Grant's Pass courier., May 28, 1886, Image 1

G rants P ass C ourier
A.U Independent Paper Devoted to the Interests of Josephine County and Southern Oregon.
VOL. II
GRANT’S PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY. MAY 28. 1886
THE COI 'HIER
JAdMOM II.LE 1HKM TOtT.
a
GERMAN
LEGISLATURES.
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Job Printing
tf all descriptions done on short notire. Legal
Hanks, Circulars. Business Cards, Billheads,
Aitterheads. Fosters, etc., gotten up iu good
Calls responded to at ail aours, day or night
style at living prices.
Office opposite Slovers hotel. Jacksonvill«,
Oregon.
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Grrdnalt of the Dnirersity oí Leipsic. Germany.
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W. H. FLANAGAN, M. 1).
Physician and Surgeon,
UNION LIVERY AND FEED STABLES,
Good Turnout« on Short Notice.
B««t of Caro Given to Stock Loft la
our Charge.
G rant ' s P ah «, O regon .
Office at residence, corner Main and Thin!
At reels, ('alls attended any hour day or ni^ht.
CARDWILL & BKRRY,
J acksonville ,
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Physician and Surgeon,
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SALOON,
CATON & GARRETT, Prop’r»,
Keeps th« bent brands of
Calls responded to at a’l hours, day or night.
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WINES,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
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CIO ARI
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LIQUORS
J ackson villi .
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WILLIAM HEELEY. Prap'r.
Will practícalo all State and Federal Courts.
Office next door to Commercial Hotel.
Manufactures the
Best Beer in Southern Oregon
«AM WHITE.
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Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Sunny Side Billiard Saloon,
Will practice in all the Court« of the State.
A. ( HALE, Proprietor.
Keeps constantly on hand the best quality of
Wines. Liquors and Cigars.
CHAHLES CHANSLOR,
Notary
A SPLENDID BILLIARD TABLE
In connection.
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Office in H. B. Miller 4k Co.’» store.
HI.KIIA V1L1Æ niREt TORY.
VOLNEY COLVIG.
UNION HOTEL.
One of the Best Hotels In South •
era Oregon.
And Justice o the Peace.
LEUAL BLANKS OF ALL MINI»*.
Legal instruments of all kinds promptly
executed.
GOOD BEDS!
GOOD TABLE!
And the best of accommodations.
Connected with this hotel is a
FIRST-CLASS LIVERY STABLE
Office S. E. Harkness* drug store.
MRS. ELLEN RYDER. Propri.trew.
KEITH’S FEIUIY
(Formerly Presley’s Ferry»
bix Mile« west of Grant’s Pass on main
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road leading to
WILDER VILLE,
KERBY’VILLE and
CRESCENT CITY.
FERRIACE AT HALF RATES
D. W. KEITH. Proprietor.
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WILLIAM NAUCKE.
KEEPS -
Dry Goods and
Groceries.
For good oargains in th« line of
Hats, Caps. Boots and Sta or inerii Groceries
And everything in the way of
.'Minin<>
Htippliew.
Those wishing bargains should call on
WILLIAM NAUCKE,
K krhyvillk . OREGON.
J. 1 SCHAEFER,
House •,d Sign Painter,
-X. 1 >«‘l«‘tn:i I <*i
DEAI.KH IN
• RAINER, PAPER HANGER. E tc .
All tines oi wort m my Ime Proajtly Dine.
DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES
And keeps constantly on hand
Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes
—AND—
GIVF. MK A (ALL
General Mining Supplies.
O regun .
K rant ' h P ahs ,
TI iom wishing good bargnin. mull no» tail to
call at the
NEW TIN SHOP
O. H. STARR. Proprietor,
- UEAl.KR IN
Kerbyvllle
O. Building,
Kerbyville Mills,
P. M. MILLER.
Stoves, Tin-Ware, Pumps,
Pipes, Etc., Etc.
P.
K khbytillk . O ricgon .
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Floor. Cracked Wheal and Com Meal
Can be supplied at reasonable prices.
JOB
DONE
WORK
ON
SHORT
(HEAP FOB CASH.
NOTICE.
K krbyvii . i . k .
Prices Moderate.
HRANTS PASS,
OREGON.
ORK4HIN.
RICHARD P. GEORGE
Keep« the fln *el
WHISKY. BRANDIES. WINES
.THE ELDORADO SALOON,
And all other liquor«.
-HK ALBO KKBI-BTHK
BEST BRANDS OF CICARS.
L L. JENNINGS & CO.,
Proprietor»,
MAIN STREET,
GRANTS PASS
Keep* th« lient brands of
Both Imprted and Itomeetir.
Don tfail to oall at the KEB1TYILLE SALOON
R khihu P. G korgb , l*reprtetor,
Kerby rille. Oregon.
DR. PAUL .1. A. SEMLER.
