A90 BALL SCORES. New York, August 8. New York BrookUyn, 13. Pittsburg, August 3. PltitUburg, Cleveland 4. Washington, Augum 3. BaKtlinlxe WaisWington, 0. Louisville, Auguat J. 'Djsiton, 9; PhJla. delphia, 6. Chicago, August 8. CMcaglJ, Louis 0. St, BOUND FOR CUBA. City of Mexico, August 3. A small soaamer has been se.m off the Yucatan aoast with nearly 300 men armed with Remington rlflea and machsts. The steamer has put In for waiter end provis ions, at Pnoguvwso, and la evidently bound for Cuba, Many Americans are on th oraft. PORTLANDS DEFEAT SEATTLE. Portland, August 1 The Portland A'th IdJic Olub toxiay dtffi.ated the Seatt'.es. Sctore, T to 0. This makes tlhe Portland Athletic Club and itlhe Muhnomuiha a 'tie for the cham pionship (with one mare game to be play ed. COLORED WHEELMEN. Cleveland, Ohifo, August 3. As the re sult of the contitltulttai adopted sometime, ago by the League of American Wheel m n, a national ongantoaitlon of colored wiieeimen may soon be organized. THE TACOMAS WIN. Taoma, Augudt $. The Multnomah Athle-tlc dub toaJ teamrr m defeaMid by tha Taootrn. AUiletic dub today irr a ten knnlns; Kum. Score, Tacoma, 13; Mult nomah, 11. SENATOR JONES FOR PRESIDENT. Wa-Mng&xi, AUgudt 3. It U understood i uhe 11 met a. lie eLbugii hus) practical ly -agreed on Senator Jones, of Nevady, at) tbe mbnt ellgtble caaidauate of that The Story of an Old Murder 1 Revived. GEORGE UPTON IS ARRiSTED When About to Leave for Portland Louffhrey Apprehends Him for Crime Committed in 1888. George Upton iwaa arresTced by Chief of Police Loughery yesterday afternoon for tha murder of William De Journette, wihiidh Occurred at iMcGroiw'a Laindlng an the Cratfckanlo marly eight years ago, Upton bad his trunk Checked and was ready ibo leave for Portland on the even ing iboait, when he was arrested by the chief In Swan 'Wilson's saloMi, on Bond street. Since, the murder Upton has evadf ed the offlceins, wCio on several occasions got an Inkling of his whereabouts, but "Jpton aSrwuyls imaniiged to give them the slip. He wais ladt seen In this city two yeans go. The officers were Informed but when they searched tor Mm he could Bxtl be found. It Is thought ltih.it during the paec two years he has been in Cali fornia. The history of tlhe crime he is charged with Is as foltowB: , About 6 o'clock of .the evening of Frt day, August U, 1887, George Uplton en tiered the Jwx.-lllng uf William Battler. on itllie CCatskanla, and announced thait ne intended to kill the entire household and tlhen kill himseif. Thiinj he Uegaii sh'oot'lng. There wore present Wm. De Jouwwtte and wife, and Saititttr. Mrs. De Jounnette was formerly the wife of Saittler, ibult- ho obtained a divorce fron her and Bhe married De Journette. The seoond huaband and his spouse were liv ing with sauar. Both tntm w,irk,l In j I slrtngi.9 .mill. The iUirrlly were Juslt about to seat Wiemselves at the suoner table wluen Upton came In and spoiled the meed. No soonitr had he uttered his threat than ho began shooting with a a8-calHbr revioiver. The first shot suruck De Jour nette In the ride and ho Btaggered back. The next shot was levelled at Sattler. tihn bullet entering the right cheek and ru Tur ing downward.- The luhlrd shot struck Haitiiler In the ollgiht shioullder, shattering me joint aua passing out of the back. Two more sholis wwre then aimed, wtth goiod efl"ecJt, at De Journette, the lust one striking him near the temple and pro- uucuig oeatn aitnosc inistantly. This emp tied the revolver, and Uftan, who had Dougmt a, supply of ammuniltlon. 'then re flUed his weapon wltlh the intention of mining Mrs. De Journette, but .when he pulled the trigger tha hammer did not work, the Bprtng evidently having been broken with, the last shot. He beat the woman over the head with the revolver, threw her to the llolor and kicked her unfM she wais covered wlah bruises from head to foot. He then left tha house and made his escape In a small boat. It wii supposed that he pulled to hJs brothers' place, about twenty miles down the river. Hie failed to keep his promise to make n olean job of U by killing himself. Uptoa's motl've for the deed was re venge. He wawted Mrs. De Journette to desert hier husband and live with liim, which tihe declined to do, and her