Portland Hoimiiatliic Pharmacy,
il WashiAgtoa St. Portland. Oref >n
Winss, Liquors and Cigars
racy ai M iei Dnin Pit D ì « ski M w .
i« tiled
Dealer In Hom«enpal hie Medicines for
Physicians and Families. Profe»«ionai i
Literature. Phyalriana* Supplies, bsniily
Medicine < aa»e» and Books, Druggist«’
Sundries and Fancy (ioods.
Our ff i Medicine ( 'e«e. with direction«,
<*ORL*:ning twelve remedies, ought to be
in every household for emergency.
Semler’s Specific Remedies for all
women ailments. Send for our Family
Honeenpathi'' A»slslant, rontairrifig use
fui notes on llooHFopalhie treatment and
price list of Medicines. Cases aod Book».
Mail orders a specialty.
Satisfaction
guaranteed
Addresa.
DR PAUL J. A. SEMLER,
P. O. boa
Portland, Or.
low the German impirr end the Varlwos
l.ermal. stetea Are Gwverued.
Since the unification of Germany th«
political world has taken great interest
n every thing pertaining to the gov-
riimeut of the German Eilipir»1, watch­
ing with especial interest the measures
bn»ight before the legislative branch
of the new monarchy. As the consti­
tution of Germany i» not analogous to
that of the United States, it has b«-en
found dilticnlt by the general reader t<
itmlerstaml the construction ami tunc
tions of the bodies called the Reich
stag, Herreii-H:uis, etc., ami th«“ ques­
tion is often heard: '.What is the «lit
ference between th«1 Landtag. Uuildes-
rath and Imperial Diet," etc.?
The Imperial Diet is the Reichstag,
ami constitutes the legislative branch
of the German Empire, ami may bi
compared to our National House o!
Representatnes. It has th«' power t<
originate, aud w ith the consent of tlu
Bundesrath U> enact national laws.
The member* are elected for three
years, in the ratio f one representa­
tive for every lO.BOO inhabitants, but a
.state having lesa'than 100,000 inhab­
itants is entitled to lint one representa­
tive. The im nibers receive no com
pensalion. They are elected bv tin
voters of each state at large. Every
German twenty-tive year» old, of active
eitizi nship, has th«' right to vote iu the
state in which lie was Isirn.
l'lii- Bundesrath is the highest execu­
tive and administrative power in the
empire. Its principal features wen-
created by the Nonldeutscbe Bund of
1867, and incorporated into the consti­
tution of 1871. It ha» peculiarities
which do Bot permit of its being
likened to our Senah' or th«* tippet
house of any assembly; nor is it a
a purely exeeutive body. It resemble»
a council of states, and is now com­
posed of lifly-nine members, the dele­
gate» of the several states which,
supremacy
of
Frus­
under
the.
sia, compose tile German Empire,
l’rus.sia sen«ls seventeen delegates,
Bavaria six. VVurtemberg four. Saxony
four, Saxe Weimar and Brunsw ick two
each.the other states but one each. The
Bundesrath has power to decide upon
lie- legislative mi astir« s to Iw proposed
to the Reichstag: on the rub - am! reg­
ulations to be adopted in the adminis­
trative and executive branciies of th«
empire, in other respect» it h is some ot
execut
ive.
powers
of '
the '
the
"
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Bundesrath
members of the
Die
the privilege» of the Hour
have ■
the
Im-
of
in the
I
, proceedings
„
perial Diet, and on pending questions
to take part in the debates. In ease th«
delegati-s of a certain slate are unable
to carry a measure in the bundesrath,
they may submit the qu<<a«ion to tin-
imperial Diet
or Reichstag.
The
Bumb rath ami Reichstag, therefore,
form the imperial government of Ger­
many, The postal and telegraph sur­
vive, the army and navy (and »oon,
doubtless, the* railroads) ar* under
their administration.
The third brunch of the imperial gov-
ment is represented by the executive
officer, the Emperor, who lias the right
to appoint a Chancellor of the Empire,
whose duty, among <>l hers, is to r«'ceive
foreign Embassador» and officials, and
with the consent of the Emperor to ap­
point representatives of the German
Empire Bavaria excepted to other
foreign countries. The Emperor can
onlv declare war for the German Em
pin- in case German Territory i» in
vailed by foreign foes.
With the affairs of a single state the
German Government has nothing to do.
l'he states ar«' autonomous, each ha« ing
its own soverign and constitution. A»,
for instance. Prussia is governe«! by
her King, William I., who was also
«•I
■ n in 1871 by the German sover-
.-'ti Emperor of Germany. l*ru--ia
h: - her parliament, consisting of a
< hamber of Deputies and Hou»«' of
Lord« (Herren-liaus), called the Land­
tag. The members of th«* two <*hamls*r»
ire the representatives of th«' whole
»tale of Prussia; not a district. They
are not rxpe«*te«l to vote for a constitu­
ency nor to giv«* a reason for th«*ir
vol« ». No nu mber can be pro»<euled
during the time the chamber is in »<•«-
Hon. Each chamber draws up its own
rules by which it is governed, The
»in |>o»<*<! of
the
llerren-ltaus U
is c<
composed
Prince» s of the blood, whohav«* reached
their majority,
,
,. hereditary menilMTH
- ’ life, . The
and member» appointed * for
number is not limited; the me
member«
must lia»«' retu lu-d th«' age of thirty
years ami can receive no salary or in­
demnity of anv sort. The Chamber of
Deputies eon-'stsof 432 memlwr» elect­
ed for thri'e \ chi ' s ,
l'he government»
of Bavaria, Wurtemburg and the other
Gi-rtnan states hav«' their separate
Landtags fomt«'<i of two houses tll<*
»1 me as Prussia. I’hicrigo ¡'imei.
A
NOBLE
MISER.
l.ord lliinulitHaii*» I’ wm IÌ tr and ( ftgmllr
manly F.< <»(H»my.
|t i» xaid of Lord ihin«innari. h » il*
luztrative of bi» p« <-uliar «-conuiiiv, that
b«* liad only one I m -U at Dun»innan lw-
s»i«L .» tho*«* occupif-d by hi» H»*rx anL<,
thuH to proelude thè jMja««ibillty of I h *
¡off put to tbe <-xp«*n-«- of entertaining
vi-itor». Il «o «M-ciirrod that thè late
(io«*rge D«-mp»t<*r. of Dunni<*h«*n, oiu
»f thè ino»t intimate of th«* v«*ry f< w
tri«*n<l- with whoin hit lordahip aaaocia«-
u*d, paid h’m a viali at Dunainnan on
oli«- ocra«ion. and ha'ing tarrìp«! a lit­
tle I «t«-r tli.in uatial, a xiolent «torni
ar<»-«*. whi< h in■!ii<*«-«l Mr Drmi>«U*r t«<
thiuk <»f r« niriiniBg all night. I>uns*n
nan, iinwilnng o deelaro tbe inhoaj»it*
able arrang«-iwnt of hi« mafia fon.
i»vad> «l thè prop*»-ition by evrry mesh*
> w 4 ì I j I«* in boia*«« that thè «torni mighf
aiiat«’. At I *«i, hn«!i»»g no |ikelib«xMÌ
• *f thia. h«* «allh-d forili to th<* «tabi«* lo
• r |.*r hi» friend « coach to»the d«»or. a»
<h<* only pfT* <*tiial bini to hi**gue«t but
D< mpater’a coacliritan wn» not lo jr *«'
Riitiveljr refused to hai
>n »m-h a ni;rht, ••-
•da u<*re an l>ad and
-ring rather to li«- ii«
hi Id r«*t no oth«*r ar*
daylight. !^>id Duu-
n to ntrenjitie»», r«*
•st and mad»* know«
itch thi v were plwrd.
I h it, “it you »lay, you
■orar»
•n and
al thrw-
et the bed after you.’’
»till then 1 ahi
yh l*9rtr<uto."
-tiay't "Udi
Fork»«« Forms of th«* I » gritd or Mj th of h
Mysterious < hat toer of K a I m .
But fuw perh»|»> of the main " li.
have seen the spectacular presentalioi
of "The Rat-catcher; or. the l'ie<! Pipei
of Hanieln,” know much about tin
legend upon which th- I’lajTi» foumied.
Yet this legend and the many uses te
which poets and playwrights have put
it form a more than commonly inter­
sating story. Briefly told, the legend
runs thus: In the latter part of th,
thirteenth century, or about the yeai
1280, the town of Haiueln, in Bruns­
wick. was overrun with rats.
Kats
took refuge in every human habitation,
every building or semblance of a build­
ing. and by day and night sallied fortli
in hordes to plunder aud plague the
people.
No place of eoncealnien
could I h * found for either food or rai
nient that these pests did not inline
diately discover ami pillage, nor did
they refrain from attacking at times
the sleeping bodies of man, woman
mid beast, in vain the rulers of the
town distributed [ >isons and devised
ingenious traps to catch and extermin­
ate the destructive pests. Every rat
death seemed to Is- followed by the
birth of a score of other rats, until the
question became one of which should
survive, the people or ‘he rats.
At
this juncture, when the village fathers
were in despair, there arrived in Ham-
eln a curious-looking man, a piper, to
whom the name of Bunting was given,
from the dress which he wore. Being
tol<l of their extremity he agreed to
rid tile people of the rats in considera­
tion of a certain sum of money. Some
portion of the sequel can best be told
in the words of Brow ning's poem;
Into the street tit, piper *tcpt,
StniliPK first a little sin le.
As it lie knew wlmt insole slept
In his quiet pipe the while;
And gri en unit blue his sharp eye, twinkled,
lake s candle tlaine where salt i. sprinkled:
And ere three shrill note- the pipe uttered
You heard as It an army muttered.
And the mutteriiiK irrew to u prumhl:ti»,
And the irrumblln» grew tv a mighty rum
blltur,
And out ot the house the rats eame tumbling.
Great rata, -mall rata, lean t-ats. brawny rata,
tlrown rats, black tats, gray ruts, tawny rata,
Gravaol.l plodders, tray young trlskers,
Fathers, mothers, uncles cousins.