husband upheld her in flh'ls action. No special e font was made' to apprehend t'he murder er, whtosj' record was bad. He belonged to Eastern Oregon, and his folks resided In ithult eection of the sUaO.. He haa fre quently been in jail but never in the penitentiary. A number of years before the fronvr.it elon of this last act he was inipl.cated In the stealing of horses, from his step father, and disposed of them In Poit land. Then (he made tracks floe Astoria, fallowed by Detective Brannon, who cap tured and brought him back. On this charge he escaped punishment because his relatives were disinclined to prosecute. Upton then went to Portland, where he lived with the De Journette family, who temporarily reKkfcd there. A fiw days subsequently he was arrebied' for assault with a dangerous weapon on Mr. Journei'.e, larceny of some underclothing and lewd cofhablta'tton with a daughter, atiiiw ue journette. He was held to an swer before the grand Jury, which body igmorea tne bins, and Upton was dls. oharged from custody. Upton is a squareHehouldered. well-bulVt main, of about 48 years of age. and has a somewhat sallow complexion. He Is a ready talker and easy to engage in con vfcrsatlion.' Chief Lougfhery hna wrUtten Mis Colum. bia county aulthorltiles andi on Wednesday next the prisoner will be taken to St. Helens, ot wihlch place he wil he held for trial, Upton haa emttajred C. W. Fu;n as his attorney. CHINESE KITES. Interesting Account of, Kites From Our onangnai correspondent. Now that the kite season it on. the fol lowing will be of general Interest to the kite-flyers of Astoria: Shanghai. July 16. 1895. Editor Astorlan: 'Most laughable art the contrasts pre sented In many of the habits of the Japanese and Chinese to those of West- :rn n:tlons. They mount their horses on the opposite side; their carenters plane toward the person Instead of from. It; the men fly kites and spin tops, while the boys look on; their books read from top to bottom, and so on. Perhaps of all the odd practices thus indulged In, the crosr Tirost easily to be accounted for, is the practice of kite-flying by grown up nen. , In China, people say, and there is some truth in It, that, the swaddled babe ap pears aCmost as 'solemn and as staid as oinndarln, and that there, more than Highest of all in Leavening Ppwer. 1 rv -v r anywhere else, the child Is father of the man. The mandarin looks like a glunt chld, the child a dwarf mandarin. The sobriety of age is combined with the plas tic nature of youth, and the amusements of the little child are shared by the fa--ther, the grandfather, andi the great grandfatherall are kite-flyers.: This may be still better understood. when lt Is explained that the kites of China and Japan are not the simple articles we us ually know toy that name, but are toys that vary greatly In sort, size and shape, and are often high in price. Let us transport the reader to the su burbs of some Chinese city, where a whole group of boys Te gathered to gether to' see the wonders worked by their elders In the kite-flying art. .There Is a whiz, a buzz, a whirring music in the air; all sorts of grotetpue objects are floating about, rising and, falling and dancing to and fro; there are broad-winged birds, and many-colored dragons, liz ards, bees and butterflies, and painted circles and squares, asd radiated suns and moons and stars. ' Most of the kites have pendent tails, and strings In their centers, the linking line which connects these aerial monsters with the earth. Up these strings you see messengers ascending, and very pretty ami clever ones they are, too. The but terfly messeger, .which Is about the best. Is so made ttKt lt flutters open-winged right up to the kite, whence lt instantly amd quickly descends, having .been col lapsed and c'osed, onj(jiomlns In contact with the kite, by means of a little spring which forms part of the mechanism. The form of the ancient French kite was probably that of a beast, and not of a bird, as they call lt a cerf-volant, a flying stag. The English kite took Its name, no doubt, from the bird, of which its first form was a rude Imitation; but the Chinese names are very numerous: fung-tsang, the wind guitar; chl-yan, pa per hawk; kwln-chi, neither more nor less than t'he 