Cot-king tail« and pricking w hiskera,
t urn lies by tell« of dozens;
Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives.
Followed Hie piper lor ttie.r lives,
I’litli they came to the river Weser,
Where n all plunged ami perished.
Gratitude, of course, should have
tilled the hearts of the people of
Hameln and they should have been
eager to reward the man whose
musical pipe had freed them from the
pests. Yet, strange to relate, they
did nothing of tin1 kind. No sooner
did they witness Hie drowning of tlmir
busy little foes than they deliln-rately
refiisesl to give the “l’ieil Riper" the
promised reward, oflering him a much
inferior stity.
Word» ran high, so
Browning tells, until, seeing he could
not get tTie money, the piper again put
his instrument to his lips. Stranger
and sweeter were the sound» than be­
fore, and from out of every house in the
town came the children of the perfidious
parents, laughing and keeping step to
the rhythm of the piper's lav. On he
led them and still on, while their sire-
looked in helpless amazement until tin
Koppelberg hill was reached,
*• Winn lo, rm they roRt h«*«! the mountain
« de.
A id ! wondrous portal opem d wid«*.
An if h <*Hvern whr Niid<l«Mili lit»ll<.««•<!,
Ami th«* p per h «1\ ru « nm 1 and th«* children
follow «*<1.
An«i w hen all w«*r<* In to the ver» H^t
The door In th«* mountain » <le Nhut ta«t.”
There were sorrow ami lamentation
in the town of Hameln for one hun­
dred and thirty children wlm Imd dis­
appeared, but the mountain side never
opened again. Couriers were sent In
the mayor offering fabulous rewards
for the return of the children and
promising much to the hero of tin
mystic pipe. Rut whether he heard
them or not, or hearing doubted them,
as lie would have Is-cn justified in do­
ing. he never came. Opposite the place
where the mountain side had yawned
the people erected a column, on which
the substance of the story was inscribed
In > arioits form»the legend is told <1
other times and places, but its truth, if
truth indeed it possess, must ever I»1
associated with Hameln. Tim same
tale is relateil of Brandenburg, the
authorities of which refused to keep n
promise made to the fiddler of that
quaint town, but he led the chil­
dren not into the mountain side,
but to their deatli in the Marienberg.
When
the
town
of Ixtrch was
infested with ants, it is said that these
insects were led by a piper to the wa­
ter» of a lake which engulfed them,
but when payment of tlie stipulated
stint was relused the Jxtrch piper piped
only the village pig» to their death.
Almost similar is the legend which
»«is of the same place that, not profit
ing by that < X|s rience, it« peopl.
»gain denied a reward to a charcoal
burner who had freed the place from
crickets, and hi revenge he led their
sheep into the lai e. A : < m. in the fol­
lowing year, the children of leireh
were lured into the I anneiilM-rg by a
mountain hermit, who wa» similsrh
treated, ami who, »<> run» th«* legend,
taught the inhabitants of the town for
a third time the pointcil moral that in­
gratitude nieit» with punishment in
the end.
Perhaps the strongest legend of all
is that found In Gueuietle's "Chinese
Tale»." About the year 1523 the town
of Ispapan. Persia. hk<»Hum«-ln. was
overrun with rat»
For a certain price
a dear! named Gouf freed the town
from vermin, but was given a numls r
of counterfeit piece- with the genuine
coin paid, Nor would the now lib-
erateii peo| >plc right the wrong thus
wantonly d lone. Or the day following
their refuel <1 to <-x» hang» th«- » oiint»-i
feit eoiu they were horrified »"t th«
spe< tl.ch- rj an old b!a< k woman fifti
feet high Handing in th«* market plac«
with whip in hand, The moth« r of
the dwaif, M« rg.an Ban«»n. had < *n««
- ZU««hapen
son’«
to avenge x
her
mt
.f the
town’* principal Wrmtri«
Fifteen <>2
.
•lit* «tf rangl-
w,_ «1 on ••< h of four *»»< « • -
wive di«y*. au«l on lb** "***
fifth ' fort ty other»
wcro I* «1 into • niAjflu tow er, from
which they never < n)« rjf«d. Whrth.i
txl«*» like th*-««* ever low! in 11 » m mon
than the pointing of a moral max wri
L m - <|U«’-<i«»i'«’«l now. I h< r«- w
however. wh«*n to doubt th
have roult«d unhappily for
t K,—/5b * Ituieii‘hia T itim ,
Heart Rriutlna l»e'Mrip«b»n l»> t»n<* Wlu
H»i '»nfteml
Mini Tai Irutlt.
Parties who live at home in «»pul« m •
mid luxury with three in. aU a da» . ;ui
not appreciate the ,adi>e.» that ..»<•<
over the hotel boanlvr'. heart uixi ..
»it» down to a dinner that has grown
cohl waiting for him.
He first orders soup, and the waiter
brings out a Is.wl of pale. eon>iiuipln e
Huid the sight of which make, hi»
heart ache. It is composed entirely of
water, save when it is labeled vege­
table soup; you may then peradven-
ture find a turnip peeling or au oiih . u
■kin in the bottom of the bowl. Hotel
oyster soup is the bitt, rest calumin >u
the whole oysn i race tiiat could be de­
vised. It is a luxury to which boaid-
ers are treated on Sunday, mid one
oyster is compelled to flavor the soup
for twenty boartiers. It is no wonder
that both the boarder mid the oyster
feel inclined to murmur and repine.
When the meat is brought the board­
er'» anguish becomes greater, for ho
has no saw to cut it w itli and life is loo
short to spend its best years trying to
chop a hole through a slice of mutton
with a table knife
The only thing
that will successfully rend a piece of
hotel mutton is nitro-glycerine, mid it
is too demonstrative.
The side-dish s are also discourag­
ing. in one of th m there ar<* six or
seven peas which are mil quite so »oft
as marbles another ha* three <« four
beans which have contracted consump­
tion by exposure to the weather, slid
another dish has a |M>lato. If the
boarders give up the job of cutting th.
potato, it is taken back by the waiter,
crushed with a pile driver and looms
up at the tie .I meal in the shape of
hash.
A biscuit generally nceonip.tiiies the
meal which awaits the boulder's on­
slaught with a stony indifl'erenee that
is painful to see.
I once knew a boarder to fly in a
rage and hit the waiter with one of
these biscuits, killing him instmith.
He was arrested, and the judge told
him that henceforth lie ajiould throw
gridirons or clock-weights nt the wait­
ers, or something less hard than hotel
biscuits.
The butler is dillicull to overpowei,
and when most wauled is generally
found swinging Indian clubs, or prac­
ticing on the horizontal bar.
Homer's descripti.qi of hotel butter
is perhaps the most worthy of any yet
written :
-t'lyw«, iKiwerfui though he was,
Was thrown Into the gutter.
Wli le o'er h tn stoo.l I. - -lionger foe.
Th. .lark, triumphant Imtu r."
Sf ¡.uni* Whip.
ABOUT
DIAMONDS.
A Waahlngt«»n II i A- t '* t h il 11»mt \illU-
able Hii<l Hritu 11lul Grins.
From all over the world diamond«
are forwarded to him, and he haa «me
which nt one time Hold for $70,000,
now offered at lea« thail half that rat«*.
This I m claimed to be the largest, ex­
cept the Koh-i-noor, which ever cnnie
wvHlward. 1 looked il nil over
li is
h I mhi I a* dig ns a button on your walk­
ing coal sin half to three <|iiarh r* of
an inch in diameter. A diamond a lit
tie purer, I should think, of about half
that tdae, I was shown, which I wn* of­
fered for $22,00 > While we were talk­
ing a family entered t I m * room, ami Ilia
wife was imiieated ns Mrs. Blank,
whose husband had come to Washing­
ton some years ago. She had up*
IH'oachrii the denier a few days la-fore
sat down with him. and said: **l am
not MHtislicd with the way my dia­
mond« are set, and would like you to
take and restring them into other
forms.” “Now,’’ said tin* dealer« “do
yon know- that uh«* h»n«l««l o\cr to me
213 diamonds, which would about li «If
fill that glass of waler before von ' She
ask«*d for no memorandum or r«*«*< pt
whatever, and I hint* sent them out Io
(’incinnati to be set. Y oh woiihl 1«
surpris«*«!.*’ lie «aid. “to *«••• what foolish
letters I get. On«* man writes that he
has a stone which his father hail before
him, and he is quit«* sure it is a dia­
mond, but he wants to be continued
atsait it; and lie wants to have me
come and see it amt have a long tall
’¡’hey all think that if they call have a
talk they can conviii«*«- me ls*fori my
•yrs that a piece of Hint is a dia­
mond.”
Said I: “Then* seem to Is* more di­
amonds at present than there are buy­
ers.”
“That is th«- < a*«-.” said the diamond
man. “You «-an get your diamonds
now- quicker than you ran get your
rilNtomrr, but I have s«*rn the time
when you had \om customer and
i-oiihln’t get your diamond
I lu re are
a thousand million dollars’
(MMI.iNNl) worth of diamonds in the
United States.
\\ lien p«-oi»|r make
mon«*x quickly by turn-, a- in mining
or spepulation. or real estate, they
want tine diamonds, »♦»•<! it is hard to
get them, tint when then- is a pull on
the purse people drop to the i(l«-;i that
their diamonds ar«* the easiest thing«
lacritieed, and mu they tlnctiiat«* in
value.”- (lath, in I'ltf ini'iti Enyuirt r.
COULDN’T
FOOL
HER
The Good Wife li el M***n the Wllil M *n
Fr*»in B'irrrij,
As Mr. Kri-v -kin was going home
the other «lay .1 noon, he saw the
wagon of a trn%< Hug photogrspin r
“1 will atop and has »• a few tin types
taken, just for fun,' he mentally re­
marked, entering the peripat«-ti<- estab­
lishment.