'English kite, bird and toy; and all sorts of fanciful and poetical titles. To describe all kinds of kites to be seen In China would be to undertake too much; so we will only venture to speak of a sort very common among t'he Chinese, and particularly effective In appearanoi namely, the bird kite. The haiwk, or common kite, Is the bird usually repre sented; and to make this they cut a piece of paper the exact shape and size of the natural bird when on the wing; this they paint the natural color and stretch on ribs of bamboo arranged very much in the Bhape of the old English cross-bow when strung, leaving the part win represcius the ends of the wing r-and tall-feathers unbound by tJwine, so... as to shiver In the wind. Thus constructed the kite rises with great ease, and flies with Wonderful grace of motion, imitating the real bird to a nicety by now and then taking a long swoop, then soaring again, and then, pois ing Itself with a flutter before repeating the process. At times a number of these kites are flown at once by attaching them at different Intervals to the string of som larger kite, and the effect is there by much Increased; for the "real kites are In 'the habit of sailing in a flock together as they circle over their prey. What nvan among ourselves but has had his eyes attracted upward, and more or less of his Interest engaged, by see ing a Are balloon sailing in mid air, or a sky rocket bursting in the sky; or in deed, anything out of the common hap pening overhead? And Is the Chinese or Japanese to be laughedat. If he relishes tha still stranger sight of a couple of fantastically dressed friends . walking arm-in-arm In the clouds with an um brella over their heads; a hideous ogre face, roaring as lt sails alonir.- a nif. but Immense butterfly flapping Its wings uiwj us 'iiv.ng moaei; birds flying about so life-like that one can hardly believe them to be made of paper; a huge'dragon or centtped?, which, with its scaly Joints stretched out some0 sixty to a hundred feet In length, Its thousand legs, air.d slow, und'ulatlng motion, looks rmarvsl- ously like a giant specimen of that hor- rioie creature creeping down upon one out of the clouds and many other cu- . rlous finings that an American would scarcely dream of? Yet sights such as these may be seen In Japanese amd Chinese cities at any time during the kite-flying season; .and while they cannot fail to attract the at tention of the observant stranger, in com mon with .many other novel bWa b about him, lead him to conclude that the old men and adults of these countries have, at any rate, some excuse for ihA frivolity they are accused of. The ability to make such extranrdlnnrv kites Is mainly owing to the toughness, iwiuiiy anu nexiouuy ot tne Chinese and Japanese paper, and the abundant ma terial of ribs and frames afforded by the bamboo a plant which has not its enual for the lightness, strength, flexibility and eiasticrty or its nbrous .wood. With these simple matertars. and with the wonderful neatness and Ingenuity the Chinese and Japanese are famous for. lt Is astonishing how ranldly and easllv they construct the odd and complicated figures which they fly as kitesv WO 6INO TAI. , THE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER. I ia.e'.y heard an anecdot respecting a form cf exercise in which the Duke of, Westminster indulged during the late skating season. The duke, is popular in the neighborhood of Eaton hall for. his ready kindness In throwing open', the grounds to visitors on certain days. As there are some splendid lakes there many took advantage of the opportunity. One morning, quite early, a certain visitor found himself first on the ice, with th exception of an elderly man busfly en gaged la iweeplnff the surface. So well did he perform his work that the- skater. In gratitude for the clean spin in front of him, threw him a shilling and . a "Thunk you." The shilling was gleefully pocketed and the sweeper went on with his sweeping; but you may imagine the discomfiture of the visitor when he after wards found that it was on the duke himself he had bestowed the coin, this being one of the forms of exercise which the duke occasionally delights In. Woman an Home, .. 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