“ There,” said th«- photographer,
showing him a “proof,” “i think that
is a pretty go*sl I im «* im * mo .”
Krewskiu look« «1 at it with a pu/.zl«*«!
expression, an«! filially «aid : •• I guess
it 11 do.’ M ben he got horn« he »bowed
« in the dime
t
»men
more
A y airv- I^ aih I on (hr llu«t»on for th» king
of W nil Mtrret.
S«*v«‘ii years ago George Dau-on
Merritt, a merchant of this city, prided
himself on what h«* thought th«* most
beautiful ami th«u«*ughly equipped
summer n*sid«*m-e in thia country
It
was l«M*ate<! al Irvington, <»n the «•:*.<t
bank of the Hudson ami alx»ut a mile
from the dep«»t. What waa then kn«>un
as t|ie Merritt estate is now known na
the .Jay Gould estate, ami could its
forim*r propri«* or, now «load, awak«* t«»
life h«* would M-arcely recognize his
ideal home.
In 1MX0 Jny (ioiihl Is'came struck
with the magiiiti« <*m*<* of th«* prop«*rty
and purchaat-d it. Sine«* th«* day it
passv«l into his hnmls he has been con­
tinually backing nature v^ith capita*
until In* han »uv«*ee«kd in creating • m
of the loveliest sites in the world. The
entali* now covers ^according to th«
Isioks «>f the sup«*rvi>ors) 51(1 a«*i v- »t
th«* most rligibl«* an«l fertih* 1. n<! in
Wfstch«'>t«-r County.
Of th’s al» ut
200 acres ar«* woodland ami tin* t< st
devoted to lawns ami light farming.
It is saitl that the purchasing pr’rc
paid bv Mr. (ioiild for the estate x\ .i> i
the neigh bo t* hex wi of $200,000, ami that
he can «iispos«* of th«* property any «lay
for the tim«*s that amount, or i U j K ki ,-
000. Th«* h«»us«> of the king of finance
is built in Gothic style, am! in itself i
not particularly striking. It fa< «*s the*
river from a distance of 3,000 f«*« t, an«
th«* view commanding is nt one«* grnnd
ami picturcs<|ue. It contains twenty
ropm«. In-side u basement of the dim« n-
sions of th«* houae. Nut until entering
the house is the visitor fully impressed
with the swav that its owner must hav««
in the financial world.
Axiuinst«*!* ami Moquet cal pct am’
velvet tapestry cover the floors, ami
frescoing oi Hu* most «L-Hcatc and ex­
pensive patterns «leeks the walls and
ceiling«.
On the second fl«»or is Mr. Goiihl’s
pritle, th«* art gallery. It «*xtend- th«*
«‘iitirc «lepth ot th«* house, and ha» tin*
full bi nelit of the Retting sun. In it is
hung a most tidy fortune in paintings,
by th«* most celebrate«! masters. Bri«*-
a-brac is every when* prevalent, aiul
nothing is wanting to makt* such a
home as only a many-4iin«*s millionaire
can afford. Burroiinding the huu- is
a g!H<«*ful, wavi lawn of ninety -five
a«*rrs, kept with faiilth-ss can*, am!
marr«*d only by tlu* single macada­
mized roadway leading from the main
road to th«* house, a di-taiicc of nearly
a quarter of a mile. Th«* grounds are
separated from the road by a poli-lu*«!
stone fence, nearly four feet high.
Prooc«*ding toward the river, the
next object to attract om*’« attention
are Mr. Gould’s hothoiis«*s, nineteen in
number, an«l comprising combined
about IMM) feet in liugth and 45(1 in
whlth. In tlu-s«* can b«- found every
description of ffower that grows on th*-
far«* of the globe. From Iher«- Mr.
Goul«l rellahes grap«1* up Io F«-bruui Y
I, eats strawlwrriesof his <»wu growing
to top off’ hi» Uhrislmas dinner, an«l
take-» tlu* pit* °ut of hi« uwn p«*a<*lic
on April I* «Mil’s I>ay .
Tiu* hothouse» and their ronlrid
an* valued at $25o,(MM). Underiieai
tin* hothouses is a minintlirer«*llar only
406 feet in h-ngtli, in which arc si >r«*d
articles of vegetation to which a cellar
is in<!isp«*iisabl«*. Iler«« ar«* also ro«»t-
whieli are Used to ilc«*orate the h«»us<*
in om* mass <»f gre« n foliage. M«
Gould will inAke affidavit that hi* do**
not use oh’omargHriiH*. I mthiis «- hi*
twenty 'four head of thoroughbred «-at-
the choicest
tl<* supply him villi
of butter ami milk to which waler
is a strang«*r. Twenty four hors«»«
<!<» the farm work and supply the
members of the family with all the out»
of-<lo<>r enjoyment they wish. Poultry
abounds ami of tlu* choicest br«*«*<ls. it
is «.aid that om« of Jay <i<»nld‘s greatest
«lelights is to rise early an«! with his
youngest son, Frank, watch the pro-
«•«••s of f«*« «ling tlu* chicks. Eighty im-n
have be«*n employ «-«I <*«»iist:intly for the
past yenr, ami for their wages r««-ci*«*
Ilin«- dollars per wc«*k, or a grand total
of $2,MMO per month. It r<*«iiiir« s ten
pair <»f hands to look after tne house­
work ls*«i«le tlu- Frcm-h chief who pr«--
si«leH over the de-tiliics ««f cuisine, fhe
chainLi-rinaiils', lion-« keeper s ami %•>¥•
erii« «s«' wages amount to $300 monthly«
and th«* gi-nth-man who wears th«- white
cap an«l prepares creme de volatile
grows fat over $250 per month, or ♦•>0
less than th«* other t«-n pill together.
Allowing that tlu* live sto« k ar«* «•• !!•
<*x<ln-
supporting, Gould's
•ive of Ids house in this city, hi« V Belli
and hundreds of other a.Hide«, ar»' al
Irvington, $3UH.H9 per «lay. or $11,-
516.66 per month Hnd $133,199 ‘.»2 a
year
since the adv«-nt of .Jay Goul ’
at Irvington he has n< >t only Mj »uit
thousiiiuiM of doliir« in Iwautifying th*
|>ku*«*, which is an ornament to the
beautif111 village, hut ha» been no le*s
industrious in improving its sanitary
condition
For ic.ir» there has I* cn a
swamp right in tlu- heart of tin-v ill: g»-.
whi«*h ha» la*«-n the sour«*«* «»f malaria
and other obnoxious diseases. Re­
cently Mr. Gouhl purchased it, and is
now engage«! in «Iraining it b\ th«* ai«l
of a tunnel at an enormous expense.
Five thousand feet of piling have al­
ready be«-n driven at a <-o»t of «!■ iibl«*
the price paid for th«- land. When the
Gould famili is not Hiigiiunfcd h\
fri«-nd- it include- Mr ami Mr». Go».'u.
their two daughter». Helen and Ann!«*,
ag«-d sixteen ami nine, and tlu* f««
son*. George, Edwin, Howard •
Frank. A’. F. Juurunl.
— Krupp, th«* E»u*n gun manufactur­
er, owns 547 iron orc mines in Ger­
many.
’Vhe New England Conservators.
says th«- Boston Travellert can probably
boast of the youngest violin student on
record in the person of a bright little
boy of four.
—There is a lady living in Fairburn,
Ga., seventy years old, who has never
eaten a mouthful of meat ot any kind
in lu*r life, an«i who is still active and
heah by.— Louin rille Courier-Journal.
'l'hv widow of General Hancock ro-
eently applied to th surrogate at N« v,
York to I m * app«»inte«l administratrix of
her husband's estate. Sh«* deposed
that hi* li ft loss than one thousand d«d-
lars worth of persoual property.— AT. Y.
Sun.
A womlerful Chinese boy is mvn-
tiored in th«* r, port of a missionary at
Pek.n. At a recent examination he re-
pealet! the entire New Testament with­
out missing a single word or making
on«* mistake. II«* is now committing to
memory Dr. Martin's “Evhlrnces of
Christianity.”
Min«*. Patti bail a curious experl-
♦*n«*v of rtu* enthusiasm of Roumanian
\vom«»n. Sh«* had just completeii one
of her most efl'cetiv«* arias in the opera
house of Bucharest, when a number of
la«li«*s suddenly rose to their f«-«*t and
throw white pig«*ons with riblxms on
their necks upon the stage, until the
singer wa# surrounded by the fluttering
birds.
— Harvey Dillingham, of Auburn,
M«*., for sixty years has voted in the
same district, having been born on the
farm where he now liv«*s and never
having left it. For sixty years, a»
well, lie has never until recently failed
to pr;*s«*nt himself at the ¡Kills ami cast
his volt1, lb* was one of the storm-
b«dvaguere«l, amt his voting record wa«
broken. Hoxtun Jentrnal.
Miss Frances Heaunelli, a native
of Dalmatia residing in San Francisco,
has not spoken for s«*ven years, though
in full poN«es«ion of her vocal ix>w« r«.
I'h«* cause of the singular freak was a
quarrel with her family concerning a
lover. ’1'11«» only thing six* takes any
interest in is c<Ml-li\«*r oil, “wlii«*h «he
swallows cng«*rly and clap« to her lips
with great gusto.”— San Xranrixro
Chronicle.
Joseph Coppin, ag«*d ninety-four
v«ars, died in Cincinnati recently,
l'hree years ago h<* mn«lc for himself a
burial cas«*, which Iu* called tlu* groat
American coffin.” It is of dressed
pine, with three pam*ls on each aide
and «me at each end, and has iron
handles. It is painted in patriotic
colors, the base being red, th«* panel«
white him ! th«* top ledge blue. 1 he lid
is « ntirelv de«*orated with stars and
stripes. Th«* old g«*ntleinan's photo­
graph is placed «eeurcly on the lid.
and uu«l«*r it is a miniature Hag. (A’ h -
cinnali Timm.
C<»|. B«>b Ingi-rsoll has bought a
billiard table for his private* r«*si«l< nrc
in New York. A visitor «-aught him
pract icing the other night and remurked
that he hud not hitherto suspe«!te«l the
genial ItotMTt of brilliancy in th«- cue
amt ball line. “Well, you needn't
suspect in«* now, ’ said tn«» orator, n«
ih«* perspiration rolled from bls brow.
“Fve I m *«* ii practicing just about l«>ug
enough to prow that I II have to tak<*
up some otner pursuit for a liv«dih(MMl.
Why, man, I couldn't «hoot u pumpkin
down a cellarway. For the first tim«*
in inv life I <»w *• up that I’m no good.”
N. IT. Mail.
•
"A LITTLE
NONSENSE."
“I ninih* h dollar awful «lick to-
da\Niii«l Join «, “liow did you do
it ?” iiiqiiii«-d Smith «*up*rlv, *‘(irv:u»«-«i
it,” r<*tort«*«l Joues. X. }. Acww.
“I never know what to do with
my
in
y h*«*t
n-et when
win'll I 1 ’ m in anarlor,
anarlor ” «aid the
embarriUM*e<i
............. “Did it man.
ever “ «ug-
Did it
gest iUrlfto vou that you might «t«*< r
tnefn toward the door?” was tne amia­
ble reply.
H ttuhinylon Hab'hft.
There is an article* going the round.«
of the presa riitilh*d, “How to get
rich.” And yet there ar«* more than a
dozen poor famille« right here in this
town. This com«*« of not reading the
newspaper«. Aorris/oM-n Herald,
It is a very easy matter for a per­
son to I m * in two plac«*« at the same
time, even though tho*M* two place» I m »
thousand» of mikee apart. On«* fre­
quently h«*arM of a man being in
»trange country and home» nick.
Tcj’an Siftifuje.
•-Young Lady
“Gardener, don’t
make a tiower-bvd here. It will «poil our
cro<|u«*t ground.” Ganlmcr: “Ciin’t
help it, nil.«». Them’« my orders.
Your p«pu say» he is bound to hav«-
thi« plot devoted to horticulture, not
hiiMbendry.” H7.vfiro Hural.
Mi-* Philadelphia: “And HO voti
•uiroiu*. ’
enjoy«*«! your tour of Europe?
ibabiy.
Boston: “Oh, indescrii,
‘
“Did
you see the aqueducts in Roma?”
“V cm , jiih I they swam In-autifully.”
“N wiiii ! What warn?” “The nqiia-
• luck», of <-«uir»e.”—AF.
••You have just return« d from
Paris, I uiider«lan«l?” “Yen, and we
bought lot« of lovely things at the
Bom-
Marsh.”
“You mean Bou
Marche. I preaunir.’* “Well, pelliap*
vou understand French better than I
do
I
plainly you have never been
abroadP”- ,V. Y. Sun.
“I t«*ll you, Fanny. I am bound tc
succeed. I have the aptitmle. ft l*j
cl«>sc alt«*ntion to little things which
makes a mail succeed.” “Ah, indeed'
Well, that explains it.” “Explain*
“Papa,” said the «laughter of R what, Fanny?1' “Why you pay so
large employ» r of labor, “arc you in very close attention to your nnw*
tael)«-.
Sun.
fa« or of the right-hour sy»t« in?
It was a smnlI boy from down in
••Well, «laughter,” he answered, ••iin-
Main«* who, visiting his Boston r«*la*
der certain rirrumstanec« I i
lives lately, wa» a'krd about his sehool,
“Oh, I’m so glad,” sh«* rapturom
•aclaimed. * ” hy, my «b ar, why i «r* his progress in his cîas>es, etc. “I
can't thpeil worth a the nt,” sni«l the
you so interested?” “B’cause. ps|
Maim* youngster, “and tho Ï have to
G«?orge has been only staying f«
thay nt th.» foot; but [very proudly]
h<Hir< «*vrry evening, amt he told
l«»t night if you favored the «*ight-lu ir I’ve got th<* bigg« tht feel in tbeclatb!
■
system he nrroii't go home marly
“Is yer tr<Mibl«*«t with rbruniatla
early. You dear oh ! pape, I am 4»
dis in.iu nin. Hannibal ?”
Scipio,
glad vol an* in favor of it,’’ nn«f •
— - limplng up thè walk.
threw her aoft, white arms m I mhii I « as hi* fi mi 1 csiih
“Not '.-«« klv. s< jpio.” gr« .«n«-d Munni-
ne«»k and choked off all explsnsti««
hal. • Yer «eoi woke up In de nigbt
H’»i (JbiriG^ofi < ’rt/h
' ngm'ap|»etite tur water mlflfon.
Jones » ga’«l«*ii is dose adjaceiu
loiise, aii — — ’ **Yab! vani an’
l l«>o miii'h?’’ “Noi vaekly: bui
Jones in a toiable fair »hot,
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